Robotics grants in the United States

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Provides in-kind GPU compute and hardware to faculty-led research at PhD-granting universities.

Awards a 3,000-euro cash prize to the winning deep-tech pitch at SLUSH 2026.

Pays student robotics teams over $100,000 combined to build AI farming solutions.

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Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

Between cycles

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

Awards $10,000 robot-purchase vouchers to top teams in a global humanoid-robotics manipulation and world-modeling competition.

Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.

Between cycles

Supports autonomous humanoid robotics efforts through prizes and potential follow-on mission contracts.

Pays $180,000 in cash prizes to developer and robotics teams that train an AI model to solve a real electronics-assembly cable-handling problem on Intrinsic's platform.

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

Awards a $20,000 pilot to autonomous tech for retail service, security or monitoring.

Pays up to $20,000 for a pilot to automate lab-sample transport in a YPF refinery.

Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.

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Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.

Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.

Pays a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups from Japan and overseas that pitch cutting-edge, research-rooted technology at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka.

Pays a guaranteed $15,000 first prize for an integrated autonomous drone-docking system.

Invests up to $1 million in seed-stage uncrewed-systems and air-mobility startups.

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Funds researchers at companies including startups doing R&D aimed at commercialization under JST's Global Startup Campus initiative.

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Supports doctoral students in computing, robotics, and intelligent systems by pairing university awards with industry mentorship.

Pays up to $155,000 across three phases for a new lunar rover wheel design.

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Funds United Kingdom programs strengthening surgical workforce development and team capacity in healthcare.

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Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.

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Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.