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 241-264 of 881 grants
Health and Extreme Weather Research Coordination and Data Center
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds one center coordinating training, best practice and shared data infrastructure across every extreme-weather health hub in the same initiative.
Manufacturing 4.0 Technology Investment
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Funds smart manufacturing adoption for Iowa small and mid-sized producers through technology upgrades and digital readiness support.
BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds building a web-accessible archive that stores, curates and shares data from BRAIN Initiative research, with tools to use it.
MIT $100K Pitch Contest
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT affiliates through a public pitch platform that recognizes bold early startup ideas.
REDI — Q4 1–15)
🇺🇸Go Utah / GOEO · United States
Supports private employers in rural Utah creating high-wage jobs through per-position cash incentives.
Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds eleven NSF computing programmes through one door — $280 million and roughly 600 awards across algorithms, systems, networks and AI.
Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds turning open-source research tools into governed, secure, lasting ecosystems — 60 awards from a $40 million pool, companies included.
Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the mathematics and statistics needed to answer biological and biomedical questions, up to $1.2 million. NSF and NIH pay jointly.
DARPA DSO Office-wide BAA
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States defense science ideas with high-security relevance across devices, systems, and cross-domain innovation.
DOE SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. for-profit small businesses establishing technical feasibility of innovative technologies across DOE priority areas including advanced manufacturing, critical materials, and quantum information science.
DOE SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses advancing energy and science technologies from proven feasibility into prototype development through DOE's Phase II SBIR award.
ED/IES SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸ED · United States
Funds for-profit small businesses developing and evaluating new education technology prototypes.
ED/IES SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸ED · United States
Funds for-profit small businesses completing full-scale development and evaluation of education technology products.
NASA SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing and demonstrating technology innovations that advance NASA missions, following a successful Phase I feasibility award.
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.
Proof of Commercial Relevance Loan
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Funds Iowa technology companies validating products and markets through low-interest loans up to $50,000.
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 Collaborative Infrastructure Grant
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds Colorado advanced-industry businesses and nonprofits building shared infrastructure for commercialization and technology development.
Advanced Industries Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds Colorado advanced-industries companies scaling new technology toward commercial growth.
Advanced Industries Export Grant
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds export-readiness for Colorado advanced technology small businesses pursuing international growth.
Advanced Industries Proof of Concept Grant
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds university-industry partnerships in Colorado advancing applied technology commercialization to strengthen real-world implementation.
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.