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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

Torch High Technology Industry Development Center logo
Open

HNTE Certification

🇨🇳MOST Torch Center · China

Offers tax preference support for qualifying high and new technology enterprises in China.

AIBiotech+9
Oct'26
Guangdong Department of Science and Technology logo
Open

Guangdong Basic & Applied Basic Research Fund

🇨🇳GDSTC · China

Funds Guangdong universities and institutes through tiered support from early to large programmes.

BiotechAdvanced Materials+3
Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+4
CN¥3M
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China logo
Open

National Key R&D Programs

🇨🇳MOST · China

Offers Chinese organizations support through National Key programs for mission oriented technology projects moving toward practical use.

AIBiotech+8
Zhongguancun Science Park Administrative Committee logo
Open

Overseas Talent Pioneer Park Support

🇨🇳ZGCAC · China

Funds Zhongguancun founder and returnee teams with pioneer support that improves innovation capacity and scale.

AIBiotech+3
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
Open

Shanghai Innovation Voucher — Scheme

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports Shanghai small firms through automatic innovation vouchers to offset a share of development costs.

AIBiotech+4
CN¥10K – CN¥1M
Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission logo
Open

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.

SemiconductorsHardware
Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+3
Zhongguancun Science Park Administrative Committee logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+4
CN¥100K – CN¥3M
National Natural Science Foundation of China logo
Between cycles

NSFC General Program

🇨🇳NSFC · China

Supports broad foundational science across major disciplines through principal investigator grants.

BiotechAI+6
CN¥500K
Shenzhen Science, Technology and Innovation Commission logo
Between cycles

Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation General Program

🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China

Supports Shenzhen researchers through the Natural Science Foundation for foundational research across disciplines.

BiotechAI+3
CN¥300K
National Natural Science Foundation of China logo
Closed

NSFC Research Fund for International Scientists

🇨🇳NSFC · China

Supports international researchers at Chinese host institutions with research grants for deep collaboration.

BiotechAI+6
CN¥200K – CN¥800K
Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission logo
Closed

Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project

🇨🇳STCSM · China

Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.

AISemiconductors+4
CN¥1M – CN¥1.5M
CDB (China Development Bank) logo
Discontinued

CDB Innovation Sector Loans

🇨🇳CDB · China

Provides China policy loans for large strategic-emerging sectors such as semiconductors, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing.

AIEnergy Tech+4
Hangzhou Municipal Human Resources & Social Security Bureau logo
Open

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.

CN¥30K – CN¥200K
State Taxation Administration of China logo
Between cycles

R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive

🇨🇳STA · China

Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.

Ministry of Finance / SME Bureau (MIIT) logo
Discontinued

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.

CN¥1M – CN¥300M
AR
Open

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.

RoboticsIoT & Edge+2
$3K – $5KSep'26
DI
Open

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.

HardwareBiotech
$10KSep'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
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

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.

BiotechMedtech+1
$300KNov'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

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.

BiotechMedtech+1
$150KNov'26
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

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.

MedtechNeurotech+1
Jan'27
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

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.

NeurotechHardware+2
Jun'27

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