Energy Tech grants in the United States
Explore Energy Tech grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for renewables, storage, grids, hydrogen, nuclear and energy efficiency 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 Energy Tech in the United States come first.
Showing 1-24 of 648 grants
RSI Explorer Grant
🇺🇸RSI / Caltech · United States
Funds high-risk sustainability exploration by Caltech investigators to strengthen real-world implementation.
Activate Fellowship
🇺🇸Activate · United States
Offers two-year fellowships for first-time hard-tech founders building climate, energy, and biotechnology ventures without equity.
LIIP
🇺🇸SD GOED · United States
Funds infrastructure projects for South Dakota political subdivisions and tribal entities linked to local economic growth.
Building Resilient Communities Grant
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Backs Wyoming municipalities and tribal governments with infrastructure support for publicly owned water, transportation, and airport projects.
MIT Solve Global Challenges
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports teams tackling global challenges by selecting and backing scalable ideas through MIT Solve challenge pathways.
ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
NASA ROSES — Science Mission Directorate Omnibus
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds a broad United States NASA Science Mission Directorate package across multiple science and mission areas.
Draper TIF
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
TTP (TTP-T / TTP-P)
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Funds NSF-funded research teams translating discoveries toward field use through industry-aligned pathways and partnerships.
BIRD General Program
🇺🇸BIRD Foundation · United States
Supports United States and Israel partners to jointly commercialize hi-tech innovation, including cybersecurity, life sciences, and manufacturing.
Texas Enterprise Zone Program
🇺🇸Texas Comptroller · United States
Funds businesses in Texas Enterprise Zones with tax-advantaged support tied to growth-oriented capital deployment.
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.
AFRL/RD HPEM Modeling and Effects BAA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Funds high-power electromagnetics modeling and effects research to strengthen defense science over time.
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.
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.
TTAC Proof of Concept Program
🇺🇸LaunchTN · United States
Offers early-stage Tennessee innovators proof-of-concept support to de-risk and validate commercialization ideas.
Salata Institute Seed Grant
🇺🇸Salata Institute · United States
Offers seed support across Harvard for climate and sustainability teams building early climate solutions with practical pilots.
SEED Research Program
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds UW Madison spin-out research teams to advance commercialization through faculty-led projects.
ARO MURI
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports multidisciplinary university teams pursuing long-range defense research collaborations and shared outcomes.
NSF EPSCoR — Active Tracks (Seed)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds United States states through EPSCoR tracks to strengthen institutional research readiness and innovation systems.
Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network — Strand B
🇺🇸MassCEC · United States
Backs Massachusetts community colleges through the Heat Pump and HVAC Training Network Strand B to build practical training capacity.
NSF CAREER
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports early-career faculty in the United States to build independent research careers in science and engineering.