Hardware grants in China
Explore Hardware grants for companies in China. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in China come first.
Showing 1-24 of 85 grants
HNTE Certification
🇨🇳MOST Torch Center · China
Offers tax preference support for qualifying high and new technology enterprises in China.
Guangdong Basic & Applied Basic Research Fund
🇨🇳GDSTC · China
Funds Guangdong universities and institutes through tiered support from early to large programmes.
Hi-Tech Enterprise R&D Subsidy — Claim Year
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shenzhen high-tech firms through STIC HTE subsidy to recover part of prior innovation spend.
National Key R&D Programs
🇨🇳MOST · China
Offers Chinese organizations support through National Key programs for mission oriented technology projects moving toward practical use.
Overseas Talent Pioneer Park Support
🇨🇳ZGCAC · China
Funds Zhongguancun founder and returnee teams with pioneer support that improves innovation capacity and scale.
Shanghai Innovation Voucher — Scheme
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai small firms through automatic innovation vouchers to offset a share of development costs.
Shenzhen Integrated Circuit Industry Special Subsidy
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shenzhen integrated-circuit design through STIC subsidies for tape-out and silicon design tooling development.
Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau S&T Program Category C
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Funds Hong Kong and Macau university teams with Shenzhen partners through STIC HKMO research collaboration support.
Support Fund for Entrepreneurship Service and Talent Development
🇨🇳ZGCAC · China
Funds technology teams in Zhongguancun parks and talent programs through reimbursements and one-off innovation support in startups.
NSFC General Program
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports broad foundational science across major disciplines through principal investigator grants.
Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation General Program
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shenzhen researchers through the Natural Science Foundation for foundational research across disciplines.
NSFC Research Fund for International Scientists
🇨🇳NSFC · China
Supports international researchers at Chinese host institutions with research grants for deep collaboration.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.
CDB Innovation Sector Loans
🇨🇳CDB · China
Provides China policy loans for large strategic-emerging sectors such as semiconductors, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing.
Hangzhou 131 Young Talent Plan — Selection
🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China
Offers Hangzhou researchers and professionals annual recognition stipends focused on capability development and employer support.
R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive
🇨🇳STA · China
Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.
SME Development Fund of China
🇨🇳MOF+MIIT · China
Funds Chinese innovative small and medium-sized enterprises via commitments to specialist funds managed by MIIT-linked structures.
Invent the Future with Arduino UNO Q and App Lab
Arduino · Global / Multinational
Pays up to $5,000 in cash and prizes to the best hardware projects built on the Arduino UNO Q.
Novel Technologies for Rapid Proof of Clean in Professional Environments
Diversey · United States
Pays $10,000 for a genuinely new way to verify cleanliness in under 30 minutes.
NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
NVIDIA · United States
Provides in-kind GPU compute and hardware to faculty-led research at PhD-granting universities.
Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research
NIH · United States
Funds the development and hard technical validation that turns a working cancer research technology into one other laboratories will actually adopt.
Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research
NIH · United States
Funds proof-of-concept work on a genuinely new tool, assay, platform or instrument for characterising cancer cells or handling biospecimens.
Translational Neural Devices
NIH · United States
Funds a therapeutic or diagnostic device for the nervous system through prototyping, safety testing, regulatory clearance and a first small clinical study.
BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development
NIH · United States
Funds next-generation sensors and bioelectronic devices that record behaviour in step with brain recordings, to build models of how the two connect.