Advanced Materials grants in Canada
Explore Advanced Materials grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for novel materials, composites, nanomaterials, coatings and materials science from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Materials in Canada come first.
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Deep Tech Geeks Startups Competition
Deep Tech MEA · United Arab Emirates
Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.
Deep Tech Startup Pitch Competition
Deep Tech Atelier · Latvia
Lets early-stage deep tech founders worldwide pitch investors live for partner prizes in Riga.
INCITE — Proposals
DOE SC · United States
Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.
INCITE Allocation Cycle
DOE ASCR · United States
Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.
Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator (2025 edition)
Dubai Holding · United Arab Emirates
Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.
Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
NIST · United States
Funds NIST partnership research across metrology, nanotechnology, AI and advanced manufacturing, open to almost any non-federal organisation except individuals.
ACHEMA Start-up Award
DECHEMA · Germany
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.
Asian Paints Alchemy 2026
Asian Paints · India
Offers ₹9,00,000 in PhD sponsorships, internships and cash rewards to chemistry and coatings researchers.
CDI Bridge Carbontech
CTV · United States
Funds external startups bringing carbon capture and carbon-use technology to market.
CDI Propel Carbontech
CTV · United States
Funds external research teams developing early carbon capture and carbon-use technology.
Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil
Greentown Labs · United States
Runs a climatetech accelerator that pairs carbon-materials startups with ExxonMobil for validation and collaboration, including a needs-based stipend to support participation.
Grand Challenges — Ultralow-Cost Diagnostics and Screening for Low-Income Countries
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing diagnostic devices and screening tools that cost approximately $1 per test or near-zero incremental cost per person screened for deployment in low-income countries.
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)
Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.
ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2024 (Sustainable Chemistry for Textiles)
ISC3 · Germany
Awards €15,000 to the best sustainable-chemistry startup fixing a problem in the textile industry.
JST GSC Initiative: International Research Program
JST · Japan
Funds researchers at companies including startups doing R&D aimed at commercialization under JST's Global Startup Campus initiative.
K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC)
MSS · South Korea
Runs a nine-month, government-backed accelerator that helps foreign-founded startups enter and scale in Korea, with prize money for the top 20 teams and further commercialisation grants for the top 8.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
Starbucks Global Cold Cup Innovation Challenge
Starbucks · United States
Pays up to $50,000 to solvers who invent a plastic-free, compostable cold-cup material.
XPRIZE Quantum Applications — Phase II
XPRIZE · United States
Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.
XPRIZE Water Scarcity — Active Phase
XPRIZE · United States
Supports water-solvers advancing desalination systems and infrastructure for severe scarcity conditions.
Equinor Ventures (Norwegian sovereign-linked)
Equinor · Norway
Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.
European Prize for Women Innovators
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.
Pillar II: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds cross-sector consortia building 'talent ecosystems' that connect researcher training with employer needs to make early research careers more attractive.