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 529-552 of 881 grants
NIST PSCR First Responder UAS Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds teams and companies building unmanned aircraft system technology for first responders through NIST PSCR open innovation prize competitions.
NIST PSCR Tech to Protect Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds entrepreneurs, companies, and technologists building public safety communications technology through a NIST PSCR open innovation prize competition.
NM Quantum Technologies Award
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies establishing or growing operations in New Mexico.
NM Science and Technology Business Startup Grant
🇺🇸NM EDD · United States
Funds New Mexico technology startups commercializing products in priority deep-tech sectors.
NOAA SBIR Phase I (Scheduled)
🇺🇸NOAA TPO · United States
Supports United States small businesses testing NOAA-focused science and technology concepts through early-stage small-business innovation projects.
Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds three exploratory hubs on how AI tools affect children with reading, writing and maths learning disabilities. $1.6 million across all three.
NSF NRT — Research Traineeship (Seed)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports graduate training programs in United States universities for interdisciplinary research and STEM innovation.
One NC SBP — SBIR/STTR Phase I Incentive Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Supports North Carolina small businesses through One NC SBP with help covering early proposal costs for government innovation awards.
One NC SBP — SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds state-level co-investment support that can help early small businesses extend grant-backed research stages.
OSD ManTech / MII Project Calls
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports advanced manufacturing research and innovation through Manufacturing Innovation Institute calls.
PitchMI
🇺🇸MSURF · United States
Awards Michigan startups $250,000 per track winner, plus $1 million at the championship.
PRMRP — Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
🇺🇸MRDC / CDMRP · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for PRMRP Peer Reviewed Medical Research in biotechnology, medical technology, and artificial intelligence.
Proposal Planning Grants
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Supports Texas A&M interdisciplinary teams developing large-scale proposals for external sponsors.
Regional Workforce Impact Program (RWIP)
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds regional workforce organizations in North Dakota to align training with labour demand and future industries.
ROADS Prize Challenge
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Connects teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for ROADS Prize Challenge in robotics, defense innovation, and transport and mobility.
Rothberg Build Fund (3× / year)
🇺🇸Yale Ventures · United States
Supports Yale students building healthcare and medtech innovations into early validated prototypes.
SCALE Capital: Massachusetts Lab-to-Fab Grant Program
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds Massachusetts microelectronics teams moving lab-to-fab projects through SCALE Capital grants.
SLTT SOC / ISAC Program
🇺🇸CISA · United States
Funds for-profit and nonprofit organisations operating shared cyber operations and threat-information services through a CISA agreement.
SOCOM SBIR Release 1
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports two focused technical streams for special operations through dedicated defense research calls.
SOCOM SBIR Release 2
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports a second special operations technical stream with parallel topics for urgent missions.
Space Strategic Technology Institute (SSTI): Space Cyber-Cognitive Overmatch (SCCO)
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Backs a university-led consortium with up to $25 million to build transformative cyber, AI and quantum technologies that protect and strengthen U.S. military space systems.
STRIDE Ventures: AI Efficiency Challenge
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Funds practical AI and machine learning software translation toward efficient deployment and societal use.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.
Tech Hubs Implementation Grants
🇺🇸EDA · United States
Offers research teams and institutions for Tech Hubs Implementation Grants in artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and semiconductors.