Grants under $50K
Explore grants with an award under $50,000. This directory lists small awards, innovation vouchers, travel and training support and prize money for early-stage companies, researchers and students, from public programs, foundations and corporate initiatives, with the deadline and eligibility on every listing.
Showing 1-24 of 681 grants
MEDICA Start-up Competition
MEDICA · Germany
Awards cash prizes and global exposure to digital-health startups pitching at Germany's MEDICA trade fair.
Salata Institute Seed Grant
🇺🇸Salata Institute · United States
Offers seed support across Harvard for climate and sustainability teams building early climate solutions with practical pilots.
Accelerator RISING
🇩🇪hessian.AI · Germany
Gives German AI startups a four-month scale-up sprint with 10,000€ per team and a trip to Slush Helsinki.
Invent the Future with Arduino UNO Q and App Lab
Arduino · Global / Multinational
Pays up to $5,000 in cash and prizes to the best hardware projects built on the Arduino UNO Q.
4th Akash ESIIP: EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program
🇮🇳AIC-IIITH · India
Gives revenue-stage Indian GreenTech startups up to Rs 5L in equity-free funding.
Blue Sky Grant for Innovative Cancer Research & Technology 2026
🇸🇪Cancer Research KI · Sweden
Funds one-year pilot cancer-research projects for Karolinska Institutet researchers.
2026 Global Quantum + AI Challenge
TQI · Global / Multinational
Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.
KIEM HighTech
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch industry-linked applied research pilots and prototype development in high-technology fields.
PM SVANidhi Startup Challenge
🇮🇳MoHUA · India
Funds DPIIT-recognized Indian startups up to Rs.20 lakh to build tech for street vendors.
Michigan State Trade Expansion Program (MI-STEP)
🇺🇸MSF · United States
Funds Michigan small businesses pursuing export growth through pre-approved trade reimbursements.
Department of Interior Wildland Fire Service BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)Fire Leaders And Managers, Emerging Scientists (FLAMES)
🇺🇸DOI · United States
Funds a graduate student's own wildfire research project, paired with hands-on time with fire practitioners.
NJ Accelerate — Accelerator Event Grants & Rent Support
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Funds accelerator events and startup studio support for New Jersey innovation companies building scalable teams.
D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge
🇮🇳DBT · India
Pays India's top biotech concept entries ₹1 lakh each month, with grants to build them.
Meta Research PhD Fellowship Cohort
🇺🇸Meta · United States
Offers a research fellowship stream for doctoral candidates in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and systems research.
Novel Technologies for Rapid Proof of Clean in Professional Environments
Diversey · United States
Pays $10,000 for a genuinely new way to verify cleanliness in under 30 minutes.
Santander X Portugal Award - Startup
🇵🇹Santander X · Portugal
Splits a €20,000 prize among three Portuguese startups, plus a spot in the global final.
Outstanding Female Scientist Prize
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Awards EUR 20,000 to a woman scientist recognised for global-health research and mentorship in sub-Saharan Africa.
Pre-doctoral Research Bursary
🇬🇧CRUK · United Kingdom
Pays up to £25k for clinicians to get short-term cancer research experience.
Scientific Leadership Prize (Man, EU)
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Awards EUR 15,000 to a male mid-career scientist based in the EU or an associated country for global-health leadership.
Scientific Leadership Prize (Man, SSA)
EDCTP3 · European Union
Awards EUR 15,000 to a male mid-career scientist based in sub-Saharan Africa for global-health leadership.
Scientific Leadership Prize (Woman, EU)
🇪🇺EDCTP3 · European Union
Awards EUR 15,000 to a woman mid-career scientist based in the EU or an associated country for global-health leadership.
Scientific Leadership Prize (Woman, SSA)
EDCTP3 · European Union
Awards EUR 15,000 to a woman mid-career scientist based in sub-Saharan Africa for global-health leadership.
VentureWell's Accelerator Programming
🇺🇸VentureWell · United States
Gives student innovators and startups up to $25,000 in grants plus mentorship and investor access.
Connect NEB Open Call 2027
🇪🇺EIT Urban Mobility · European Union
Pays a €15,300 lump-sum grant to projects reshaping neighbourhood public spaces.