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 337-360 of 881 grants
International Market Access Grant for Exporters
🇺🇸Ohio Dept of Development · United States
Funds Ohio for-profit businesses carrying out eligible export promotion activities through reimbursement grants.
Iowa Demonstration Fund
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Funds Iowa market-ready firms with loans or royalty structures for commercialization and growth execution.
Iowa Go-To-Market Accelerator
🇺🇸IICorp · United States
Runs a six-month Iowa accelerator giving scalable startups mentorship, networks, and investor access.
Iowa Innovation Acceleration Fund
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Funds Iowa tech firms across launch, scale, and expansion stages with tiered repayable support for growth.
Iowa R&D Tax Credit Program
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Offers Iowa companies annual tax credits for qualified innovation and technical development activities under a certified program.
IP Group Balance-Sheet Equity
🇬🇧IP Group · United Kingdom
Invests directly in university spinouts across health, deep technology, and clean technology from formation through scale-up.
Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Supports Colorado employers and businesses with growth-linked incentives for local jobs.
Johnson & Johnson QuickFire Challenges (Active Series)
🇺🇸J&J Innovation · United States
Supports global health innovators through recurring Johnson and Johnson QuickFire themed challenges in medicine and life science domains.
Lab-to-Launch
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Funds Virginia startups licensing university innovations for commercialization planning and launch.
Marine Corps SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸MARCORSYSCOM · United States
Supports MCSC small businesses developing ground systems through monthly topic release flow.
Marine Corps SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸MARCORSYSCOM · United States
Supports MCSC small businesses advancing successful concepts toward larger development contracts.
Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit
🇺🇸MD Commerce · United States
Offers an annual Maryland tax credit for qualified research spending by businesses, with pool-based allocation and employee thresholds.
MassVentures START Grant
🇺🇸MassVentures · United States
Administers II commercialization grants of for MA deep tech companies for research through the MassVentures START Grant.
Mathematical Biology
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds mathematics with real biological relevance — and asks for innovation on both sides plus genuine integration between them.
Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the mathematics that explains why AI works and where it fails — $500,000 to $1.5 million for cross-disciplinary teams.
Meta Research PhD Fellowship Cohort
🇺🇸Meta · United States
Offers a research fellowship stream for doctoral candidates in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and systems research.
MII — Company Formation
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Offers grant for Maryland startups that have licensed technology from a qualifying through the MII Company Formation.
MII — Technology Assessment
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Runs grant for Maryland university faculty to evaluate the commercial potential of through the MII Technology Assessment.
MIT $100K Accelerate Contest
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT-affiliated teams with working prototypes through a contest that prepares ventures for investor conversations.
MIT $100K Launch Contest
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT-affiliated teams building full business plans through a final competition and broader venture exposure.
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund — Seed Grant
🇺🇸MIT Sandbox · United States
Supports MIT students with non-dilutive seed funds, mentorship, and reimbursement for early innovation.
MLSC Internship Programs
🇺🇸MLSC · United States
Runs Paid internship subsidies across five tracks for MA life sciences employers through the MLSC Internship Programs.
Modal Startups Program
🇺🇸Modal Labs · United States
Offers startup teams matched with venture backers in-kind GPU compute credits to accelerate model training and production readiness.
MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs (MPS MathSci)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds every NSF mathematics programme through one door — roughly 600 awards from a $200 million pool, with no deadline.