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 585 grants
NIH Blueprint MedTech Translator
🇺🇸NINDS · United States
Funds translational neurotechnology device development through structured milestones and multi-year collaboration.
Commercial Fishing Occupational Safety Research Cooperative Agreement
🇺🇸CDC · United States
Funds research and engineering work that cuts injuries and deaths in commercial fishing, from vessel design to severe-weather detection.
Rural Jump-Start Program
🇺🇸OEDIT · United States
Funds rural Colorado start-ups with matching grants and tax-related growth support.
AFRL/RD Tactical BAA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Funds directed energy development from early concept through advanced demonstration in defense applications.
NIH CRP Commercialization Readiness Pilot
🇺🇸NIH SEED · United States
Offers late stage commercialization readiness support through NIH CRP for small firms advancing biomedical health solutions.
DHS S&T LRBAA 24-01
🇺🇸DHS · United States
Runs research teams and institutions for DHS S&T LRBAA Submissions in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.
Air Dominance BAA
🇺🇸AFRL/RW · United States
Funds air dominance innovation in sensing, autonomy, and engagement systems for national security priorities.
DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Funds commercial companies prototyping advanced technology for US defense through fast Other Transaction agreements.
Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit — Section 48D — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports United States semiconductor manufacturers by offsetting domestic investments in chipmaking facilities through advanced manufacturing tax credits.
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.
CoMotion Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
🇺🇸CoMotion · United States
Provides one-year support for University of Washington postdocs to test and commercialize disclosed university technologies.
Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports unsolicited basic research proposals across all Office of Science thematic areas in the United States.