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.
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U.S. DOT SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸US DOT · United States
Funds prior DOT Phase I awardees to continue transportation R&D and commercialization work through Phase II.
Verizon Community Disaster Resilience Innovation Accelerator
🇺🇸MassChallenge · United States
Supports teams solving disaster resilience with advances in analytics, communications, autonomy, power, sensing, and prediction technologies.
VVP Launch Grant — Cycle 6
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Funds early-stage Virginia startups through non-dilutive support before financing growth.
NJEDA HAX Plasma Forge co-investment
🇺🇸NJEDA · United States
Offers New Jersey hardware innovators co-investment support, technical mentorship, and market access through public program pilots.
NASA TechFlights
🇺🇸NASA Flight Opportunities · United States
Funds U.S.-based industry, academia, and non-profit organizations flight-testing space technologies on commercial suborbital and orbital vehicles.
LEEP Fellowship
🇺🇸DOE AMMTO · United States
Invests students and early career scholars with mentoring support for LEEP Fellowship in energy systems, manufacturing, and materials science.
NSIN Propel
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Supports startups advancing national security technology through a focused two-stage accelerator.
NSIN Vector Cohort
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Supports early national security ventures through a cohort-based acceleration and dual-use marketplace.
Research Development Fund
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M strategic equipment and infrastructure investments that strengthen core research capabilities.
SpaceWERX Orbital Prime
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing technologies through SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR contracts.
NSIN Programs Portfolio
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Connects startups, universities, and innovators to national security talent and problem-solving networks.
Stanford-StartX Fund (DEFUNCT)
🇺🇸StartX Fund · United States
Invests minority equity in Stanford-affiliated startup follow-on rounds alongside independent professional investors.
HMGCC Accelerate
Plexal · United Kingdom
Supports HMGCC Accelerate through a six week HMGCC and Plexal engineering programme for hardware and software security firms.
European 6G Front-End Microelectronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.
NATO DIANA Challenge Programme
NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational
Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.
BIG Idea Competition
🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States
Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Supports young Pennsylvania technology firms in Keystone Innovation Zones through targeted tax incentives.
PA R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA Department of Revenue · United States
Supports Pennsylvania firms through tax credits for qualifying innovation expenses, lowering effective innovation costs.
Angel Match Program (AMP)
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds high-growth early-stage North Dakota startups by matching angel investments one-to-one through a state co-investment model.
Capital Access Program (CAP)
🇺🇸NH BFA / NHIRC · United States
Offers New Hampshire small businesses loan-enhancement support through partner banks to expand borrowing capacity.
Economic Recovery Tax Credit
🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States
Funds business investment and new full-time jobs in qualified New Jersey municipalities through a corporation tax credit.