Aerospace grants in the United States
Explore Aerospace grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for aircraft, propulsion, avionics, drones and advanced air mobility 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 Aerospace in the United States come first.
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WV First Small Business Growth Program
🇺🇸WV Tax Division · United States
Backs licensed growth investors in West Virginia to structure capital support for local small businesses.
Business Employment Incentive Grant
🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States
Funds only legacy New Jersey business-expansion projects that created qualifying jobs, with lower thresholds for technology companies.
Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
🇺🇸Go Utah / GOEO · United States
Provides Enterprise Zone tax credits in Utah to support capital investment and job creation in rural designated zones.
High Demand Job Training
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Supports matched workforce grants for local development boards and their partners hiring in high-demand fields.
JET Grant — 27 Biennium
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Funds Texas public colleges for career and technical education equipment for high-demand occupations.
MBDA Business Center Program
🇺🇸MBDA · United States
Funds intermediary groups that strengthen minority business support through MBDA Business Center resources on finance, capital, and contracts.
Plug and Play Accelerator Programs (Global)
🇺🇸Plug and Play · United States
Offers Plug and Play accelerator programmes connecting startups to global corporate partners across diverse industry verticals.
Self-Sufficiency Fund
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Supports Texas Workforce Commission programs for nonprofits and public colleges serving low-income learners with workforce credentials.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
South Carolina Angel Investor Tax Credit
🇺🇸SC DOR · United States
Provides tax relief support for accredited investors and South Carolina early stage companies through an angel investor programme.
Urban Transit Hub
🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States
Funds only legacy New Jersey transit-hub facility investments and job creation through ten-year tax credits.
Global Quantum + AI Challenge 2026
Resonance Alliance · Canada
Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.
Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil
Greentown Labs · United States
Runs a climatetech accelerator that pairs carbon-materials startups with ExxonMobil for validation and collaboration, including a needs-based stipend to support participation.
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.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
GENIUS NY 2024 Competition
GENIUS NY · United States
Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)
Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
XPRIZE Wildfire — Finals Phase
XPRIZE · United States
Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.
South Summit Brazil Startup Competition
South Summit · Spain
Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.
Tufts New Ventures Competition
Derby E-Center · United States
Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.
MSCA Staff Exchanges 2027
European Commission · European Union
Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.
Supernova Challenge
GITEX CAC · United Arab Emirates
Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.