Grants in the United States

Discontinued

Connects startups, universities, and innovators to national security talent and problem-solving networks.

Discontinued

Invests minority equity in Stanford-affiliated startup follow-on rounds alongside independent professional investors.

Open

Funds rare-disease research calls, clinical trial networks and shared data for ERDERA's second phase — open only to the existing coordinator.

Open

Offers The Audacious Project invitation-only multi-issue funding for social-impact ideas with broad partner backing.

Scheduled

Funds the next phase of Europe’s pandemic-preparedness partnership, clinical networks and One Health research ecosystem.

Between cycles

Runs students and early career scholars with mentoring support for CRF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.

Between cycles

Administers research teams and institutions for CRF Research Grant in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.

Between cycles

Supports HMGCC Accelerate through a six week HMGCC and Plexal engineering programme for hardware and software security firms.

Between cycles

Funds research talent through annual fellowships for computing and artificial intelligence work.

Between cycles

Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

Closed

Runs an annual Databricks customer competition for B2B pilots with opportunities for equity and cloud credits.

Closed

Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.

Closed

Offers early-career faculty in the Americas recurring support through computing fellowships in applied research.

Pays up to $5,000 in cash and prizes to the best hardware projects built on the Arduino UNO Q.

Open

Supports Alzheimer’s and dementia drug development from preclinical readiness to early clinical testing across diverse modalities.

Open

Funds new biomarkers for Alzheimer's and related dementias through PET ligands, MRI, spinal fluid, and brain activity measures.

Open

Supports dementia prevention research through precision risk reduction, combination treatment testing, and effectiveness comparisons.

Pays up to $50,000 to solvers who invent a plastic-free, compostable cold-cup material.

Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.

Pays startups, research teams and enterprises a share of $200,000 in prizes for solutions that turn quantum computing research into deployable industrial pilots across five sectors.

Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.

Open

Funds NIST partnership research across metrology, nanotechnology, AI and advanced manufacturing, open to almost any non-federal organisation except individuals.

Open

Awards $1 million to one winning mental-health research team, and $250,000 each to three runners-up, developing new interventions for anxiety, depression or psychosis, worldwide.

Open

Funds a consortium to build a new EIT Label-certified micro-credentials programme teaching entrepreneurship and innovation to healthcare students.