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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DOE ITO SBIR/STTR Phase II
🇺🇸DOE ITO · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses with a prior DOE ITO Phase I award to carry out expanded R&D through a two-year cooperative agreement of up to $1,100,000.
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.
E-SCRAP Prize
🇺🇸AMMTO · United States
Pays U.S. entrepreneurs up to $800,000 per team, across three phases, to build cheaper ways of recovering critical materials from electronic scrap.
EPA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸EPA · United States
Supports small United States businesses developing environmental technology solutions in water, air, pollution prevention, and chemical safety.
EPA SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸EPA · United States
Supports small United States companies extending proven environmental technologies into broader applications through EPA follow-on innovation funding.
FDA BAA Regulatory Science
🇺🇸FDA · United States
Funds regulatory science work that strengthens product evaluation and post-market health monitoring.
Genesis Mission — DE-FOA-0003612
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Supports national artificial intelligence and science challenge response through sustained development grants.
Grand Challenges — Cost-Reducing Innovations for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing innovations in protein, lipids, packaging, and manufacturing that reduce the ex-factory unit cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food by at least 30%.
Grants on the Edge
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M faculty strengthening previously reviewed projects to improve future funder alignment.
Harvard Grid Accelerator — Awards
🇺🇸Harvard OTD · United States
Offers Harvard engineering teams startup support to take inventions from laboratory development to commercialization outcomes.
Hill Prizes
🇺🇸LH Philanthropies · United States
Awards Texas researchers and innovators $500,000 in non-dilutive funding for their work.
Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize — Phase 2
🇺🇸DOE ITO · United States
Funds teams advancing cost-effective industrial energy storage concepts through a proof-of-concept prototype stage of a DOE prize challenge.
Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize — Phase 3: Validate
🇺🇸DOE ITO · United States
Funds teams demonstrating prototype industrial energy storage systems through a DOE prize challenge for validated scalability.
Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program
🇺🇸Innovate Alabama · United States
Funds Alabama small businesses with active federal SBIR or STTR awards.
Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize (InDEEP)
WPTO · United States
Pays teams up to $200,000 to develop new materials that convert ocean wave motion into electricity.
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize Breakthrough Contest — Track 1: New Competitors
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Pays new competitors $200,000 each to build lithium-ion battery recycling solutions.
MEP Center State Competition
🇺🇸NIST MEP · United States
Supports a designated state through a dedicated MEP Center to provide manufacturing technical assistance to small and medium firms.
Multi Modal Materials Analysis (MMoMA)
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds new ways to read a material's molecular make-up and composition without special sample preparation.
NASA SBIR Ignite Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and startups new to NASA in early-stage, high-risk technology development through awards of up to $150,000.
NASA SBIR Phase I (BAA, Appendix A & B)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds exploratory feasibility research for small businesses in aeronautics, space technology, and exploration development.
NASA STTR Phase I (BAA, Appendix B)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds United States small-business and nonprofit research partnerships for early NASA-focused aerospace feasibility work.
NM Advanced Energy Award — R&D Class
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds New Mexico small businesses conducting foundational R&D and proof-of-concept work in advanced energy technologies.
NSF NRT — Research Traineeship (Seed)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports graduate training programs in United States universities for interdisciplinary research and STEM innovation.
OG-AMMTO Critical Minerals & Materials Accelerator
🇺🇸DOE Geothermal / OG · United States
Offers research teams and institutions for OG AMMTO Critical Minerals & Materials Accelerator in energy systems, materials science, and climate technology.