AI grants in Germany
Explore AI grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from German innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Germany, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in Germany come first.
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DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026
Global Startup EXPO · Japan
Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.
DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026
Global Startup EXPO · Japan
Pays a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups from Japan and overseas that pitch cutting-edge, research-rooted technology at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka.
Global AI Hackathon Series with Qwen Cloud
Aliyun · China
Pays a combined ₹41.85 lakh cash prize pool, with no equity taken, to individual developers, teams and startups worldwide who build AI applications using Qwen Cloud's models in an online hackathon.
Grand Challenges — Breakthrough Innovations to Reduce the Cost of Severe Acute Malnutrition Treatment
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing system-level innovations that reduce the total cost of treating severe acute malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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.
How Tokenization, AI, and Quantum May Reshape Institutional Financial Markets
Wazoku · United Kingdom
Awards up to $500 for sharp expert insight on tokenization, AI and quantum in finance.
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.
K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC)
MSS · South Korea
Runs a nine-month, government-backed accelerator that helps foreign-founded startups enter and scale in Korea, with prize money for the top 20 teams and further commercialisation grants for the top 8.
LINGUA Africa Open Call
AI for Good Lab · United States
Supports African-language AI development through grants and compute resources focused on language inclusion.
Navigating Transformative AI — AI Governance
Coefficient · United States
Supports projects on governance, safety policy, and coordination in advanced AI systems.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship
NVIDIA · United States
Supports doctoral students in computing, robotics, and intelligent systems by pairing university awards with industry mentorship.
OrbitalAI Φsat-2
ESA · Global / Multinational
Rewards teams for AI tools that process Earth-observation data onboard satellites.
RAISE the STAKES
RAISE Summit · France
Awards AI startups up to $350K in cloud credits for pitching live at its Paris summit.
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.
Slack Agent Builder Challenge
Salesforce · United States
Pays a combined ₹39.06 lakh prize pool, no equity taken, to developers and teams worldwide who build AI agents on Slack's platform using low-code or no-code tools.
XPRIZE Quantum Applications — Phase II
XPRIZE · United States
Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.
XPRIZE Wildfire — Finals Phase
XPRIZE · United States
Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.
AI for Forecasting and Sound Reasoning RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds AI forecasting and sound-reasoning tools through Coefficient Giving Forecasting Fund grants.
Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds global teams preparing health and wellbeing systems for advanced AI through Coefficient Giving RFP grants.
Meta Llama Startup Program
Meta · United States
Supports founder teams building models and AI products with compute, credits, and technical enablement through the startup program.
AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative
AWS · United States
Funds non-cash support in the form of cloud credits and technical help for diagnostic innovation and health solutions.
UAE Mubadala Investment Strategic / Energy / Tech Capital
Mubadala · United Arab Emirates
Offers United Arab Emirates investors and strategic startups with growth capital and partnership options across technology and energy.
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.
Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.