Climate Tech grants in the United States

Awards early-stage climate tech and energy start-ups an equity-free cash prize, a fully-covered trip to Berlin, and investor exposure at the SET Tech Festival.

Closed

Funds feasibility studies and pilots for satellite-enabled water infrastructure.

Awards at least $7,500 per category, plus a $10,000 bonus for the top agrifood startup.

Awards the winning startup 10 million yen after a pitch contest at SusHi Tech Tokyo.

Closed

Pays 50-80% for satellite services protecting Arctic ecosystems and fisheries.

Recognizes agrifood startups across four themes, with XTC layering a special AI award on top of the UN's global awards.

Awards $250,000 in non-dilutive funding to a bold, high-potential climate solution.

Closed

Awards up to $40 million for a system that makes large-scale seawater desalination affordable.

Closed

Pays a $3.5 million Grand Prize (plus milestone and bonus prizes from a $5 million pool) to the team whose autonomous system detects and fully suppresses a high-risk wildfire fastest.

Paid a $100,000 cash prize to the best AR/VR solution built to help fight climate change.

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Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.

Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.

Open

Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.

Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.

Open

Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.

Open

Supports registered nonprofits with in-kind software and cloud credits to strengthen mission operations.

Open

Provides venture studio support, go-to-market coaching, and startup growth services through cohort engagement.

Between cycles

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

Offers breakthrough hardware startups coaching and up to €4,000 in travel support.

Between cycles

Offers early-stage founders startup credits for compute on AWS so teams can prototype and launch without immediate spend.

Between cycles

Offers provider-backed startups additional AWS startup credits for advanced architecture, deployment, and customer growth through the portfolio program.

Awards $250,000 a year to an 18-30 tech innovator fighting extreme poverty.

Awards up to $40,000 to student-owned startup ventures pitching like a VC round.