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Robotics grants in South Korea

Explore Robotics grants for companies in South Korea. This list brings together funding for autonomous systems, industrial and service robots, drones and human-robot interaction from Korean innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in South Korea, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Robotics in South Korea come first.

Showing 73-96 of 241 grants

Ministry of SMEs and Startups logo
Closed

K-Micro-Enterprise Initiative

🇰🇷MSS · South Korea

Funds Korean micro-enterprises turning proven export demand into products, brands, certifications, and overseas sales.

₩100M
K-Startup Grand Challenge logo
Closed

K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) for International Students

🇰🇷KSGC · South Korea

Gives free mentoring and pitch coaching to international student founders building in Korea.

Ministry of SMEs and Startups logo
Closed

Unicorn Bridge

🇰🇷MSS · South Korea

Funds high-growth Korean technology companies scaling overseas, raising global capital, and preparing for public markets.

₩1.6B
Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO / KOTEC) logo
Discontinued

KIBO Tech Finance Guarantees

🇰🇷KIBO · South Korea

Provides collateral-light access to bank financing in Korea through technology-based credit guarantees for innovative startups and small businesses.

₩10B
UCANR Innovate (UC Agriculture and Natural Resources) logo
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
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
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
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
AGIBOT logo
Between cycles

AGIBOT WORLD CHALLENGE 2026

AGIBOT · China

Awards $10,000 robot-purchase vouchers to top teams in a global humanoid-robotics manipulation and world-modeling competition.

RoboticsAI
$10K
Deep Tech MEA logo
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
Department of the Army logo
Between cycles

National Security Hackathon (by Army xTech)

Army · United States

Awards $50,000 in cash prizes to top teams at a national-security hackathon backed by the US Army.

DefenseCybersecurity+2
$4K – $20K
Creative Destruction Lab logo
Between cycles

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/27 Cohort

Creative Destruction Lab · Canada

Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

AIQuantum+11
CAD 0
Intrinsic and Open Robotics logo
Closed

AI for Industry Challenge

Intrinsic · United States

Pays $180,000 in cash prizes to developer and robotics teams that train an AI model to solve a real electronics-assembly cable-handling problem on Intrinsic's platform.

RoboticsAdvanced Manufacturing
$10K – $100K
Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) logo
Closed

AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026

XTC · United States

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

AIEnergy Tech+6
YPF logo
Closed

Autonomous Systems for Customer Experience, Safety, and Operations at YPF Full-Black store

YPF · Argentina

Awards a $20,000 pilot to autonomous tech for retail service, security or monitoring.

RoboticsAI+1
$20K
EDGE Group logo
Closed

BlindFlight Resilience Challenge

EDGE · United Arab Emirates

Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.

DefenseAerospace+1
$25K
Department of National Defence Canada logo
Closed

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox

DND Canada · Canada

Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.

DefenseAerospace+3
Global Startup EXPO 2026, funded through the Osaka Prefectural Accommodation Tax logo
Closed

DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026

Global Startup EXPO · Japan

Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.

AIRobotics+6
¥10M
Global Startup EXPO 2026 logo
Closed

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.

AIRobotics+5
¥10M
EDGE Group logo
Closed

Drone in a Box Challenge

EDGE · United Arab Emirates

Pays a guaranteed $15,000 first prize for an integrated autonomous drone-docking system.

RoboticsDefense
$5K – $15K
GN
Closed

GENIUS NY 2024 Competition

GENIUS NY · United States

Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.

AerospaceRobotics+1
$500K – $1M
swisstech (Presence Switzerland) logo
Closed

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
€3K
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

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