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 97-120 of 881 grants
Air Dominance BAA
🇺🇸AFRL/RW · United States
Funds air dominance innovation in sensing, autonomy, and engagement systems for national security priorities.
Army SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Army · United States
Funds United States Army-focused small businesses demonstrating technology feasibility for soldier and mobility needs.
Army SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸Army · United States
Supports United States Army-aligned innovators advancing validated technologies toward deployable military-ready systems.
ARPA-H Mission Office ISOs
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Supports United States mission teams with boundary-pushing health initiatives beyond existing programme limits.
ARPA-H Program ISOs (topic-specific)
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Funds United States health initiatives through topic-focused pathways across multiple mission areas and agencies.
BIRD Cyber
🇺🇸DHS · United States
Funds U.S.-Israeli teams developing cybersecurity applications through BIRD grants.
DARPA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States small businesses validating high-risk defense science concepts for practical technical development.
DARPA SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Supports United States defense innovators building on validated concepts into advanced prototypes and field testing.
DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Funds commercial companies prototyping advanced technology for US defense through fast Other Transaction agreements.
AEDC SBIR Matching Grant
🇺🇸AEDC · United States
Funds Arkansas firms by co-financing federal research commercialization efforts to strengthen real-world implementation.
AFOSR BAA — Basic Research
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds basic research at United States universities across defense science, materials, aerospace, and quantum topics.
AFOSR HBCU/MI Research Program
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Supports minority-serving universities with dedicated research funding and inclusion-focused defense partnerships.
AFOSR STTR
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds collaborative basic research pathways for technology transfer from concept through scalable prototypes.
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence — FOAs
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds sustained university center partnerships with the United States defense research community.
AFWERX Open Topic SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Offers AFWERX open topic support for United States small businesses with dual use ideas through an always open route.
AIM-AHEAD CLINAQ Fellowship — Cohort 2
🇺🇸AIM-AHEAD · United States
Supports clinicians at participating institutions with one-year fellowships to build AI improvement expertise.
AIM-AHEAD Federated Network Program
🇺🇸AIM-AHEAD · United States
Offers support for federated research infrastructure enabling privacy-aware data sharing across healthcare institutions.
Arkansas Business and Technology Accelerator Grant
🇺🇸AEDC · United States
Funds Arkansas technology and manufacturing startups through accelerator-style grants to strengthen real-world implementation.
ARPA-H Initiatives & Sprints
🇺🇸ARPA-H · United States
Runs fast-turnaround health technology opportunities in United States for high-potential exploratory science and engineering.
ART — NSF 25-548
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Supports university infrastructure growth in technology transfer through NSF research grants.
ASPIRE Reduction-to-Practice (Seed)
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Supports translational chemistry and automation platform development through university-linked partnerships.
BARDA Accelerator Network — POC Funding
🇺🇸BARDA · United States
Funds proof-of-concept medical countermeasure projects across diagnostics, digital health, and therapeutic platforms.
BARDA Accelerator Network — Proof-of-Concept Funding
🇺🇸BARDA · United States
Supports United States health-security teams with early milestone-based funding for proof-of-concept countermeasure work.
Basic Research Grant Program
🇺🇸AEDC · United States
Supports Arkansas institutions with matching grants for original-research costs and stronger academic enterprise collaboration.