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Quantum grants in Canada

Explore Quantum grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for quantum computing, sensing, communications and quantum software 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 Quantum in Canada come first.

Showing 49-72 of 204 grants

TQ
Open

2026 Global Quantum + AI Challenge

TQI · Global / Multinational

Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.

QuantumAI
$40KSep'26
RA
Open

Global Quantum + AI Challenge

Resonance Alliance · Canada

Pays startups, research teams and enterprises a share of $200,000 in prizes for solutions that turn quantum computing research into deployable industrial pilots across five sectors.

QuantumAI
Sep'26
RA
Open

Global Quantum + AI Challenge 2026

Resonance Alliance · Canada

Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.

QuantumAI+4
Sep'26
NVIDIA Corporation logo
Open

NVIDIA Academic Grant Program

NVIDIA · United States

Provides in-kind GPU compute and hardware to faculty-led research at PhD-granting universities.

AIQuantum+2
Sep'26
Lockheed Martin Corp logo
Open

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Lockheed Martin Corp · United States

Invests in hardware, aerospace, and defense innovation founders through a corporate venture platform tied to Lockheed Martin.

DefenseSpace+4
$500K – $50M
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

Open Call for Innovation

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

DefenseAI+11
DT
Between cycles

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.

AIRobotics+4
DOE Office of Science logo
Between cycles

INCITE — Proposals

DOE SC · United States

Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.

AIEnergy Tech+5
DOE Office of Science — Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) logo
Between cycles

INCITE Allocation Cycle

DOE ASCR · United States

Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

AIQuantum+4
Creative Destruction Lab logo
Between cycles

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.

AIQuantum+5
CAD 0
GS
Closed

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.

AIRobotics+5
¥10M
GS
Closed

DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026

Global Startup EXPO · Japan

Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.

AIRobotics+6
¥10M
WA
Closed

How Tokenization, AI, and Quantum May Reshape Institutional Financial Markets

Wazoku · United Kingdom

Awards up to $500 for sharp expert insight on tokenization, AI and quantum in finance.

AIQuantum+1
MQ
Closed

Munich Quantum Valley Doctoral Fellowship

MQV · Germany

Funds three-year PhD fellowships in quantum science and technology at Bavarian universities.

Quantum
Wellcome Leap logo
Closed

Q4Bio — Execution

Wellcome Leap · United States

Supports United Kingdom quantum biology research linking physics tools to biological discovery challenges.

QuantumBiotech+1
FWF (Austrian Science Fund) logo
Closed

quantA Fellowship Call for Women

FWF · Austria

Funds two early-career female researchers with a two-year quantum-science postdoc in Austria.

Quantum
€10K
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Quantum Applications

XPRIZE · United States

Awards a $5 million prize purse to teams that design quantum algorithms and applications ready to deliver real-world impact once quantum hardware matures.

Quantum
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Quantum Applications — Phase II

XPRIZE · United States

Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.

QuantumAI+3
$5M
ER
Open

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

🇪🇺ERC · European Union

Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

€150KSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.

€1MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

€3M – €3.8MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Governing global commons sustainably

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to develop policy solutions for the sustainable, science-informed governance of shared global resources like the climate, biodiversity and outer space.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Government in transition — how governments change the way they work and prepare the civil service for the future

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to study how EU and Associated Country governments are reinventing internal operations and preparing their civil services for the future.

€3.5M – €4MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Making Europe a global magnet for talent — attracting and retaining non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays research consortiums roughly €3-3.3 million to study what draws and keeps non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers in Europe.

€3M – €3.3MSep'26

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