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Robotics grants in France

Explore Robotics grants for companies in France. This list brings together funding for autonomous systems, industrial and service robots, drones and human-robot interaction 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 Robotics in France come first.

Showing 73-96 of 282 grants

European Commission logo
Closed

Open topic on efficient border surveillance and maritime security

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds up to three border-security and maritime-surveillance projects worth EUR 3.3 million each, built with Border or Coast Guard partners.

DefenseRobotics
€3.3M
European Commission logo
Closed

Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research into wearable and cognitive augmentation technology that supports factory workers and makes manufacturing jobs safer and more human-centric.

Advanced ManufacturingRobotics
€4M – €6M
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Closed

Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds research into automated cyber-defence for military drones and autonomous vehicles that can detect, react to and recover from attacks.

DefenseCybersecurity+1
European Commission logo
Closed

Soft Robotics for Advanced physical capabilities

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two Innovation Action projects, each worth up to EUR 10 million, to build safer robots from soft, compliant materials.

Robotics
€10M
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Closed

SPIN: Rise

🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union

Offers early-career deep-tech researchers a free venture-creation and pre-incubation programme with training, coaching and a European bootcamp.

Climate TechAerospace+3
SPRIND (Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen) logo
Closed

SPRIND Next Frontier AI Challenge — Stage 1

🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany

Funds German teams through frontier innovation programmes for AI and advanced prototype development.

AIHardware+1
€3M
European Commission logo
Closed

Towards autonomous robot collectives delivering collaborative tasks in dynamic unstructured construction environments

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research teams building multi-robot systems that collaboratively assemble structures on unstructured construction sites.

RoboticsBuilt Environment
€500K – €4M
French National Research Agency logo
Open

JCJC Breakthrough

🇫🇷ANR · France

Funds JCJC laureates and their teams preparing strong proposals to advance high-impact scientific careers.

€75KDec'26
Bpifrance logo
Open

Innovation Grant

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds SMEs maturing and testing technology projects with grants of up to EUR 50,000.

€50K
Bpifrance logo
Open

Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French companies carrying out high-growth R&D projects with regional grants or recoverable advances.

€75K – €500K
Bpifrance logo
Open

Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French and German collaborative companies with bilateral support for joint innovation projects.

€50K – €3M
Bpifrance logo
Open

Overseas Territories Innovation Grant

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds overseas French SMEs industrialising or commercialising completed innovation projects with grants of EUR 20,000 to EUR 100,000.

€20K – €100K
Direction générale des Finances publiques (DGFiP) logo
Open

Young Innovative Enterprise (Jeune Entreprise Innovante) (JEI / JEU / JEC / JEII)

🇫🇷DGFiP · France

Supports French early-growth companies with a favourable tax and social relief status during early innovation growth.

Bpifrance logo
Between cycles

Classic Innovation Advance

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French SMEs and mid-sized companies pursuing high-uncertainty innovation with a recoverable advance.

€3M
Direction générale des Finances publiques (DGFiP) logo
Between cycles

Innovation Tax Credit (Crédit d'Impôt Innovation, CII)

🇫🇷DGFiP · France

Funds French small and medium enterprises focused on innovative prototyping, technology development, and pilot commercialization.

€80K
Direction générale des Finances publiques (DGFiP) logo
Between cycles

Research Tax Credit (Crédit d'Impôt Recherche, CIR)

🇫🇷DGFiP · France

Offers French companies tax support that lowers the cost of qualifying innovation activity.

French National Research Agency logo
Closed

AAPG — Generic for Proposals

🇫🇷ANR · France

Funds French organizations through ANR's broad flagship call in multiple priority research themes.

European Commission logo
Closed

Empowering youth in the EU Outermost Regions – YOUTH 4 OUTERMOST REGIONS (#YOUTH4ORS)

🇫🇷European Commission · European Union

Funds one organisation to run youth-led community and entrepreneurship actions across the EU's Outermost Regions.

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
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
SW
Open

Global Deep Tech Battle @ SLUSH 2026

swisstech · Switzerland

Awards a 3,000-euro cash prize to the winning deep-tech pitch at SLUSH 2026.

RoboticsMedtech+1
€3KOct'26
UI
Open

Farm Robotics Challenge

UCANR Innovate · United States

Pays student robotics teams over $100,000 combined to build AI farming solutions.

AgritechRobotics
Nov'26
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
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Open

EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory

🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union

Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.

AIBiotech+10

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