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Advanced Materials grants in India

Explore Advanced Materials grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for novel materials, composites, nanomaterials, coatings and materials science from Indian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in India, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Materials in India come first.

Showing 73-96 of 128 grants

UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

Open Call for Innovation

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

DefenseAI+11
Breakthrough Energy logo
Between cycles

BE Fellows — Innovator Fellowship Cohort 7

Breakthrough Energy · United States

Supports climate founders with catalytic funding and mentoring to advance early technology ideas into deployment-ready ventures.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+3
$0 – $500K
DT
Between cycles

Deep Tech Geeks Startups Competition

Deep Tech MEA · United Arab Emirates

Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.

AIRobotics+4
DT
Between cycles

Deep Tech Startup Pitch Competition

Deep Tech Atelier · Latvia

Lets early-stage deep tech founders worldwide pitch investors live for partner prizes in Riga.

DefenseMedtech+4
DOE Office of Science logo
Between cycles

INCITE — Proposals

DOE SC · United States

Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.

AIEnergy Tech+5
DOE Office of Science — Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) logo
Between cycles

INCITE Allocation Cycle

DOE ASCR · United States

Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

AIQuantum+4
DH
Between cycles

Innovate For Tomorrow Impact Accelerator (2025 edition)

Dubai Holding · United Arab Emirates

Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.

Climate TechAdvanced Materials+1
AED 100K – AED 500K
DE
Closed

ACHEMA Start-up Award

DECHEMA · Germany

Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Manufacturing+1
€15K
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

Grand Challenges — Cost-Reducing Innovations for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food

Gates Foundation · United States

Funds global teams developing innovations in protein, lipids, packaging, and manufacturing that reduce the ex-factory unit cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food by at least 30%.

Food TechAdvanced Manufacturing+3
$1.5M
Gates Foundation logo
Closed

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.

BiotechMedtech+6
$1M
Hello Tomorrow logo
Closed

Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)

Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational

Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

AerospaceHardware+8
€20K – €100K
IS
Closed

ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2024 (Sustainable Chemistry for Textiles)

ISC3 · Germany

Awards €15,000 to the best sustainable-chemistry startup fixing a problem in the textile industry.

Advanced Materials
€5K – €15K
Japan Science and Technology Agency logo
Closed

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.

AIBiotech+7
MS
Closed

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.

Advanced ManufacturingSemiconductors+4
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency logo
Closed

RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)

DARPA · United States

Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.

DefenseAerospace+3
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Quantum Applications — Phase II

XPRIZE · United States

Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.

QuantumAI+3
$5M
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Water Scarcity — Active Phase

XPRIZE · United States

Supports water-solvers advancing desalination systems and infrastructure for severe scarcity conditions.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials+1
$5K – $40M
Equinor ASA logo
Discontinued

Equinor Ventures (Norwegian sovereign-linked)

Equinor · Norway

Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

Energy TechClimate Tech+2
NOK 5M – NOK 50M
Wadhwani Foundation logo
Open

Wadhwani Entrepreneurship Initiative

🇮🇳Wadhwani · India

Supports entrepreneurs through Wadhwani's Entrepreneurship Initiative with training, mentorship, and investor access.

SS
Open

South Summit Brazil Startup Competition

South Summit · Spain

Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.

Dec'26
DE
Open

Tufts New Ventures Competition

Derby E-Center · United States

Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.

$3K – $20KFeb'27
European Commission logo
Open

MSCA Staff Exchanges 2027

European Commission · European Union

Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.

Apr'27
GC
Open

Supernova Challenge

GITEX CAC · United Arab Emirates

Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.

$5K – $15KMay'27
European Commission logo
Open

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027

European Commission · European Union

Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.

Sep'27

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