Semiconductors grants in the United States

Open

Provides Massachusetts startup teams access to advanced prototyping and fabrication through MIT.nano collaboration.

Between cycles

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

Awards up to $250,000 in Arm technology credit to the winner and $150,000 to the runner-up among early-stage semiconductor startups building Arm-based chip designs worldwide, with automatic consideration for Silicon Catalyst's own incubator.

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

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.

Closed

Awards a $30,000 cash prize to startups collaborating with Taiwan's chip industry.

Closed

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

Runs a nine-month, government-backed accelerator that helps foreign-founded startups enter and scale in Korea, with prize money for the top 20 teams and further commercialisation grants for the top 8.

Closed

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

Discontinued

Offers United Arab Emirates investors and strategic startups with growth capital and partnership options across technology and energy.

Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.

Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.

Open

Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.

Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.

Open

Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.

Open

Supports registered nonprofits with in-kind software and cloud credits to strengthen mission operations.

Open

Provides venture studio support, go-to-market coaching, and startup growth services through cohort engagement.

Offers breakthrough hardware startups coaching and up to €4,000 in travel support.

Between cycles

Offers early-stage founders startup credits for compute on AWS so teams can prototype and launch without immediate spend.

Between cycles

Offers provider-backed startups additional AWS startup credits for advanced architecture, deployment, and customer growth through the portfolio program.

Awards $250,000 a year to an 18-30 tech innovator fighting extreme poverty.

Awards up to $40,000 to student-owned startup ventures pitching like a VC round.

Awards $1 million in seed funding to the winning student-led startup each year.