AI grants in France
Explore AI grants for companies in France. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from French innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in France, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in France come first.
Showing 1-24 of 563 grants
Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French SMEs leading international R&D collaborations through Eurostars innovation aid.
House of AI Startup Challenge
🇫🇷Groupama · France
Offers applied-AI startups six months of free membership at Groupama's Paris innovation campus.
France-Taiwan Innovation Partnerships Call
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French and Taiwanese companies developing joint R&D projects through coordinated national innovation aid.
Deep Tech Development Aid (Aide au Développement Deeptech, ADD)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports French deep-tech teams with practical innovation toward deployable outcomes.
French Tech Emergence Grant (Bourse French Tech Emergence)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports French deep-tech early ventures with internal and external spending to reach project emergence.
French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Backs French deep-tech organizations with support for health and life science solutions.
French Tech Lab Grant
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports pre-creation deeptech ventures emerging from university research through team formation and business validation.
Deep Tech Pioneers Program — Membership
🇫🇷Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Administers development partnerships and mentorship support for deep-tech small and medium-sized enterprises.
Eureka Network Projects — France-South Korea
🇫🇷EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Supports France and South Korea teams through Eureka Network Projects to run joint innovation with industrial and research partners.
i-Démo Generic Call No. 5 — September Round (AAP Générique, relève septembre)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds large industrial initiatives with shared public and repayable financing for technology scale-up.
RAPID
🇫🇷AID · France
Funds dual use technology exploration for French small businesses and mid size firms in defense and advanced engineering.
IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Call
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French companies and research partners developing advanced semiconductor technologies through case-by-case state aid.
IPCEI Industrial Artificial Intelligence Call
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French companies and research partners developing industrial AI through grants or recoverable advances.
ASMA (ASTRID Maturation)
🇫🇷AID · France
Funds maturation of prior French defence-funded research into technology-ready outputs with dual-use potential.
ASTRID
🇫🇷AID · France
Backs early-stage exploratory research with dual civilian and military applicability across fifteen thematic areas.
ASTRID
🇫🇷ANR · France
Funds France innovation teams building dual-use innovation for industry security from proof to commercialization.
Concours d'innovation i-PhD — 7e édition
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports PhD founders building deep-tech companies with entrepreneurship guidance programs.
EPERVIER — Anti-Drone
🇫🇷AID · France
Supports development of portable anti-drone systems for critical security operations.
Eureka France-Corée du Sud
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports France South Korea collaboration on industrial technology and semiconductors.
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge — 12th
🇫🇷Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Offers deep-tech startup challengers equity-free seed support, mentorship, and investor exposure across sectors and global markets.
i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports deep-tech startup creation through mentorship and innovation competition programs.
Innov’Up Leader — France Île-de-France
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds Île-de-France SMEs and ETIs developing innovations through France 2030 regional aid.
Innovation Competition i (Concours d'innovation i)
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds innovation projects by French startups and small and medium-sized companies in digital, health, transport, and energy.
Medical Device Medico-Economic Evaluation Call
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds medical-device developers evaluating post-CE-mark clinical and economic benefits through a national call.