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 289-312 of 881 grants
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds science that only computation or data could reach — and refuses anything using established methods on large datasets.
Conquer Accelerator
🇺🇸MSU · United States
Supports Michigan-connected startups through a full acceleration program with mentorship and milestone funding.
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.
CSIT SBIR/STTR Direct Financial Assistance — Phase 5
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses to match early-stage federal innovation awards and bridge development costs.
Data & AI Fueling R&D of Tomorrow QuickFire Challenge: Singapore & Beyond
🇺🇸J&J Innovation · United States
Supports data and AI researchers developing foundation-model-based drug discovery and multi-omics analysis through the Singapore-focused QuickFire challenge.
Databricks AI Accelerator Program
🇺🇸Databricks Inc. · United States
Supports preseed and seed B2B startups with Databricks Ventures investment and platform credits for scaling.
Databricks for Startups
🇺🇸Databricks Inc. · United States
Offers early-stage data and AI startups Databricks resources, credits, and hands-on guidance for technical workloads.
DataWorks! Prize
🇺🇸ODSS · United States
Supports teams sharing biomedical data broadly through recognition and competitive performance awards.
DHS SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States
Supports small businesses addressing homeland security needs with early feasibility innovation in cybersecurity, border operations, and safety-critical tools.
DHS Small Business Innovation Research Program
🇺🇸DHS · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing homeland security technologies through DHS SBIR grants.
DIHI Annual Request for Applications (Innovation Projects)
🇺🇸DIHI · United States
Funds Duke faculty, staff, students and trainees $25,000 to $60,000 a year to pilot practical healthcare innovation projects inside Duke's clinical enterprise.
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.
DoW Prostate Cancer, Data Science Award
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Funds computational and AI research that mines large prostate cancer datasets for insight, not new lab experiments.
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.
Economic Assistance Grant
🇺🇸Go Utah / GOEO · United States
Supports Utah businesses in targeted industries with competitive grants for projects that build jobs and local economic opportunity.
Economic Opportunity Tax Credit
🇺🇸WV Tax Division · United States
Funds West Virginia employers expanding facilities and adding jobs through annual state income tax incentives.
EDGE Grant Competition
🇺🇸DSB · United States
Connects teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for EDGE Grant Competition in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and hardware.
Elevate Vermont — SBIR/STTR Matching Grant
🇺🇸ACCD · United States
Funds Vermont federal award recipients with matching support for commercialization planning and market launch execution.
Emergent Ventures
🇺🇸Mercatus Center · United States
Invests in founders and thinkers whose ideas could create outsized technological progress and societal impact.
Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds foundational engineering research on devices, circuits and control — $110 million across roughly 300 awards, with no deadline.
Eshelman Innovation Venture Studio (Kairos)
🇺🇸UNC OTC / BME / Eshelman · United States
Runs Eshelman Innovation Venture Studio to build and capitalize digital health startups through structured programs.