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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

Defense Innovation Unit logo
Open

DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

🇺🇸DIU · United States

Funds commercial companies prototyping advanced technology for US defense through fast Other Transaction agreements.

AIRobotics+5
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences logo
Open

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.

BiotechMedtech+4
$315K
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences logo
Open

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.

BiotechMedtech+4
$2.1M
Department of the Air Force logo
Open

AFRL/RD DETER ARA

🇺🇸Air Force · United States

Supports directed energy concept teams through AFRL DETER by backing proposals in an open pathway model.

DefenseEnergy Tech+2
AFWERX logo
Open

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.

AerospaceAI+5
$75K – $2M
NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships logo
Open

ART — NSF 25-548

🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States

Supports university infrastructure growth in technology transfer through NSF research grants.

AIBiotech+8
$3M – $8M
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority logo
Open

BARDA Accelerator Network — POC Funding

🇺🇸BARDA · United States

Funds proof-of-concept medical countermeasure projects across diagnostics, digital health, and therapeutic platforms.

BiotechDefense+3
$50K – $200K
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+5
$50K – $500K
Bexar County Innovation Fund logo
Open

Bexar County Innovation Fund

🇺🇸Bexar Innovation Fund · United States

Funds Bexar County innovation through startup recruitment, expansion, and training.

AIHardware+1
$1K – $250K
Ben Franklin Technology Partners logo
Open

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.

AIBiotech+6
$500K
Ben Franklin Technology Partners logo
Open

BFTP NEP Innovation Partnership (PIPE)

🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States

Funds Northeast Pennsylvania early-stage tech firms through innovation and assistance grants.

AIBiotech+4
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering logo
Open

Bioengineering Partnerships with Industry (BPI)

🇺🇸NIBIB · United States

Funds academia-industry partnerships for biomedical engineering development with sustained milestones and shared commercialization planning.

BiotechMedtech+2
$3M
Maine Technology Institute logo
Open

Business Innovation Funding

🇺🇸MTI · United States

Funds Maine technology businesses with grants, loans, or equity ranging from ten to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

BiotechClimate Tech+5
$10K – $250K
California Department of Tax and Fee Administration logo
Open

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.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotech+1
$1K – $200M
Missouri Department of Economic Development logo
Open

Cell Towers Grant Program

🇺🇸MO DED · United States

Supports Missouri telecommunications infrastructure growth on public lands through targeted cell tower grants.

HardwareIoT & Edge
National Institute of Standards and Technology logo
Open

CHIPS R&D Office — LOI/Competitive Awards

🇺🇸NIST · United States

Funds semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, and metrology development in the United States through competitive initiatives.

SemiconductorsQuantum+3
Texas A&M University — Office of Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship logo
Open

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.

BiotechEnergy Tech+6
$60K
UW CoMotion logo
Open

CoMotion Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)

🇺🇸CoMotion · United States

Provides one-year support for University of Washington postdocs to test and commercialize disclosed university technologies.

BiotechMedtech+5
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency logo
Open

DARPA ERIS (Expedited Research Implementation Series)

🇺🇸DARPA · United States

Backs research teams and institutions for DARPA ERIS in defense innovation, biotechnology, and medical technology.

DefenseBiotech+3
Delaware Division of Small Business logo
Open

Delaware Technical Innovation Program (DTIP)

🇺🇸DSB · United States

Administers research teams and institutions for Delaware Technical Innovation in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and hardware.

AIBiotech+5
$50K
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

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.

CybersecurityDefense+5
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

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.

CybersecurityDefense+4
$1M – $1.5M
DHS — Department of Homeland Security logo
Open

DHS SVIP

🇺🇸DHS · United States

Invests research teams and institutions for DHS SVIP OTA initiatives in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.

CybersecurityDefense+5
$200K – $2M
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

DHS SVIP — Topic

🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States

Supports security innovation through topic-led projects that advance practical deployment of public safety technologies.

CybersecurityDefense+6
$2M

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