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 49-72 of 681 grants
Xcelerate Champion of Innovation
WHX Tech · United Arab Emirates
Pays an equity-free cash prize to the top healthcare startup pitching live at WHX Tech's Xcelerate competition in Dubai.
InnoHUB US
🇱🇹Inovacijų Agentūra · Lithuania
Funds de minimis support for Lithuanian exporters entering the United States market through consultation and entry strategy costs.
Duquesne New Venture Challenge
🇺🇸Duquesne · United States
Awards up to $30,000 to early-stage ventures across a three-stage pitch competition.
Verizon Smart Campus Competition
🇺🇸Verizon · United States
Pays Northeastern student teams up to $3,000 each for 5G network innovation ideas.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
Vancouver Tall Challenge
Buildner Competitions · Global / Multinational
Awards $15,000 CAD to designers reimagining tall buildings for downtown Vancouver.
Build the Autodesk University 2027 Product
🇺🇸Autodesk & Partners · United States
Awards $4,000+ in cash and hardware for the best wearable built with Autodesk Fusion and Arduino UNO Q.
Tiny House 2026
Volume Zero · India
Awards $2,500 for the best Tiny House design in an open international competition.
My Heat (Moje Ciepło)
🇵🇱NFOŚiGW · Poland
Funds household energy upgrades in Poland through heat pump installation grants for home modernization.
Capital Grants 2026
🇬🇧Defra · United Kingdom
Environmental improvement infrastructure for farms, woodlands and rural land.
Consultant Research Awards
🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom
Pays NHS consultants' backfill costs to fund time on cardiovascular research.
MBPhD Studentships
🇬🇧BHF · United Kingdom
Funds a medical student's PhD placement within their university's MBPhD programme.
Diamond Challenge
Horn Entrepreneurship · United States
Pays up to $12,000 to the winning high-school team in its $100K global pitch competition.
Tufts New Ventures Competition
Derby E-Center · United States
Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.
Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups
🇬🇧DBT · United Kingdom
Visa-fee reimbursement for eligible international hires at UK scale-ups.
Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking
🇬🇧OZEV · United Kingdom
Support for home EV chargepoints with a permanent cross-pavement solution.
IQ ESSOR — Investment Feasibility and Digital Diagnostics (Volet 1)
🇨🇦IQ · Canada
Funds Quebec for-profit companies conducting feasibility studies or digital diagnostics to prepare major investment projects.
Young Person's Start Up Grant
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports young entrepreneurs in Wales with seed assistance and mentoring for first business launch.
Workplace Charging Scheme
🇬🇧OZEV · United Kingdom
Support for workplace electric vehicle chargepoint installation
Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant
🇬🇧DfT · United Kingdom
Discount support for eligible new zero-emission wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Supernova Challenge
GITEX CAC · United Arab Emirates
Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.
Supernova Challenge
GITEX AI Kazakhstan · United Arab Emirates
Pays up to USD 15,000 in equity-free cash to the top pitch at GITEX AI Kazakhstan's Supernova Challenge.
Assistance for Capital Investment to Uplift the Economic Condition of Artisans/Persons
🇮🇳Industries Dept (DNH&DD) · India
Gives SC/ST/OBC/EWS artisans in the union territory free tools and equipment for their trade.