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.
Showing 97-120 of 312 grants
DOE SMASH Incubator
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. for-profit organizations and partners developing solar module and non-module hardware through RD&D projects.
NASA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses conducting early-stage R&D to establish the feasibility of innovations aligned with NASA mission priorities.
NASA STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their research institution partners conducting early-stage space technology R&D through NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer program.
CHIPS Metrology SBIR — Phase I
🇺🇸CHIPS for America · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing semiconductor measurement tools, instrumentation, and metrologies for the domestic chip-making supply chain.
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.
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.
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.
Michigan State Trade Expansion Program (MI-STEP)
🇺🇸MSF · United States
Funds Michigan small businesses pursuing export growth through pre-approved trade reimbursements.
VentureWell's Accelerator Programming
🇺🇸VentureWell · United States
Gives student innovators and startups up to $25,000 in grants plus mentorship and investor access.
America’s Startup
🇺🇸America250 · United States
Awards $25,000-$50,000 in non-dilutive grants to U.S. undergraduate student founders.
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.
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.
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.
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.