AI grants
Explore grants for AI companies. This directory includes funding for machine learning research, foundation models, compute and data infrastructure, trustworthy AI and applied AI in industry, health and public services, from national research agencies, innovation programs and corporate funds, alongside grants open to any sector.
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Best Early-Stage Startup
WHX Tech · United Arab Emirates
Awards USD 10,000 equity-free cash, plus a startup pod and mentorship, to the top early-stage healthcare startup pitching at WHX Tech's Xcelerate competition.
Best Scale-Up
WHX Tech · United Arab Emirates
Awards USD 5,000 equity-free cash, plus a startup pod and mentorship, to the top scale-up healthcare startup pitching at WHX Tech's Xcelerate competition.
NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds startups building next-generation scientific instruments — up to $2 million per company, no equity taken.
U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the coordination of state and regional AI compute consortia — but the consortium pays for the computers, not NSF.
UKRI translation: MRC proof of concept: stage two
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Funding for invited academic-led translational health projects.
Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds making existing scientific datasets usable by AI — $100 million across 50 awards, and companies can apply.
Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R01)
NIH · United States
Funds theory and method development on how genetic and non-genetic factors together produce variation in complex traits, tested against large existing datasets.
DFF-International Postdoctoral Grant
🇩🇰DFF · Denmark
Supports Danish postdoctoral talent with grants for international placements and cross-border scientific collaboration.
Horizon Border Security: Accessible Travel Facilitation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €4M border-crossing tech projects, run with Border or Coast Guard Authorities, built for travelers with disabilities or low digital skills.
ARO DURIP (Annual Cycle)
🇺🇸ARO · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring research equipment for defense-relevant scientific research.
Cancer Research KI-Mayo Clinic CCC Synergy Grants
🇺🇸MCCCC & CRKI · Global / Multinational
Funds Mayo Clinic and Karolinska Institutet teams researching early cancer detection.
DURIP (AFOSR)
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports United States universities acquiring major research equipment for defense-relevant research capabilities.
NASA ROSES — Science Mission Directorate Omnibus
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds a broad United States NASA Science Mission Directorate package across multiple science and mission areas.
Secondary Analysis and Integration of Existing Data to Elucidate Cancer Risk and Related Outcomes (R01)
NIH · United States
Funds new analysis of clinical, genomic, environmental and registry data that already exists, to sharpen who is at risk of cancer and what happens to them.
InnoHUB US
🇱🇹Inovacijų Agentūra · Lithuania
Funds de minimis support for Lithuanian exporters entering the United States market through consultation and entry strategy costs.
Transformative sustainable AI technologies
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Funding for speculative, high-risk research on sustainable AI technologies.
TÜBİTAK 1507 — SME R&D Start-up Support Grant
🇹🇷TÜBİTAK · Türkiye
Supports first-time Turkish technology firms through TÜBİTAK to build startup-ready innovation and commercialization skills.
UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards
🇬🇧MRC · United Kingdom
Single-step support for high-risk medical product development.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.
Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Data Innovation Challenge — Track 1
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Pays entities up to $566,665 across three milestones to add shovel-ready cancer data or tools to NCI's CCDI ecosystem.
Draper TIF
🇺🇸UW Entrepreneurship Hub + WiSys · United States
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
Applied Mathematics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds mathematics driven by real problems in science and engineering — from one investigator to an interdisciplinary team.