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 313-336 of 882 grants
Business Incentives for Growth (BIG) Program
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Supports Iowa business expansion with performance-based tax credits, sales tax refunds, and optional local property tax relief.
Cancer Grand Challenges
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.
Cisco LaunchPad
🇺🇸Cisco · United States
Offers deep-tech startups a 6-month Cisco accelerator with a performance-based grant.
CoMotion Innovation Gap Fund
🇺🇸CoMotion · United States
Supports University of Washington researchers advancing disclosed university discoveries to practical proof-of-concept through internal grants.
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.
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.
Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative
🇺🇸BRAIN Initiative · United States
Supports building long-term archives for brain science data and related community resources.
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.
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.
DTRA C-WMD Basic Research BAA
🇺🇸DTRA · United States
Supports fundamental and early-stage scientific research that protects against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risks.
DURIP (AFOSR)
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring major research equipment for defense-relevant research capabilities.
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.