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Hardware grants in France

Explore Hardware grants for companies in France. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in France come first.

Showing 1-24 of 300 grants

Bpifrance logo
Open

Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French SMEs leading international R&D collaborations through Eurostars innovation aid.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+3
€3MSep'26
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Open

First Factory — December Round (Première Usine, relève décembre)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds first-factory scale-up for innovative manufacturers moving toward production readiness.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech+4
Dec'26
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Open

Deep Tech Development Aid (Aide au Développement Deeptech, ADD)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Supports French deep-tech teams with practical innovation toward deployable outcomes.

BiotechAI+7
€2M
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Open

French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Backs French deep-tech organizations with support for health and life science solutions.

AIBiotech+6
€30K
Hello Tomorrow logo
Between cycles

Deep Tech Pioneers Program — Membership

🇫🇷Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational

Administers development partnerships and mentorship support for deep-tech small and medium-sized enterprises.

AerospaceAI+9
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Between cycles

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.

AIBiotech+10
Bpifrance logo
Between cycles

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.

AIClimate Tech+7
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Closed

IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Call

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French companies and research partners developing advanced semiconductor technologies through case-by-case state aid.

SemiconductorsPhotonics+4
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Closed

Concours d'innovation i-PhD — 7e édition

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Supports PhD founders building deep-tech companies with entrepreneurship guidance programs.

BiotechAI+7
Bpifrance logo
Closed

Eureka France-Corée du Sud

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Supports France South Korea collaboration on industrial technology and semiconductors.

SemiconductorsAdvanced Manufacturing+4
€50K – €3M
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Closed

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.

AerospaceAI+13
€100K
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Closed

i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Supports deep-tech startup creation through mentorship and innovation competition programs.

AIBiotech+7
€600K
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Closed

Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle — relève juin

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds high-potential artificial intelligence research with transformative impact in industry, health, ecology, and security.

AIHardware+4
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eurostars Call 11

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.

AIBiotech+12
Sep'26
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Open

EIC Transition Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€500K – €2.5MSep'26
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Open

Industrial Readiness for Affordable Ka-band User Terminals (IRIS²)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays up to two industrial teams to advance manufacturing readiness for affordable Ka-band satellite user terminals for IRIS² and GOVSATCOM.

SpaceHardware
€7M – €20MSep'26
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Open

EUDIS Non-Thematic SME Open Call

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Backs defense innovation by small and medium-sized enterprises and research organizations across EU member states.

AICybersecurity+4
Sep'26
EC
Open

ECDI - Dual-Use Drones Innovative Programme

🇪🇺ECDI · European Union

Pays manufacturing SMEs equity-free grants to advance a dual-use drone product by at least one technology readiness level.

DefenseHardware
€35KSep'26
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Open

SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics Challenge — Stage 1

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds European teams building complete multi-purpose robots or the breakthrough hardware inside them.

RoboticsHardware+1
€7.2MOct'26
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Open

EIC Pathfinder Challenges

🇮🇱ISERD · Israel

Funds breakthrough research teams tackling bold technology questions from concept through proof-of-concept under the European Innovation Council framework.

AIEnergy Tech+2
₪4MOct'26
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) logo
Open

Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1

🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union

Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.

Advanced ManufacturingAdvanced Materials+6
Nov'26
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Open

Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a

🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union

Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.

Advanced ManufacturingAdvanced Materials+6
Nov'26
Israel-Europe Research & Innovation Directorate (ISERD) logo
Open

EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal

🇮🇱ISERD · Israel

Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.

AIBiotech+12
₪2.5MDec'26
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Open

Key electronic components

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays European manufacturers to expand production capacity for the electronic components that bottleneck drone, missile and defence-electronics supply chains.

DefenseSemiconductors+1
Feb'27

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