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.
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Air Force SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Funds United States Air Force and Space Force aligned small-business concepts in early defense feasibility work.
Air Force SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Supports United States Air Force-aligned projects maturing defense-ready prototypes toward broader mission adoption.
CHIPS NAPMP: Materials and Substrates R&D
🇺🇸CHIPS for America · United States
Funds U.S. companies and institutions developing advanced packaging substrates and substrate materials to accelerate domestic semiconductor supply chain capacity.
DARPA I2O Office-wide BAA
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States information science, cyber, and computational defense innovation shaping future command capabilities.
NASA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses conducting early-stage R&D to establish the feasibility of innovations aligned with NASA mission priorities.
NASA STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their research institution partners conducting early-stage space technology R&D through NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer program.
Navy SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Funds United States naval small-business ideas for ship, aviation, undersea, and autonomy-related feasibility studies.
Navy SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports United States naval innovation teams transitioning validated concepts into stronger prototypes and mission-ready solutions.
Stanford Medicine Catalyst
🇺🇸Stanford Med Catalyst · United States
Funds Stanford teams piloting and advancing validated health innovations through capital and hands-on operating support.
Advancing Discovery to Market
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M teams translating early discoveries through commercialization support and enterprise readiness.
Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026
ADTF · United States
Pays cash prizes for on-device AI models that run on everyday budget laptops in Africa.
AFWERX SpaceWERX STRATFI Space
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Supports Space Force technology graduates with matching investment for private sector scale-up.
AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge — Phase I (Seed Concepts)
🇺🇸Bezos Earth Fund · United States
Supports AI teams tackling climate and nature problems, including biodiversity and grid efficiency, through Bezos-backed concept grants.
AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge — Phase II (Implementation)
🇺🇸Bezos Earth Fund · United States
Supports AI implementation teams addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity globally.
AI for Good Lab Open Call — Washington State
🇺🇸AI for Good Lab · United States
Offers Washington State nonprofits and researchers Azure credits to apply artificial intelligence to sustainability, health, and human rights.
AI Interpretability RFP
🇺🇸Schmidt Sciences · United States
Funds mechanistic interpretability research on detecting and steering deceptive behaviors in artificial intelligence systems.
AI Startup Challenge 2026: Applied AI and the Future of Business
🇺🇸CBS · United States
Awards $40K+ in prizes to graduate-student teams building AI-driven startups.
AI Upskill Accelerator Pilot Program
🇺🇸EDA · United States
Supports United States. manufacturers and industry through AI workforce training partnerships.
AI-Ready America Coordination Hubs — Round 1
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Offers one AI-ready coordination hub support path for each United States. state and territory.
Alaska SBIR/STTR Matching Grant
🇺🇸AK DCCED / AIDEA · United States
Supports Alaska small businesses with federal innovation awards using state match funding to strengthen commercialization.
Arizona Innovation Challenge
🇺🇸ACA · United States
Funds Arizona startup growth in AI, health, hardware, and biotech sectors.
ARPA-I Ideas and Innovation Challenge — Stage 2
🇺🇸ARPA-I · United States
Supports transportation infrastructure challengers advancing knowledge, construction, optimization, and enabling technologies through ARPA-I competition.
AWS Imagine Grant (US) — One
🇺🇸AWS · United States
Funds United States nonprofits using cloud and AI for social-good projects.
Bakar Award
🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States
Funds UC Berkeley STEM faculty moving research discoveries toward commercially viable products and services.