AI grants in China
Explore AI grants for companies in China. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from Chinese innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in China, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in China come first.
Showing 121-144 of 193 grants
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
Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.
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.
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.
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.
Illuminating AD/ADRD Genome to Enable Precision Genomic Medicine
NIH · United States
Funds cross-ancestry, cross-species genomic studies of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, aimed at therapeutic targets for precision medicine.
Improving Chronic Conditions Through Inexpensive Interventions
NIH · United States
Funds a consortium of researchers, clinicians and EHR vendors building AI-enhanced platforms that scale proven primary-care interventions for older adults.
Investigator Initiated Innovation in Computational Genomics and Data Science (R21)
NIH · United States
Funds the exploratory version of the same computational genomics work — new methods, early tools, or hardening software the field depends on.
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.
LINGUA Africa Open Call
AI for Good Lab · United States
Supports African-language AI development through grants and compute resources focused on language inclusion.
Meta AI FAIR RFP — Diplomacy
Meta · United States
Funds human-AI diplomacy research to improve collaboration and negotiation systems.
Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI)
NIH · United States
Funds the move of an imaging-centred multimodal AI tool from a trained and tested prototype towards real clinical use, as regulated device software.
Navigating Transformative AI — AI Governance
Coefficient · United States
Supports projects on governance, safety policy, and coordination in advanced AI systems.