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 121-144 of 499 grants
NASA STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their research institution partners developing and demonstrating technology innovations through NASA's STTR Phase II award.
SpaceWERX STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase)
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses scaling strategic space technologies through SBIR/STTR matching contracts with government and private co-investment.
Advanced Industries Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds Colorado advanced-industries companies scaling new technology toward commercial growth.
AFOSR HBCU/MI Program
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports minority-serving and historically black institutions through foundational Air Force research grants.
AFOSR STTR Phase I
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Offers small business and institution teams early research support for foundational Air Force concepts.
AFOSR STTR Phase II
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports small business teams extending validated concepts toward robust defense development.
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports early-stage Air Force fundamental research at universities, nonprofits, and industry partners.
ARO DEPSCoR (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports institutions in underserved regions with research funding for non-traditional defense science.
ARPA-E Focused Technology Programs
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Supports United States transformational technology workstreams such as fusion materials, advanced batteries, and carbon capture.
Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds research into how the Earth's core, mantle and crust formed and changed — including volcanology and ore deposits.
Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds fundamental research to make chemical and biochemical processes more efficient, sustainable and resilient — from catalysis to separations.
CHIPS R&D BAA — White Paper
🇺🇸CHIPS for America · United States
Funds microelectronics teams in the United States through CHIPS BAA with practical support for near market technology development.
ClimateTech Fund
🇺🇸Connecticut Innovations · United States
Invests in Connecticut climate-tech businesses from seed through growth stages in clean energy and mobility sectors.
CREATE-X Startup Launch
🇺🇸Georgia Tech · United States
Offers a Georgia Tech Summer startup program with seed support, mentorship, legal help, workspace, and investor events.
Crosscutting Activities in Materials Research
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds materials-community work that fits no single programme — summer schools, workshops, conferences and cross-programme projects.
DOE Early Career Research Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Funds research teams and institutions for DOE Early Career Research in energy systems, artificial intelligence, and quantum systems.
DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers in energy systems, materials science, and quantum systems.
DOE SBIR/STTR — Seed
🇺🇸DOE OTC · United States
Invests in teams advancing energy, climate, and manufacturing innovation projects.
DOE TCF Vouchers — Next Seed
🇺🇸DOE OTC · United States
Runs research teams and institutions for DOE TCF Vouchers Next in energy systems, climate technology, and manufacturing.
DoW SBIR — Open Topics
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports United States defense innovators in AI, aerospace, and advanced systems development.
DoW STTR — Open Topics
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports United States innovation teams in strategic technology areas across security and digital fields.
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.
Electronics Scrap Recycling Advancement Prize (E-SCRAP)
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Pays US for-profit teams up to $4M to recover critical materials from e-scrap.
Elevate Vermont — SBIR/STTR Matching Grant
🇺🇸ACCD · United States
Funds Vermont federal award recipients with matching support for commercialization planning and market launch execution.