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 121-144 of 585 grants
NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III — Sole-Source
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Offers direct follow-on commercialization agreements for United States space firms after successful early-space awards.
NCI Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG)
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports bioengineering teams tackling cancer by connecting life and physical science groups.
NEMC POWER
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds workforce education and job training programs to build microelectronics capability across the northeastern United States.
NEMC PROPEL Round 4
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds microelectronics prototype development in the northeastern United States through staged support.
NIOSH Exploratory/Developmental OSH Grant
🇺🇸NIOSH · United States
Supports exploratory and developmental grants for novel approaches in occupational safety and health research.
NIST SBIR
🇺🇸NIST · United States
Supports United States. small businesses advancing measurement science and standards through NIST recurring opportunities.
NM Laboratory Partnership with Small Business Tax Credit
🇺🇸NM TRD · United States
Provides New Mexico small businesses free technical support from Sandia and Los Alamos to advance product and engineering development.
NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Backs startup and industry teams with commercialization support for NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract in aerospace, defense innovation, and hardware.
NYSERDA Innovation R&D — PON
🇺🇸NYSERDA · United States
Funds New York climate technology innovators through NYSERDA support mechanisms for piloting and scaling practical solutions.
One North Carolina Fund
🇺🇸NC Commerce · United States
Funds competitive North Carolina initiatives that generate employment and economic activity through public support.
ONR TRAPS SPA
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports development of shipboard power architectures that actively manage transient demand using controls, conversion, and storage.
PCI Ventures (UPstart / UPadvisors / Venture WarmUP)
🇺🇸PCI · United States
Supports PCI Ventures by connecting University of Pennsylvania inventors with company formation and commercialization pathways.
PEO-SW Distributed Micro Sensors Collaboration Event
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports low-cost disposable micro sensor development for force safety in seismic, toxic, and signal environments.
PRIDCO Discretionary Direct Grant
🇺🇸PRIDCO · United States
Funds job creation and infrastructure at PRIDCO-facilitated Puerto Rico projects through direct sponsor engagement.
Princeton Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds Princeton investigators moving university inventions toward licensing through proof-of-concept and prototype grants.
Proof of Concept Program
🇺🇸SD GOED · United States
Funds proof-of-concept and technical feasibility work for South Dakota innovators ready to scale ideas.
Quadrant-i Startup Launch
🇺🇸Georgia Tech · United States
Supports Georgia Tech researchers turning lab inventions into startups with commercialization funding, in-person participation, and investor-facing demo access.
R&D Tax Credit — Income Tax Credit (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports established United States companies with income tax credits tied to qualified innovation spending.
R&D Tax Credit — QSB Payroll Offset (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports United States small businesses through payroll tax offsets when they fund qualifying innovation activity.
RI R&D Expense Tax Credit
🇺🇸RI Division of Taxation · United States
Supports Rhode Island companies with tax credit access for eligible innovation spending through state filing mechanisms.
Rural Business Innovation Initiative (RBII) — $25K Pre-Seed Grant
🇺🇸TEDCO · United States
Funds preseed grant for rural Maryland tech businesses after mentorship for research through the Rural Business Innovation Initiative PreSeed Grant.
Rural Data Centers — Sales/Use Tax Exemption
🇺🇸WA DOR · United States
Offers sales and use tax exemption for qualifying rural Washington data centers in construction and equipment purchases.
SC Job Tax Credit (New Jobs)
🇺🇸SC DOR · United States
Supports South Carolina employers by reducing cost pressure for each new full-time role they create.
SC R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸SC DOR · United States
Provides South Carolina companies with support for research expenses through state innovation tax treatment.