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.
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Student Entrepreneurship Grant (STUD-ENT)
🇳🇴Innovation Norway · Norway
Funds student teams at Norwegian universities and colleges developing and commercialising a business idea through a grant.
Subsidy for Projects to Stimulate Direct Investment in Japan
🇯🇵JETRO · Japan
Funds foreign enterprises with reimbursement support for demonstration and de-risking activities that attract direct investment.
SusHi Tech Challenge 2026
SusHi Tech Tokyo · Japan
Awards the winning startup 10 million yen after a pitch contest at SusHi Tech Tokyo.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.
TBAT 2026 Innovation Challenge
🇬🇧TBAT · United Kingdom
Awards UK tech innovators cash prizes after free workshops and live pitching.
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.
The Dark Side of the Earth
ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR200K for feasibility studies on space-based night-time observation services.
THT Conservation Grant
🇮🇳THT · India
Funds Indian conservation organisations working on lesser-known species and critical habitats.
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.
Trade Relations Programme (TRP) 2026
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Pays Trade and Innovate NL network members to run export-support activities for Dutch firms.
Tribal Colleges Education Equity Grants Program (TCEG)
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Funds Tribal Colleges to build education capacity in food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan and American Indian students.
TRIG — Cohort 19
🇬🇧Catapult Network · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom transport innovators through feasibility work and practical proof of concept development resources.
TRUNSPORT Open Call 1
🇪🇺TRUNSPORT · European Union
Funds testing and validation of transport cybersecurity solutions with grants up to €60,000.
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.
VVP Launch Grant — Cycle 6
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Funds early-stage Virginia startups through non-dilutive support before financing growth.
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.
Wildlife Protection
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled wildlife-protection services.