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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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Showing 289-312 of 346 grants

West Virginia Tax Division logo
Closed

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.

New Jersey Division of Taxation logo
Discontinued

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.

Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity logo
Discontinued

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.

Texas Workforce Commission logo
Discontinued

High Demand Job Training

🇺🇸TWC · United States

Supports matched workforce grants for local development boards and their partners hiring in high-demand fields.

$150K
Texas Workforce Commission logo
Discontinued

JET Grant — 27 Biennium

🇺🇸TWC · United States

Funds Texas public colleges for career and technical education equipment for high-demand occupations.

$40K – $350K
US Minority Business Development Agency logo
Discontinued

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.

$250K
Plug and Play Tech Center logo
Discontinued

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.

Texas Workforce Commission logo
Discontinued

Self-Sufficiency Fund

🇺🇸TWC · United States

Supports Texas Workforce Commission programs for nonprofits and public colleges serving low-income learners with workforce credentials.

$500K
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation logo
Discontinued

Sloan Research Fellowships

🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States

Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.

$75K
South Carolina Department of Revenue logo
Discontinued

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.

$100K
New Jersey Division of Taxation logo
Discontinued

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.

RA
Open

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.

QuantumAI+4
Sep'26
GL
Open

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.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+2
Oct'26
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

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.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
ED
Closed

BlindFlight Resilience Challenge

EDGE · United Arab Emirates

Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.

DefenseAerospace+1
$25K
Department of National Defence Canada logo
Closed

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox

DND Canada · Canada

Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.

DefenseAerospace+3
GN
Closed

GENIUS NY 2024 Competition

GENIUS NY · United States

Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.

AerospaceRobotics+1
$500K – $1M
Hello Tomorrow logo
Closed

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.

AerospaceHardware+8
€20K – €100K
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency logo
Closed

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.

DefenseAerospace+3
XPRIZE Foundation logo
Closed

XPRIZE Wildfire — Finals Phase

XPRIZE · United States

Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.

AerospaceRobotics+2
$3.5M
SS
Open

South Summit Brazil Startup Competition

South Summit · Spain

Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.

Dec'26
DE
Open

Tufts New Ventures Competition

Derby E-Center · United States

Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.

$3K – $20KFeb'27
European Commission logo
Open

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.

Apr'27
GC
Open

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.

$5K – $15KMay'27

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