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 337-360 of 585 grants
NHGRI Commercialization Readiness Pilot
🇺🇸NHGRI · United States
Funds prior NIH SBIR/STTR Phase II small businesses completing late-stage R&D and commercialization work.
NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards
🇺🇸NHLBI · United States
Supports small businesses advancing NHLBI discoveries toward regulatory clearance milestones.
NIBIB P41 BTRR National Centers — Renewal
🇺🇸NIBIB · United States
Funds national biomedical technology centers that build shared resources for advanced research infrastructure.
NIBIB Trailblazer R21
🇺🇸NIBIB · United States
Funds exploratory biomedical engineering research led by emerging investigators through United States health innovation support.
NIJ Research and Evaluation for the Testing and Interpretation of Physical Evidence in Publicly Funded Forensic Laboratories
🇺🇸NIJ · United States
Funds forensic laboratory research evaluating physical evidence methods.
NIJ Research and Evaluation on Forensic Science Systems
🇺🇸NIJ · United States
Funds forensic science system evaluations through NIJ research grants.
NIOSH Large OSH Research Grant
🇺🇸NIOSH · United States
Supports standing investigator initiated grants for discrete occupational safety and health research projects.
NIOSH Small OSH Research Grant
🇺🇸NIOSH · United States
Supports small grants for pilot studies secondary data analysis and methodology development in occupational safety and health.
NIST PSCR First Responder UAS Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds teams and companies building unmanned aircraft system technology for first responders through NIST PSCR open innovation prize competitions.
NM Advanced Energy Award — R&D Class
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds New Mexico small businesses conducting foundational R&D and proof-of-concept work in advanced energy technologies.
NM Quantum Technologies Award
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies establishing or growing operations in New Mexico.
NSF NRT — Research Traineeship (Seed)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports graduate training programs in United States universities for interdisciplinary research and STEM innovation.
NSF X-Labs (Quantum + Scientific Instrumentation)
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Funds independent research organizations focused on quantum systems and scientific instrumentation breakthroughs.
One NC SBP — SBIR/STTR Phase I Incentive Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Supports North Carolina small businesses through One NC SBP with help covering early proposal costs for government innovation awards.
One NC SBP — SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds state-level co-investment support that can help early small businesses extend grant-backed research stages.
PEO SOFSA Mobile Hydrogen Production and Storage — Assessment Event
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports mobile hydrogen energy solutions for special operations logistics across land, sea, and air environments.
Physical Infrastructure Grant
🇺🇸MTC · United States
Funds Missouri nonprofit ecosystems with resources to build coworking, laboratories, and entrepreneurship space.
Precision Inertial Navigation & Positioning On an Integrated Tesseract (PINPOINT)
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds new physics for inertial sensors built to break a decade-long precision plateau.
ROADS Prize Challenge
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Connects teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for ROADS Prize Challenge in robotics, defense innovation, and transport and mobility.
SCALE Capital: Massachusetts Lab-to-Fab Grant Program
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds Massachusetts microelectronics teams moving lab-to-fab projects through SCALE Capital grants.
SOCOM SBIR Release 1
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports two focused technical streams for special operations through dedicated defense research calls.
SOCOM SBIR Release 2
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports a second special operations technical stream with parallel topics for urgent missions.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.
U.S. DOT SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸US DOT · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses testing the feasibility of transportation R&D innovations for DOT mission needs.