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 505-528 of 698 grants
Framing the Future: Industrial Technologies Photo Contest
🇺🇸DOE ITO · United States
Pays cash prizes for photos documenting U.S. industrial decarbonization technology and people.
Future Stars U25 Grant
🇮🇳IKP · India
Pays five under-25 Indian founders up to Rs. 5 lakh each to build their idea.
GAMA 2 (sub-programme 2)
🇨🇿TA CR · Czechia
Funds Czech startups and small businesses developing feasibility studies and business plans for innovation execution.
GEM Challenge
🇺🇸UCSD IEM · United States
Supports UC San Diego engineering and medical teams by piloting laboratory breakthroughs into practical applications.
Gen AI Accelerator
🇮🇳PIEDS · India
Awards up to Rs 10 lakh in seed funding to early-stage Indian Gen AI startups.
Genesis EIR (Entrepreneur-in-Residence) Program
🇮🇳IIMUIC · India
Pays early-stage Indian founders up to Rs 10 lakh under the GENESIS EiR scheme.
GENESIS EIR Cohort-3
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds early-stage Indian tech founders with incubation, mentorship and grant support.
GIFT IFIH Residential Program (Batch 2)
GIFT IFIH · India
Pays selected fintech founders a milestone stipend for a 12-week equity-free residency in India.
Global AI Hackathon Series with Qwen Cloud
Aliyun · China
Pays a combined $70,000+ prize pool, with no equity taken, to individual developers, teams and startups worldwide who build AI applications using Qwen Cloud's models in an online hackathon.
Global Challenge Lab
🇬🇧Imperial Enterprise · United Kingdom
Offers a virtual innovation sprint supporting teams building practical solutions through structured mentoring and milestone-driven challenges.
Global Deep Tech Battle @ SLUSH 2026
swisstech · Switzerland
Awards a 3,000-euro cash prize to the winning deep-tech pitch at SLUSH 2026.
Global Innovation Challenge 2026
Social Shifters · United Kingdom
Awards up to $15,000 to youth-led startups tackling a social or environmental problem.
Good Jobs & Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Solve · United States
Funds tech ventures spurring good jobs and inclusive entrepreneurship with a $10,000 grant.
Grant for Energy & Environment Technologies
🇮🇳Cummins India Foundation · India
Awards Indian energy and environment startups up to Rs 10 lakhs for pilot trials and field testing.
Grant for Municipal Youth Fishing Projects (Tilskudd til kommunale ungdomsfiskeprosjekt)
🇳🇴NFD · Norway
Supports Norwegian municipal youth fishing projects building outdoor education and environmental stewardship.
Green Energy & Climate Action Challenge under Bharat Startup Grand Challenge
🇮🇳DPIIT · India
Pays up to INR 5 lakh to Indian climate-tech and green-energy startups.
Greenovation Green Steel Challenge
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Awards up to ₹25 lakh in cash for green-steel decarbonisation pilots in India.
Greenovation Renewable Energy for Livelihood Challenge (DRE Challenge 2.0)
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Funds rural clean-energy innovation in India with up to ₹20 lakh non-dilutive awards.
Greenovation Urban Climate Resilience Challenge
🇮🇳EarthON · United States
Awards up to ₹20 lakh cash for urban climate resilience innovation in India.
Growth Package Prize
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Pays selected early-stage EU digital and deep-tech venture teams a EUR5,000 cash prize after a 12-week incubation programme.
Hair & Beauty Innovation Challenge
🇮🇳MASA · India
Funds Indian beauty and haircare innovators up to ₹5 lakh, equity-free.
Honda Innovation Challenge 1.0
🇮🇳Honda · Japan
Pays Indian startups up to 10 lakh rupees to co-develop and pilot a mobility solution with Honda.
Honda Innovation Challenge 2.0
🇮🇳Honda · Japan
Pays Indian startups up to 40 lakh rupees to co-build mobility and safety tech with Honda.
HST Grand Challenge
🇮🇳IIT Mandi Catalyst · India
Awards up to INR 2 lakh per theme to startups pitching at the HST Grand Challenge.