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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Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship
🇺🇸Damon Runyon · United States
Provides students and early career scholars with mentoring support for Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and medical technology.
AFOSR YIP
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports early-career researchers in the United States through long-term federal science initiatives.
AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds early-career investigators in United States defense research through multi-year applied projects.
NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds the salary of a research software engineer building and sharing biomedical, behavioural or health software, tools and algorithms.
Statistics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds statistical theory and methods, and their application to any part of science and engineering.
Genesis Mission AI FOA — Phase I and Phase II (FES)
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports AI-enabled fusion and plasma research with continuation pathways for strong performers.
The Genesis Mission: AI for Science and Energy
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Provides research teams and institutions for The Genesis Mission: AI for Science and Energy in artificial intelligence, energy systems, and quantum systems.
The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports AI for science progress from early concept stages toward national-scale implementation.
AFRI Foundational and Applied Science
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Supports agriculture innovation across plant health, bioenergy, food safety, and rural systems through USDA research grants and extension.
Innovation Fund Tax Credit Program
🇺🇸IEDA · United States
Provides investors with Iowa tax credits for placing capital into certified innovation funds that back early-stage local companies.
ONR Long Range BAA
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports Navy and Marine science teams through ONR Long Range access to opportunities across science and technology domains.
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program
🇺🇸USDA NIFA · United States
Funds agriculture, natural-resource and human-science research capacity at 35 named Tribal Colleges and Universities.
ARPA-H SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Funds United States small businesses bridging health and neuroscience technologies from feasibility into advanced development.
NIH SBIR Direct-to-Phase II (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds United States small businesses moving directly into major development when early biomedical feasibility is already established.
NIH SBIR Fast-Track (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Supports United States small businesses with streamlined biomedical pathways from feasibility to continued development.
NIH SBIR Phase I (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds United States small businesses advancing biomedical and behavioral-health innovations through early technical validation.
NIH SBIR Phase II (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds United States small businesses advancing validated biomedical innovations through substantial full development execution.
NIH STTR Phase I (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds United States small businesses partnering with nonprofit research institutions to validate biomedical ideas.
NIH STTR Phase II (Omnibus)
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds United States small-business and research-partner teams advancing biomedical projects already proven in early studies.
CICI — Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure
🇺🇸NSF OAC · United States
Funds United States cybersecurity research and infrastructure through the NSF to strengthen resilient digital systems.
Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds security for the infrastructure science runs on — data, computation, workflows and collaborations, up to $1.2 million per award.
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds research infrastructure between $4 million and $20 million — the gap between an instrument grant and a national facility.
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI-2026/27): Wave-Based Computing ( EFRI-WBC)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds computing that runs on wave dynamics rather than switches — exploratory grants, or four-year projects up to $2 million.
SEED Research Program
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.