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.
Showing 1-24 of 499 grants
RSI Explorer Grant
🇺🇸RSI / Caltech · United States
Funds high-risk sustainability exploration by Caltech investigators to strengthen real-world implementation.
AFRL/RX Functional Materials Open BAA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Supports advanced functional materials research in the United States through Air Force opportunities.
Activate Fellowship
🇺🇸Activate · United States
Offers two-year fellowships for first-time hard-tech founders building climate, energy, and biotechnology ventures without equity.
ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) — Between
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports early-career faculty with naval research grants fostering next-generation discoveries.
CHIPS Incentives: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment NOFO
🇺🇸CHIPS for America · United States
Invests in semiconductor materials and equipment manufacturers expanding domestic supply chain capacity.
NSF SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups demonstrating scientific feasibility of novel science and engineering innovations.
NSF SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups extending proven early projects into substantial technology development.
NSF STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech startups partnering with nonprofit research institutions for early-stage feasibility studies.
NSF STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States deep-tech projects that continue with nonprofit research partners after successful initial feasibility work.
NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.
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.
ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
DURIP (AFOSR)
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring major research equipment for defense-relevant research capabilities.
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.
AFOSR YIP
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports early-career researchers in the United States through long-term federal science initiatives.
AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds early-career investigators in United States defense research through multi-year applied projects.
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.
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.
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.
TTAC Proof of Concept Program
🇺🇸LaunchTN · United States
Offers early-stage Tennessee innovators proof-of-concept support to de-risk and validate commercialization ideas.
SEED Research Program
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.