Defense grants in the United States
Explore Defense grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for dual-use technology, defense research and security challenges 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 Defense in the United States come first.
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Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness RFP
Coefficient · United States
Funds interdisciplinary defense-health teams addressing engineered biological threats and resilience planning.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
Drone in a Box Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Pays a guaranteed $15,000 first prize for an integrated autonomous drone-docking system.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
Security & Resiliency Traction Program
MassChallenge · United States
Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.
Services Enabled by High Altitude Pseudo Satellites Complemented by Satellites
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Fully funds feasibility studies combining high-altitude platforms with satellite services.
Technology Challenges and Opportunities to Special Operation Forces in 2027
SOCOM · United States
Paid individual authors up to $2,500 for essays forecasting technology's impact on Special Operations Forces.
xTechHumanoid
Army · United States
Supports autonomous humanoid robotics efforts through prizes and potential follow-on mission contracts.
South Summit Brazil Startup Competition
South Summit · Spain
Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.
Tufts New Ventures Competition
Derby E-Center · United States
Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.
Datadog for Open Source Projects
Datadog Inc. · United States
Offers qualifying open-source projects free full Datadog access to support monitoring and reliability operations.
Founders Factory
Founders Factory · United Kingdom
Provides venture studio support, go-to-market coaching, and startup growth services through cohort engagement.
MSCA Staff Exchanges 2027
European Commission · European Union
Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2027
European Commission · European Union
Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.
Rising UP in Spain 2026
🇪🇸ICEX · Spain
Backs startups setting up and scaling their business in Spain.
ASML Emerging Innovator Award
ASML · Netherlands
Offers breakthrough hardware startups coaching and up to €4,000 in travel support.
AWS Activate Founders Package
AWS · United States
Offers early-stage founders startup credits for compute on AWS so teams can prototype and launch without immediate spend.
AWS Activate Portfolio Package
AWS · United States
Offers provider-backed startups additional AWS startup credits for advanced architecture, deployment, and customer growth through the portfolio program.
Datadog for Startups
Datadog Inc. · United States
Offers Series A or earlier technology startups free Datadog observability and security credits for one year.
Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award
Cisco & Global Citizen · United States
Awards $250,000 a year to an 18-30 tech innovator fighting extreme poverty.
Heartland Challenge Startup Competition
UArk OEI · United States
Awards up to $40,000 to student-owned startup ventures pitching like a VC round.
Hult Prize
Hult Prize · United States
Awards $1 million in seed funding to the winning student-led startup each year.
Lightcone Commons Grant Round
Lightcone · United States
Funds cost-effective projects — nonprofit or for-profit — recommended by evaluators to a pool of major donors.