AI grants in the Netherlands
Explore AI grants for companies in the Netherlands. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI from Dutch innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in the Netherlands, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at AI in the Netherlands come first.
Showing 1-24 of 542 grants
Globalstars Call with Taiwan 2026
🇦🇹EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds joint R&D projects between Taiwan and four European countries.
KIEM HighTech
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch industry-linked applied research pilots and prototype development in high-technology fields.
Take-off Phase 2 — Early-Stage Loan (Vroegefasetraject)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Invests Netherlands firms in knowledge startups building commercialization-ready products through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
Take-off Phase 1 — Feasibility Study (WO)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch academic entrepreneurs turning innovative ideas into commercially viable feasibility-focused technology studies.
VFF Early Stage Financing
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Supports early-stage venture financing that helps start-ups turn prototypes into scalable, innovation-driven products.
Dutch Future Fund (DFF I & II)
🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands
Funds Dutch venture and growth managers investing in clean transition, deep technology, life science, and digital ventures.
Dutch Research Agenda (NWA)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch strategic research collaborations and pilot projects linked to national opportunities and societal challenges.
HTSM Call — Semiconductors & Quantum
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Funds Dutch hardware and quantum development ideas through a call that connects research with scaling in semiconductor technologies.
Innovation Credit (Innovatiekrediet)
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Funds high-risk Dutch innovation projects through a repayable government credit instrument.
Knowledge and Innovation Covenant (KIC)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds multi-sector consortium research in the Netherlands with private co-financing for innovation readiness.
MIT SME Innovation Grants
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Supports Dutch small businesses with MIT Innovation Grants for projects in priority sectors and practical technology development.
PPP Innovation Scheme
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Provides co-funding for Dutch innovation projects in hardware, materials, and quantum domains with high-tech and manufacturing partners.
TKI-toeslag Top Sector Co-Funding
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Supports Dutch innovation consortia through TKI-toeslag with public top up for high impact private-sector development work.
WBSO R&D Wage-Tax Credit
🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands
Funds Dutch companies with wage support through WBSO, reducing personnel costs for approved science and innovation activity.
Eurostars — 11th
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Connects Dutch businesses to international consortia through Eurostars 11th Call to build joint innovation projects.
MIT — R&D Collaboration Projects (Samenwerkingsprojecten)
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch innovation groups through MIT cooperation grants for cross regional innovation teams.
Open Technology Programme
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch applied technology research in universities and public institutes through collaborative calls.
SME Hightech Call
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Supports Dutch small and medium high-tech businesses partnering with researchers to build scalable hardware, quantum, and robotic technologies.
NWA Reducing Drug Harm — Pre-applications Phase 1 (Drugsschade terugdringen)
🇳🇱ZonMw · Netherlands
Funds Dutch research and societal consortia investigating drug-related harm and testing interventions to improve public policy outcomes.
Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
Horizon Buildings: Whole Life Carbon Data Platforms
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €5.25M projects that plug embodied and operational carbon data into building certificates, passports and BIM tools.
Horizon Cyber: Robust & Private AI Systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds EU teams hardening AI systems against adversarial attacks and building privacy-preserving AI for sensitive government and enterprise use.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.