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 49-72 of 586 grants
DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Funds commercial companies prototyping advanced technology for US defense through fast Other Transaction agreements.
NCATS STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their nonprofit research partners to conduct feasibility studies on translational science innovations toward commercialization.
NCATS STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their nonprofit research partners to continue and expand translational R&D begun in STTR Phase I toward a commercial product.
AFRL/RD DETER ARA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Supports directed energy concept teams through AFRL DETER by backing proposals in an open pathway model.
AFWERX Open Topic SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Offers AFWERX open topic support for United States small businesses with dual use ideas through an always open route.
ART — NSF 25-548
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Supports university infrastructure growth in technology transfer through NSF research grants.
BARDA Accelerator Network — POC Funding
🇺🇸BARDA · United States
Funds proof-of-concept medical countermeasure projects across diagnostics, digital health, and therapeutic platforms.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Challenge Grant — Investment
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Invests in Pennsylvania technology companies through regional partners, using convertible capital structures for growth prototyping.
Bexar County Innovation Fund
🇺🇸Bexar Innovation Fund · United States
Funds Bexar County innovation through startup recruitment, expansion, and training.
BFTP CNP Early Stage Investment
🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States
Funds early-stage Pennsylvania technology startups with equity-like investment support to strengthen real-world implementation.
BFTP NEP Innovation Partnership (PIPE)
🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States
Funds Northeast Pennsylvania early-stage tech firms through innovation and assistance grants.
Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry (BPI)
🇺🇸NIBIB · United States
Funds academia-industry partnerships for biomedical engineering development with sustained milestones and shared commercialization planning.
Business Innovation Funding
🇺🇸MTI · United States
Funds Maine technology businesses with grants, loans, or equity ranging from ten to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
California Partial Sales/Use Tax Exemption for Mfg & R&D Equipment
🇺🇸CDTFA · United States
Funds manufacturers in California through sales and use tax relief tied to production and development equipment.
Cell Towers Grant Program
🇺🇸MO DED · United States
Supports Missouri telecommunications infrastructure growth on public lands through targeted cell tower grants.
CHIPS R&D Office — LOI/Competitive Awards
🇺🇸NIST · United States
Funds semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, and metrology development in the United States through competitive initiatives.
Collaborative Seed Grants
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M interdisciplinary faculty collaborations focused on high-risk, high-impact cross-domain research.
CoMotion Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
🇺🇸CoMotion · United States
Provides one-year support for University of Washington postdocs to test and commercialize disclosed university technologies.
DARPA ERIS (Expedited Research Implementation Series)
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for DARPA ERIS in defense innovation, biotechnology, and medical technology.
Delaware Technical Innovation Program (DTIP)
🇺🇸DSB · United States
Administers research teams and institutions for Delaware Technical Innovation in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and hardware.
DHS LRBAA 24-01 — Research
🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States
Supports organizations pursuing homeland security innovation in AI, detection, screening, and resilience through DHS open submissions.
DHS SBIR Phase II (invite-only)
🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States
Supports small businesses in the United States advancing proven homeland security prototypes in a second-stage federal programme.
DHS SVIP
🇺🇸DHS · United States
Invests research teams and institutions for DHS SVIP OTA initiatives in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.
DHS SVIP — Topic
🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States
Supports security innovation through topic-led projects that advance practical deployment of public safety technologies.