Grants of $50K to $250K
Explore grants with an award between $50,000 and $250,000. This directory lists seed-stage funding for feasibility studies, prototypes, first pilots and early research, from innovation agencies, research councils, foundations and corporate programs, with the deadline and eligibility on every listing.
Showing 697-720 of 770 grants
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Small and Micro Business Investments Grant (Province of Bolzano)
🇮🇹South Tyrol · Italy
Pays South Tyrol micro and small businesses a 20% non-repayable grant, up to €100,000, toward new machinery, equipment and software purchases.
Small Business Innovation Grant Phase 1
🇶🇦QNRF · Qatar
Funds Qatar-based SMEs testing technology feasibility through Phase 1 innovation grants.
Small Business Liquor License Grant
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses buying liquor licenses through partial reimbursement for licensing costs.
Smart Supply Chain
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR64K for space-enabled services that make supply chains smarter and safer.
SMART: SCOTLAND
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish SMEs conducting high-risk feasibility studies to prove out novel technologies through Scottish Enterprise R&D grants.
SME Eco-Tech
🇷🇴MEDAT · Romania
Grants Romanian SMEs up to 40% of costs for green equipment, topped up by a bank loan.
SME Eco-Tech
🇷🇴MEDAT · Romania
Gives Romanian SMEs, including trade, services and qualifying micro-enterprises, a co-financing grant of up to RON 267,240 toward green and digital investments, provided they also secure a matching bank loan.
SOFT Innovation Prize
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to €50,000 to fusion researchers or companies for market-ready innovations.
Solar Data Bounty Prize
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Paid U.S. solar system owners up to $130,000 in cash for sharing detailed PV performance data.
Southwest Border Resource Protection Program
🇺🇸NPS · United States
Funds research, monitoring, conservation and preservation work at national parks along the US-Mexico border.
Space for a Wasteless Food Supply Chain
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% (up to €60K) for satellite-based food-waste-reduction services.
Space for Cycle Pollution Monitoring and Reduction
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 100% of costs, up to EUR200K, for space-based pollution-cycle services.
Space for Hydro Energy Sector
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to €120K for satellite-based hydropower forecasting studies with Enel.
Space For Municipalities
🇳🇴ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled municipal services.
Space for Sustainable Pharma
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% (up to €75K) for satellite-based sustainable-pharma services.
Space for Urban Air Mobility
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €200K, 100% covered, for urban-air-mobility feasibility studies.
SpinLab Accelerator 2027
SpinLab · Germany
Awards up to €50,000 in equity-free funding and mentoring to energy, smart-city and eHealth startups.
SPRIND Funke Quantum-Driven Intelligence — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams building use cases where quantum sensing makes an existing system measurably better.
Starbucks Global Cold Cup Innovation Challenge
Starbucks · United States
Pays up to $50,000 to solvers who invent a plastic-free, compostable cold-cup material.
Starter grants for clinical lecturers
🇬🇧AMS · United Kingdom
Funds UK clinical lecturers with up to £40,000 to launch independent research.
Startup TRL 3-4
🇦🇷Agencia I+D+i · Argentina
Funds Argentine deep-tech startups up to 7 years old developing proof-of-concept and early laboratory prototypes at TRL 3-4.
STDR Pre-Pilot (Q1/Q3 cycles)
🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore
Funds early-stage therapeutic proof-of-concept research in Singapore across multiple modalities.
Storage Design Strategies to Ease Production (STEP) Prize
🇺🇸DOE OE · United States
Pays up to $500,000 across two phases to energy-storage designs with early manufacturability.