Grants under $50K

Between cycles

Offers Notion startup credits to support knowledge systems and collaboration for founders.

Closed

Pays teams up to $10,000 each, plus six months of biotech mentoring, for drug-use research ideas.

Funds £10k, up-to-12-month interdisciplinary Edge AI research projects at Newcastle's hub.

Pays student teams up to €6,000 to design a locally-buildable clean energy solution that solves a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem.

Closed

Offers European deep-tech startups a competitive incubation route with early cash support and growth-focused follow-up.

Pays $10,000 to $15,000 for promising non-patented clean-tech startup ideas in energy transition and the circular economy, with a chance to join A2A's venture-building program.

Pays $20,000 to $30,000 for patentable clean-tech products or processes in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the exclusive right once filed.

Closed

Supports Taiwan researchers with structured pathways in early-career academic excellence awards, from planning to deployment.

Closed

Funds academic researchers globally through Azure compute and model API credits for AI alignment, safety, and scientific discovery.

Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.

Closed

Offers full-time fellowship support for scholars exploring foundational questions in economics and policy.

Closed

Support for farmers, growers and foresters to develop a Full ADOPT Grant application.

Pays up to $7,000 in cash, plus a fully paid trip to Seoul, to anyone with an idea that reduces or replaces animal testing.

Pays cash prizes for on-device AI models that run on everyday budget laptops in Africa.

Funds Agritech pilot validation on real farms, up to Rs. 20 lakh, for post-MVP solutions.

Offers mentoring and up to EUR 2,000 in services to early-stage Romanian agrifood startups.

Awards cash prizes, mentoring and scholarships to innovators using or conserving agrobiodiversity.

Funds AI and AgriTech prototypes tackling agricultural challenges in Maharashtra.

Closed

Funds teams worldwide developing AI agents for science and technology research through MSIT's annual AI Co-Scientist Challenge, with up to USD 1.9 million in follow-on startup support for winners.

Closed

Awards a EUR 5,000 cash prize to the top EIT Digital alumni-founded startup.

Pays up to $10,000 each to teams synthesizing renewable-integration research for DOE.

Funds Maharashtra and Goa agri-startups building MVPs with seed-stage grants.

Funds Maharashtra and Goa student agri-entrepreneurs building a proof of concept.

Grants up to INR 10 lakh to revenue-stage Punjab startups building sustainability solutions.