AI grants in Canada
Explore AI grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in Canada come first.
Showing 289-312 of 473 grants
Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management
NIH · United States
Funds the running costs and continued relevance of a cancer informatics tool that researchers already depend on.
ARIA Robust Resilient Inference
ARIA · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom AI innovators with resilient inference programs and practical development support.
ARIA Safeguarded AI Programme
ARIA · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom AI ventures with safeguarded technology programs for responsible models.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/27 Cohort
Creative Destruction Lab · Canada
Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.
Together AI Startup Accelerator
Together AI · United States
Offers Together AI Startup Accelerator in-kind compute credits for AI startups across fine tuning and deployment.
CITEC Innovation Awards
Rice OoI / Rice 360 / BME · United States
Funds NIH-eligible teams refining and testing point-of-care cancer diagnostics through six- or twelve-month subawards.
2026 Global Quantum + AI Challenge
TQI · Canada
Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.
Accelerating Foundation Models Research (AFMR)
Microsoft · United States
Funds academic researchers globally through Azure compute and model API credits for AI alignment, safety, and scientific discovery.
AI Co-Scientist Challenge Korea — Track 2
MSIT · South Korea
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.
AI Governance RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds research and organizational support across technical governance, policy, and strategic analysis.
AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026
XTC · United States
Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.
ARIA Forecasting Tipping Points
ARIA · United Kingdom
Funds climate tipping-point early-warning work through ARIA's Scoping Our Planet programme.
Autonomous Systems for Customer Experience, Safety, and Operations at YPF Full-Black store
YPF · Argentina
Awards a $20,000 pilot to autonomous tech for retail service, security or monitoring.
AWS Generative AI Accelerator
AWS · United States
Gives generative-AI startups up to $1M in AWS credits plus an 8-week hybrid accelerator program.
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Coefficient · United States
Supports biosecurity research, policy work, and prevention planning for pandemic preparedness.
Build with Gemini XPRIZE
XPRIZE · United States
Pays AI developers worldwide up to $500,000 to build real businesses with Gemini in 90 days.
Cellular Senescence Network (SenNet): SenNet Data Coordination and Integration Center (SenNet DCIC)
NIH · United States
Funds the center that collects, standardizes, and shares all the data from NIH's cellular-senescence research network.
ClimAccelerator 2026 — ESO Network Call
Climate-KIC · Netherlands
Connects climate innovators to partner programs delivering climate, AI, energy, and built-environment acceleration.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026
Global Startup EXPO · Japan
Pays a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups from Japan and overseas that pitch cutting-edge, research-rooted technology at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka.
DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026
Global Startup EXPO · Japan
Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.
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 Catastrophic Risks Opportunities Fund — Career Development & Transition
Coefficient · United States
Funds individual transitions into global catastrophic risk work through career development support.
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.