Advanced Materials grants in the United States
Explore Advanced Materials grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for novel materials, composites, nanomaterials, coatings and materials science from US innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United States, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Materials in the United States come first.
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ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Funds United States alumni technologies moving from prior support into commercial pilots and scale-out activity.
U.S.-Israel Energy Center — Proposals (Second
🇺🇸BIRD Foundation · United States
Supports United States and Israel consortia in fossil energy, energy storage, and energy-water research through the Center of Excellence.
DARPA DSO Disruptioneering
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Supports rapid United States exploratory defense research through fast-distributed projects and compact delivery agreements.
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program: Research Projects
🇺🇸DOI · United States
Funds lab-scale and pilot-scale research that cuts the cost or energy of treating impaired water for reuse.
ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds plasma science aimed at real technological problems — manufacturing, microelectronics, agriculture, sensors, nanomaterials.
Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports unsolicited basic research proposals across all Office of Science thematic areas in the United States.
DOE Office of Science Open Solicitation
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Connects research teams and institutions for DOE Office of Science Solicitation in artificial intelligence, energy systems, and fusion research.
Energy Dominance Financing Program
🇺🇸DOE LPO / EDF · United States
Supports national energy infrastructure through federally backed loan instruments in the United States.
FES Continuation Solicitation
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports fusion, plasma, and high-energy-density research partnerships blending public and private work.
NRL Broad Agency Announcement
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports naval research collaborations with universities, firms, and consortia for practical outcomes.
ONR Long Range BAA
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports Navy and Marine science teams through ONR Long Range access to opportunities across science and technology domains.
Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit — Section 45X — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Provides production-based tax credits to United States manufacturers of clean energy components and materials.
R&D Tax Credit — Income Tax Credit (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports established United States companies with income tax credits tied to qualified innovation spending.
R&D Tax Credit — QSB Payroll Offset (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports United States small businesses through payroll tax offsets when they fund qualifying innovation activity.
AFRL/RX Functional Materials Open BAA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Supports advanced functional materials research in the United States through Air Force opportunities.
CHIPS Incentives: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment NOFO
🇺🇸CHIPS for America · United States
Invests in semiconductor materials and equipment manufacturers expanding domestic supply chain capacity.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds startups building next-generation scientific instruments — up to $2 million per company, no equity taken.
Draper TIF
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
Plasma Physics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the physics of plasma — magnetised, high energy density, low temperature, dusty and ultra-cold — with 25 awards expected.
BIRD General Program
🇺🇸BIRD Foundation · United States
Supports United States and Israel partners to jointly commercialize hi-tech innovation, including cybersecurity, life sciences, and manufacturing.
The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports AI for science progress from early concept stages toward national-scale implementation.
AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports agriculture innovation across plant health, bioenergy, food safety, and rural systems through USDA research grants and extension.
ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Funds civil, structural, materials and environmental research across the Army's engineering labs, continuously open with no real dollar ceiling on record.
SEED Research Program
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.