AI grants in the United States
Explore AI grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in the United States come first.
Showing 1-24 of 881 grants
GREGoRi Data Coordination and Outreach Center
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the one centre that coordinates a rare-disease genomics programme and gets its protocols, data and tools out to everybody else.
GREGoRi Technology Integration Center
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the centre that turns new molecular methods for rare-disease diagnosis into standards, best practices and a benchmarking dataset.
ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) — Between
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports early-career faculty with naval research grants fostering next-generation discoveries.
Schmidt Science Polymaths
🇺🇸Schmidt Sciences · United States
Supports recently tenured faculty with fellowships that enable bold cross-domain research pivots and sustained interdisciplinary leadership.
MIT Solve Global Challenges
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports teams tackling global challenges by selecting and backing scalable ideas through MIT Solve challenge pathways.
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.
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the coordination of state and regional AI compute consortia — but the consortium pays for the computers, not NSF.
Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds making existing scientific datasets usable by AI — $100 million across 50 awards, and companies can apply.
ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
Cancer Research KI-Mayo Clinic CCC Synergy Grants
🇺🇸MCCCC & CRKI · Global / Multinational
Funds Mayo Clinic and Karolinska Institutet teams researching early cancer detection.
DURIP (AFOSR)
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring major research equipment for defense-relevant research capabilities.
NASA ROSES — Science Mission Directorate Omnibus
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds a broad United States NASA Science Mission Directorate package across multiple science and mission areas.
Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Data Innovation Challenge — Track 1
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Pays entities up to $566,665 across three milestones to add shovel-ready cancer data or tools to NCI's CCDI ecosystem.
Draper TIF
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
Applied Mathematics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds mathematics driven by real problems in science and engineering — from one investigator to an interdisciplinary team.
Verizon Smart Campus Competition
🇺🇸Verizon · United States
Pays Northeastern student teams up to $3,000 each for 5G network innovation ideas.
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.
NIH HEAL Initiative — Open NOFOs
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Supports opioid, pain, and substance use disorder research in the NIH HEAL portfolio.
Computational Mathematics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds mathematics where computation is the centre — algorithms that are provably justified and actually efficient.