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 734 grants
TCF Open Voucher Call
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Pays innovators up to $100,000 in vouchers to work with a U.S. national laboratory.
Techtonic: Innovations in Clean Energy 2026
🇮🇳Social Alpha · India
Funds Indian clean-energy startups with credits, pilot support and up to INR 60 lakh to scale up their venture.
Tempo Funding
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Supports Finnish startups validating innovation demand and strengthening models before major business scaling.
The Dark Side of the Earth
ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR200K for feasibility studies on space-based night-time observation services.
Track 1: AI Tools to Support Caregivers
🇺🇸Administration for Community L · United States
Pays up to $100,000 per Phase 1 winner, plus a possible $50,000 bonus, to teams designing AI tools that directly help caregivers of older adults and people with disabilities.
U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸US DOT · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses testing the feasibility of transportation R&D innovations for DOT mission needs.
UK Games Fund — Prototype Fund
🇬🇧UK Games Fund · United Kingdom
Funds UK games studios building playable prototypes of original IP.
Urban Green
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €200K, 100% covered, for satellite-based urban green-space services.
US Navy Challenge: Autonomous Detection of Marine Mammals
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Pays teams up to $75,500 to build sensor systems that detect whales near naval and commercial vessels.
VA Research Scholar Award
🇺🇸LUNGevity Foundation · United States
Funds award for VA-affiliated lung-cancer researchers through the VA Research Scholar Award.
Verizon Community Disaster Resilience Innovation Accelerator
🇺🇸MassChallenge · United States
Supports teams solving disaster resilience with advances in analytics, communications, autonomy, power, sensing, and prediction technologies.
Waste to Energy
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds European teams building space-data services for the waste-to-energy value chain.
Weave X
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Awards up to INR 50 lakh plus mentorship to textile-sector startups and R&D teams.
XR Prize Challenge: Fight Climate Change
AugmentedReality.org · United States
Paid a $100,000 cash prize to the best AR/VR solution built to help fight climate change.
xTech | Kinetic Reach
🇺🇸Army · United States
Pays up to $1.5 million across a field of cash prizes, including up to $150,000 each to five final winners, to small and large businesses that pitch agile military-sustainment technology to the U.S. Army.
xTech|Inversion
🇺🇸Army · United States
Pays up to $1,000,000 in cash prizes to small businesses commercializing curated Army IP.
xTech|Live at eMerge Americas 2026
🇺🇸Army · United States
Awards up to $600,000 in cash prizes to teams pitching live at eMerge Americas 2026.
xTechSoldier Fire Control
🇺🇸Army · United States
Awards up to $300,000 in cash prizes for a next-generation squad-weapon fire control module.
Business Energy Advice Service
🇬🇧WMCA · United Kingdom
Funds West Midlands SMEs implementing energy-efficiency measures after a business energy assessment.
Business Oregon CHIPS Manufacturing and Research Grant
🇺🇸Business Oregon · United States
Funds Oregon semiconductor suppliers with up to $50,000 to cover costs of preparing a federal CHIPS Act application.
EIT Health RIS Innovation Call
🇭🇷EIT Health · European Union
Funds local healthcare proof-of-concept projects through the EIT Health RIS Innovation Call.
Foundational Economy Innovation Fund Scale Up Phase
GMCA · United Kingdom
Funds FEIF testing grantees scaling everyday-economy innovation projects through follow-on grants.
Grand Challenges Africa — Accelerating Innovation in Vaginal Formulations for Women's Health
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds African-context researchers and companies developing novel vaginal drug delivery technologies and formulations that safely deliver therapeutics while supporting vaginal health.
NJ CSIT Clean Tech Seed Grant
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Funds New Jersey clean-tech startups developing early-stage technologies through CSIT seed grants.