Semiconductors grants in the United States
Explore Semiconductors grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for chip design, fabrication, packaging, photonic and power electronics 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 Semiconductors in the United States come first.
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CMMA Topic Area 2 — Semiconductor Material Refining and Alloying
🇺🇸CMEI (formerly EERE) · United States
Supports innovative refining and alloying to improve semiconductor-related material performance.
Critical Minerals & Materials Accelerator — Topic 2: Semiconductor Material Refining
🇺🇸DOE AMMTO · United States
Connects research teams and institutions for Critical Minerals & Materials Accelerator: Semiconductor in materials science, semiconductors, and energy systems.
Genesis Mission — DE-FOA-0003612
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Supports national artificial intelligence and science challenge response through sustained development grants.
Harvard Grid Accelerator — Awards
🇺🇸Harvard OTD · United States
Offers Harvard engineering teams startup support to take inventions from laboratory development to commercialization outcomes.
IARPA ARCADE
🇺🇸IARPA · United States
Funds United States contractors building AI workflows for circuit design and technical document understanding.
IGEM HERC Track
🇺🇸Idaho Commerce · United States
Supports deep-tech commercialization for university-linked companies in Idaho through state reimbursable grants and early-stage commercialization pathways.
Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC)
🇺🇸AMC · United States
Funds one or more for-profit teams building a low-cost, battery-powered chip-scale atomic clock for the Army.
MIT delta v Accelerator Cohort
🇺🇸MIT · United States
Supports MIT-affiliated startup teams with equity-free funding and intensive accelerator mentoring through summer.
NM Quantum Technologies Award
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies establishing or growing operations in New Mexico.
OSD ManTech / MII Project Calls
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports advanced manufacturing research and innovation through Manufacturing Innovation Institute calls.
SCALE Capital: Massachusetts Lab-to-Fab Grant Program
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds Massachusetts microelectronics teams moving lab-to-fab projects through SCALE Capital grants.
Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize
🇺🇸SETO · United States
Funds teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for Silicon Carbide Packaging Prize Competition in energy systems, semiconductors, and photonics.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.
Tech Hubs Implementation Grants
🇺🇸EDA · United States
Offers research teams and institutions for Tech Hubs Implementation Grants in artificial intelligence, manufacturing, and semiconductors.
Business Oregon CHIPS Manufacturing and Research Grant
🇺🇸Business Oregon · United States
Funds Oregon semiconductor suppliers with up to $50,000 to cover costs of preparing a federal CHIPS Act application.
European 6G Front-End Microelectronics
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a complete tunable 6G radio front-end module for 7–15 GHz, combining European microelectronics with low-energy operation.
BIG Idea Competition
🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States
Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Supports young Pennsylvania technology firms in Keystone Innovation Zones through targeted tax incentives.
PA R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA Department of Revenue · United States
Supports Pennsylvania firms through tax credits for qualifying innovation expenses, lowering effective innovation costs.
Wyoming State Trade Expansion Program
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small businesses entering international markets through STEP export reimbursement grants.
Angel Match Program (AMP)
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds high-growth early-stage North Dakota startups by matching angel investments one-to-one through a state co-investment model.