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.
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Accelerating Physical AI: Embodied Intelligence for the Next Frontier of AI-Powered Robotics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays physical-AI robotics teams a fixed EUR 300,000 lump-sum grant to validate a prototype and then build it into a real-world-tested system.
Advanced Architectures Systems and Technologies
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds 6G network-architecture research on simplified control/user-plane designs, constrained AI for network operations, and serverless multi-domain service orchestration.
Advanced IoT and Device Technologies
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on near-zero-energy 6G IoT devices, unlicensed-band 6G connectivity, and next-generation connected IoT applications.
Affordable and sustainable primary equipment for Future-Ready multi-terminal HVDC Systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds development of affordable, SF6-free primary equipment — circuit breakers, cables and converters — for multi-terminal HVDC grids.
Edge AI chip prototypes for ultra-low-power, on-device intelligence
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to four teams to build edge AI chip prototypes that combine real-time on-device learning with ultra-low power consumption.
EU-India International Collaboration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds a coordination and support action to build structured EU-India cooperation on 6G research, connecting European and Indian industry, standards bodies and research programmes.
EUDIS Cascade Funding — BATTLEVERSE Project
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds small businesses developing defense training and simulation technologies through small innovation grants.
European 6G Front-End Microelectronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.
Higher Speed Optical Access Networks and future end-to-end Packet Optical Network Architecture in 6G
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on high-capacity, energy-efficient optical access networks and AI-managed optical architecture for the 6G transport layer.
Innovative Advanced Materials for flexible and stretchable electronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around three research projects, each worth up to EUR 5 million, to develop new materials for wearable and flexible electronics.
Low power Edge AI Chips
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds two teams prototyping ultra-low-power edge AI chip designs, tested at TRL 6-7 for real-time on-device inference in battery-powered devices.
Microelectronic – Front-End Module (FEM)
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to design a European front-end-module chipset for 6G radio in the FR3 (7-15 GHz) frequency range.
Multiband 4D Radar
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a demonstrator for a multiband 4D radar that tracks range, direction and speed together for naval and future ground/air defence.
Multifunctional Information Distribution System
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into an EU-built tactical data-link terminal so European forces stop depending on non-EU MIDS/Link 16 suppliers.
Open-source EDA tools development
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to four consortia building or improving open-source chip-design (EDA) tools for digital, analogue and mixed-signal design, released under an open-source licence.
RISC-V Automotive Hardware Platform
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to two teams building a high-performance RISC-V automotive hardware platform — processors, AI accelerators and the software tool-chain — for autonomous driving.
SNS experimental infrastructure
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to run the SNS JU's shared 6G experimental infrastructure for Phase 3, validating technologies from earlier SNS Stream B projects.
SPRIND Continuous Hormone Monitoring Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams in Germany through a continuous hormone-monitoring challenge for advanced sensor development.
SPRIND Funke QuantumSense Exploration — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds teams hunting for entirely new quantum systems that could be used as sensors.
SPRIND Next Frontier AI Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds German teams through frontier innovation programmes for AI and advanced prototype development.
Wireless Communication Technologies and Signal Processing – Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds 6G physical-layer and radio-access research — spectrum efficiency, massive MIMO, AI-native RAN — aimed at proof-of-concept systems and international standards contributions.
JCJC Breakthrough
🇫🇷ANR · France
Funds JCJC laureates and their teams preparing strong proposals to advance high-impact scientific careers.
Innovation Grant
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds SMEs maturing and testing technology projects with grants of up to EUR 50,000.
Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French companies carrying out high-growth R&D projects with regional grants or recoverable advances.