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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 73-96 of 586 grants

Defense Innovation Unit logo
Open

DIU CSO — Prototype Contract

🇺🇸DIU · United States

Provides research teams and institutions for DIU CSO Prototype Contract in artificial intelligence, defense innovation, and cybersecurity.

AIDefense+5
U.S. Department of Defense logo
Open

DoD SBIR/STTR

🇺🇸DoD · United States

Supports small business and non-traditional teams across defense components in a shared topic flow.

AerospaceAI+11
DOE Office of Science — Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) logo
Open

DOE SBIR/STTR ASCR Topics

🇺🇸DOE ASCR · United States

Offers innovation teams support in advanced computing and hardware-oriented technologies.

AIQuantum+2
$200K – $1.6M
US Department of Education — Institute of Education Sciences logo
Open

ED/IES SBIR Phase II (Standard — Phase I Graduates)

🇺🇸IES · United States

Supports United States education small businesses turning early feasibility into commercially viable offerings.

AIHardware+2
$1M
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) & Elevate Ventures logo
Open

EDGE Tax Credit — Discretionary

🇺🇸IEDC / Elevate Ventures · United States

Funds refundable payroll tax relief in Indiana for companies expanding with new jobs and workforce growth.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+2
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) & Elevate Ventures logo
Open

Elevate Ventures — Equity Investment Programs

🇺🇸IEDC / Elevate Ventures · United States

Funds Indiana high-growth technology startups through state-backed equity across pre-seed, seed, and growth rounds.

AIHardware+2
National Science Foundation logo
Open

Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds the national instruments and aircraft the atmospheric research community shares — one half open to proposals, one half invitation only.

Climate TechHardware
National Science Foundation logo
Open

Facility and Instrumentation Request Process

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds atmospheric research that needs NSF's shared observing facilities — aircraft, radars and community instruments — and is the only route to them.

Climate TechHardware
FL High Tech Corridor Council + Florida SBDC Network logo
Open

FL High Tech Corridor MGRP

🇺🇸FL High Tech Corridor · United States

Supports Florida universities and companies in joint innovation projects with industry.

AIBiotech+9
$150K
National Science Foundation logo
Open

Foundational Research in Robotics

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds foundational robotics — and asks three questions of every proposal: is there a robot, does it gain a capability, is robotics essential.

RoboticsAI+1
Georgia Department of Revenue logo
Open

Georgia Employer's Jobs Tax Credit

🇺🇸GA DOR · United States

Offers a United States Georgia employment credit rewarding qualifying jobs in eligible sectors with county-based incentive levels.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotech+3
Georgia Department of Revenue logo
Open

Georgia Quality Jobs Credit

🇺🇸GA DOR · United States

Supports United States Georgia employers creating high-wage jobs with tax credits tied to compensation standards.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+2
Georgia Department of Revenue logo
Open

Georgia Research Tax Credit

🇺🇸GA DOR · United States

Provides Georgia businesses with tax-credit support for innovation-focused spending and growth.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotech+3
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development logo
Open

Global Access Program

🇺🇸PA DCED · United States

Funds Pennsylvania companies expanding export sales through reimbursement grants for eligible international business development costs.

AIBiotech+6
$10K
Georgia Research Alliance logo
Open

GRA I&E Development Grant

🇺🇸GRA · United States

Supports Georgia university teams with prototype development and commercialization validation.

BiotechMedtech+5
$10K – $250K
Georgia Research Alliance logo
Open

GRA I&E Exploratory Grant

🇺🇸GRA · United States

Supports Georgia university researchers with feasibility testing and demand validation funding.

BiotechMedtech+5
$10K
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development logo
Open

Greater Minnesota Job Expansion Program

🇺🇸MN DEED · United States

Supports businesses in Greater Minnesota with sales tax refunds tied to sustained employment expansion.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+2
$2M
Kansas Department of Commerce / NetWork Kansas logo
Open

GrowKS Equity Program

🇺🇸KDoC / NetWork Kansas · United States

Offers growth-oriented equity co-investment for promising Kansas ventures advancing expansion plans.

Advanced ManufacturingAgritech+3
$1M
Kansas Department of Commerce / NetWork Kansas logo
Open

GrowKS Loan Fund

🇺🇸KDoC / NetWork Kansas · United States

Funds Kansas small-business growth through loan-based support for operating needs and commercial scaling.

Advanced ManufacturingAgritech+1
$1M
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) & Elevate Ventures logo
Open

Hoosier Business Investment Tax Credit — Discretionary

🇺🇸IEDC / Elevate Ventures · United States

Funds capital tax credits in Indiana for enterprise expansion and manufacturing strengthening in priority growth sectors.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+1
Kansas Department of Commerce / NetWork Kansas logo
Open

HPIP — High Performance Incentive Program

🇺🇸KDoC / NetWork Kansas · United States

Provides financial incentives to Kansas employers that couple capital expansion with high wage growth and job creation.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+2
Hawaii High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) logo
Open

HTDC Manufacturing Assistance Program (MAP) Grant

🇺🇸HTDC · United States

Provides growth support to Hawaii manufacturers pursuing hardware, robotics, or materials innovation through hands-on guidance and capacity building.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+3
National Science Foundation logo
Open

Infrastructure Cluster

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds the facilities atmospheric and geospace research runs on, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Climate TechHardware+1
National Science Foundation logo
Open

Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds new or radically improved research tools and methods for biology — bioinformatics, instrumentation and research methods.

BiotechAI+1
$300K – $800K

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