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Hardware grants in the Netherlands

Explore Hardware grants for companies in the Netherlands. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in the Netherlands come first.

Showing 1-24 of 300 grants

Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Open

KIEM HighTech

🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands

Provides exploratory collaboration funding for Dutch teams linking academics and industry across photonics, climate, transport, and high-tech material systems.

SemiconductorsQuantum+8
Sep'26
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

KIEM HighTech

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch industry-linked applied research pilots and prototype development in high-technology fields.

AIHardware+6
€40KSep'26
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Open

VFF Early Stage Financing

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Supports early-stage venture financing that helps start-ups turn prototypes into scalable, innovation-driven products.

AIBiotech+6
€450KDec'26
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Open

Eureka Cluster Xecs — Dutch National Cofinancing

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Pays Dutch-led electronics consortia up to EUR 4 million within international Xecs projects.

SemiconductorsHardware
€4MApr'27
Invest-NL logo
Open

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.

AgritechAI+9
€5M – €25M
Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Open

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.

SemiconductorsQuantum+3
Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Open

Innovation Brokers Scheme

🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands

Offers Dutch small and medium businesses advisory vouchers and partner matching for high-tech collaborations in KET fields.

HardwareSemiconductors+4
€8K
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

Innovation Credit (Innovatiekrediet)

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Funds high-risk Dutch innovation projects through a repayable government credit instrument.

AIBiotech+8
Invest-NL logo
Open

Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund

🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands

Funds Dutch deep-technology start-ups and scale-ups in photonics, quantum, and nanotechnology with higher-risk capital.

HardwareAdvanced Materials+3
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

MIT SME Innovation Grants

🇳🇱EZK · Netherlands

Supports Dutch small businesses with MIT Innovation Grants for projects in priority sectors and practical technology development.

AIAgritech+8
Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Open

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.

HardwareSemiconductors+4
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

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.

AIAgritech+8
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (Netherlands) logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+8
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

Eurostars — 11th

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Connects Dutch businesses to international consortia through Eurostars 11th Call to build joint innovation projects.

AIBiotech+6
€500K
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Between cycles

MIT — R&D Collaboration Projects (Samenwerkingsprojecten)

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch innovation groups through MIT cooperation grants for cross regional innovation teams.

AIAgritech+6
Invest-NL logo
Between cycles

Invest-NL Direct Financing

🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands

Funds Dutch scale-ups with equity, mezzanine, and venture debt when conventional markets are constrained.

AgritechBiotech+8
€5M – €50M
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Between cycles

Open Technology Programme

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Funds Dutch applied technology research in universities and public institutes through collaborative calls.

AIBiotech+12
€950K – €1.1M
Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Between cycles

SME Defence Call

🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands

Supports Dutch small and medium enterprises developing dual-use space, quantum, and advanced material technologies for security innovation.

SpaceQuantum+3
€300K
Holland High Tech / Topsector HTSM logo
Between cycles

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.

HardwareSemiconductors+6
€300K
EUREKA Network logo
Open

Eurostars Call 11

🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational

Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.

AIBiotech+12
Sep'26
European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Transition Open

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

AerospaceAgritech+22
€500K – €2.5MSep'26
European Commission logo
Open

Industrial Readiness for Affordable Ka-band User Terminals (IRIS²)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays up to two industrial teams to advance manufacturing readiness for affordable Ka-band satellite user terminals for IRIS² and GOVSATCOM.

SpaceHardware
€7M – €20MSep'26
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Open

EUDIS Non-Thematic SME Open Call

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Backs defense innovation by small and medium-sized enterprises and research organizations across EU member states.

AICybersecurity+4
Sep'26
EC
Open

ECDI - Dual-Use Drones Innovative Programme

🇪🇺ECDI · European Union

Pays manufacturing SMEs equity-free grants to advance a dual-use drone product by at least one technology readiness level.

DefenseHardware
€35KSep'26

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