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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 25-48 of 85 grants

National Institutes of Health logo
Open

BRAIN Initiative Connectivity across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies

NIH · United States

Funds technology anywhere in the connectomics pipeline — collection, reconstruction, analysis, dissemination — to make brain wiring diagrams faster and cheaper.

NeurotechAI+1
Oct'27
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Device Development for Mental Health Applications (R01)

NIH · United States

Funds a genuinely new brain stimulation device for mental health, or a hardware or software change that substantially improves an approved one.

NeurotechMedtech+1
Jan'28
National Institutes of Health logo
Open

Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation Device Development for Mental Health Applications (R21)

NIH · United States

Funds the exploratory version of next-generation brain stimulation device work for mental health, with the same floor on how much novelty counts.

NeurotechMedtech+1
Jan'28
Army Materiel Command (AMC) logo
Open

US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement

AMC · United States

Funds Army research proposals across soldier feeding, protection, biomechanics and training technology on a rolling basis.

DefenseAdvanced Materials+1
Feb'30
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

Defence Rapid Impact

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
Microsoft Corporation logo
Open

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub

Microsoft · United States

Provides early-stage startups with up to one hundred fifty thousand dollars in cloud credits and software access.

AIHardware+2
$150K
MIT.nano logo
Open

MIT.nano Industry Consortium / Foundry Access

MIT.nano · United States

Provides Massachusetts startup teams access to advanced prototyping and fabrication through MIT.nano collaboration.

SemiconductorsAdvanced Materials+3
$50K – $500K
National Institutes of Health logo
Scheduled

Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research

NIH · United States

Funds further development and rigorous technical validation of a cancer research technology that has already cleared basic feasibility.

BiotechMedtech+1
$300KJun'27
National Institutes of Health logo
Scheduled

Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research

NIH · United States

Funds early proof-of-concept work testing whether a new cancer research tool, assay, platform or instrument is technically feasible at all.

BiotechMedtech+1
$150KJun'27
National Institutes of Health logo
Scheduled

BRAIN Initiative: Development and Validation of Novel Tools and New Approaches for Neuroscience Research

NIH · United States

Funds building new tools to record, image or control brain cells and circuits, from first sketches to lab-ready instruments.

NeurotechHardware
Jun'27
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
Department of the Army logo
Between cycles

xTechHumanoid

Army · United States

Supports autonomous humanoid robotics efforts through prizes and potential follow-on mission contracts.

DefenseRobotics+2
$25K – $75K
HM
Closed

Assignment to Help Cool Battlefield Radios

HMGCC · United Kingdom

Funds up to $65,000 for a 12-week project to stop battlefield radios overheating.

DefenseHardware
$65K
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

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.

BiotechMedtech+6
$1M
Hello Tomorrow logo
Closed

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)

Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational

Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

AerospaceHardware+8
€20K – €100K
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan logo
Closed

IC Taiwan Grand Challenge

NSTC Taiwan · Taiwan

Awards a $30,000 cash prize to startups collaborating with Taiwan's chip industry.

SemiconductorsHardware
$30K
Japan Science and Technology Agency logo
Closed

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.

AIBiotech+7
NVIDIA Corporation logo
Closed

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

NVIDIA · United States

Supports doctoral students in computing, robotics, and intelligent systems by pairing university awards with industry mentorship.

AIRobotics+2
$60K
YP
Closed

Real-time detection of Structural Modifications in Scaffolding for Oil Refinery Safety

YPF · Argentina

Pays $20,000 to pilot a real-time sensor system that detects unsafe scaffolding changes at a refinery.

Energy TechIoT & Edge+1
$20K
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business logo
Closed

Rice Business Plan Competition

Rice Jones School · United States

Funds student-led startup teams competing for investment, non-dilutive cash, and in-kind prizes at Rice University.

Energy TechClimate Tech+4
NT
Closed

Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge

NTL · United States

Pays up to $155,000 across three phases for a new lunar rover wheel design.

SpaceHardware+1
$10K
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Water Scarcity — Active Phase

XPRIZE · United States

Supports water-solvers advancing desalination systems and infrastructure for severe scarcity conditions.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials+1
$5K – $40M
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Water Scarcity — Track A: Desalination: System-Level Innovation

XPRIZE · United States

Awards up to $40 million for a system that makes large-scale seawater desalination affordable.

Climate TechHardware
$40M
Equinor ASA logo
Discontinued

Equinor Ventures (Norwegian sovereign-linked)

Equinor · Norway

Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
NOK 5M – NOK 50M

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