Hardware grants in the United States
Explore Hardware grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for electronics, devices, sensors, prototyping and hardware startups 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 Hardware in the United States come first.
Showing 217-240 of 585 grants
Illinois SBIR/STTR Match
🇺🇸Illinois DCEO · United States
Supports Illinois companies that already hold federal innovation awards with complementary state funding for research project development.
Infrastructure Cluster
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the facilities atmospheric and geospace research runs on, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds new or radically improved research tools and methods for biology — bioinformatics, instrumentation and research methods.
International Market Access Grant for Exporters
🇺🇸Ohio Dept of Development · United States
Funds Ohio for-profit businesses carrying out eligible export promotion activities through reimbursement grants.
IP Group Balance-Sheet Equity
🇬🇧IP Group · United Kingdom
Invests directly in university spinouts across health, deep technology, and clean technology from formation through scale-up.
Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Supports Colorado employers and businesses with growth-linked incentives for local jobs.
Lab-to-Launch
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Funds Virginia startups licensing university innovations for commercialization planning and launch.
LEEP Fellowship (Seed)
🇺🇸DOE OTC · United States
Offers students and early career scholars with mentoring support for LEEP Fellowship in energy systems, climate technology, and manufacturing.
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Funds early-stage research and technology demonstrators across NSWC Crane's electronic warfare, sensors and power-systems missions.
Maine Entrepreneurial Resource Corps (MERC)
🇺🇸MTI · United States
Backs Maine businesses through the MERC program with cost-sharing support for short-term expert consulting to strengthen operations.
Marine Corps SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸MARCORSYSCOM · United States
Supports MCSC small businesses developing ground systems through monthly topic release flow.
Marine Corps SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸MARCORSYSCOM · United States
Supports MCSC small businesses advancing successful concepts toward larger development contracts.
Market Expansion Grant
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small and medium-sized businesses as they expand operations into interstate markets through reimbursed market entry costs.
Maryland Research and Development Tax Credit
🇺🇸MD Commerce · United States
Offers an annual Maryland tax credit for qualified research spending by businesses, with pool-based allocation and employee thresholds.
MassChallenge Security & Resiliency Traction Program
🇺🇸MassChallenge · United States
Runs MassChallenge Security and Resiliency Traction for early cyber, infrastructure, and defense-adjacent founders with scale preparation.
Meta Research PhD Fellowship Cohort
🇺🇸Meta · United States
Offers a research fellowship stream for doctoral candidates in virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and systems research.
MII — Company Formation
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Offers grant for Maryland startups that have licensed technology from a qualifying through the MII Company Formation.
MII — Technology Assessment
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Runs grant for Maryland university faculty to evaluate the commercial potential of through the MII Technology Assessment.
Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program — Between
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports private fusion teams through milestone-based programs advancing through development gates.
MIT $100K Accelerate Contest
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT-affiliated teams with working prototypes through a contest that prepares ventures for investor conversations.
MIT $100K Launch Contest
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT-affiliated teams building full business plans through a final competition and broader venture exposure.
MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund — Seed Grant
🇺🇸MIT Sandbox · United States
Supports MIT students with non-dilutive seed funds, mentorship, and reimbursement for early innovation.
Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research-Related Operations
🇺🇸NIH · United States
Funds up to $350,000 of equipment that keeps a shared research facility running — but explicitly not scientific instruments. A cost share is required.
MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds every NSF physics programme through one door — quantum information, particle physics, plasma, gravity and more, from $180 million.