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.
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AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition — Challenge 1: GenAI-Based Natural Language Mission Generator for Autonomous Robots in Agriculture
🇪🇺AI-BOOST · European Union
Awards up to €100,000 for GenAI natural-language control of farm robots.
AI-BOOST AI Challenge Competition (Challenges 3 and 4)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays cash prizes to teams that build and validate generative AI solutions for enhancing clinical datasets or generating automatic test cases from crash databases.
AI-driven forecasting algorithms for Grid and Consumer friendly Energy Sharing – Societal Readiness pilot
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI-driven forecasting tools that help energy communities and consumers share power while easing the burden on grid operators.
AI-generated digital twins for science
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds generative-AI digital twins of complex real-world systems for research infrastructures in fields like healthcare, transport and manufacturing.
AI-powered impact simulations in support of the Destination Earth initiative
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI tools that turn Destination Earth's digital-twin simulations into local, real-time impact assessments for non-technical users.
AI-Powered Signal Detection in Pharmacovigilance
🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union
Funds one project to build AI algorithms, data-source guidance and practical tools for faster, more accurate detection of drug safety signals.
Apply AI: Pilot of the 'Science for AI' Pillar of RAISE
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one network of leading European AI research institutes EUR 17 million to run a virtual pan-European AI research institute pursuing frontier, fundamental AI science.
Approaches, verification and training for Edge-AI building blocks for CCAM Systems (CCAM Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project developing optimised edge-AI models for real-time perception and decision-making in self-driving vehicles.
Artistic intelligence — harnessing the power of the arts for complex challenges, soft skills and innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays research consortiums roughly €4.5-5 million to study and pilot art-science-technology collaborations that boost innovation, soft skills and human-centred technology.
Assessment methodologies for General Purpose AI capabilities and risks
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds around two research projects, each worth EUR 3 to 4 million, to build benchmarks that test what general-purpose AI models can and cannot safely do.
BASS — Digitalisation of the Water Sector
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds water resilience projects using space-enabled data and digital tools.
BASS — University of Tomorrow
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports educational institutions developing space-enabled learning applications and innovation pilots.
Boosting data availability and AI solutions in food for consumers and food service professionals
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that build generative AI tools for food purchasing, preparation and preservation, with dedicated support packages for AI startups and SMEs.
Boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare
🇪🇺IHI JU · European Union
Funds public-private research on interoperable health data and AI analytics that speed up diagnosis, treatment and personalised care.
Built-On Databricks Startup Challenge
🇦🇺Databricks Inc. · United States
Runs an annual Databricks customer competition for B2B pilots with opportunities for equity and cloud credits.
CELTIC-NEXT Autumn Call 2026
🇦🇹CELTIC-NEXT · Global / Multinational
Funds international ICT R&D consortia through Eureka's national funding schemes.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds three lead projects, worth up to EUR 15 million each, that each run a multi-stage generative-AI competition in aerospace, pharma or telecom — with EUR 250,000 grants to the top 20 entrants and EUR 2 million grants to the final four.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European consortia EUR 15 million each to run generative-AI competitions in aerospace, pharma or telecoms, re-granting up to EUR 2 million per finalist SME team that competes.
Coordinated European contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch and its international governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project building AI-based digital tools and new data products that plug European greenhouse-gas monitoring into the WMO's global watch system.
Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a coordination project that builds core curricula and career paths for data stewards and Open Science training across Europe.
Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams scaling up AI-powered Earth-observation products toward real commercial or public-service use in areas like agriculture, water and disaster response.
Digital technologies and energy transition in fisheries and/or aquaculture
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds demonstration projects using AI, IoT and robotics to cut energy use and emissions in fisheries and aquaculture across at least three countries in one sea basin.
Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI, digital-twin and IoT tools that make satellite and drone-based environmental monitoring systems cheaper and easier to use.
EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges (Pilot)
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.