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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Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds three lead projects, worth up to EUR 15 million each, that each run a multi-stage generative-AI competition in aerospace, pharma or telecom — with EUR 250,000 grants to the top 20 entrants and EUR 2 million grants to the final four.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays three European consortia EUR 15 million each to run generative-AI competitions in aerospace, pharma or telecoms, re-granting up to EUR 2 million per finalist SME team that competes.
Challenge! K-Startup
🇰🇷KISED · South Korea
Supports early Korean startup teams through a competitive challenge route for commercialization and market entry readiness.
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.
Citizen-Facing European TV and Video News Portal
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one team up to EUR 5.5 million to build a pan-European AI media backbone that streams, translates and makes discoverable trusted TV and video news from across the EU.
ClimAccelerator (ESO Network Access)
Climate-KIC · Netherlands
Connects climate innovators to partner programs delivering climate, AI, energy, and built-environment acceleration.
Co-Creation Accelerator 2026-2027
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.
Collaboration platform for the European connected and autonomous vehicle of the future
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single collaboration platform that coordinates Europe's software-defined and autonomous-vehicle projects into shared standards and open-source building blocks.
Collaborative air combat
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds design and prototyping work on shared EU standards that let manned and unmanned combat aircraft operate together.
Collection, Generation and Validation of Datasets suitable for training AI Models for 6G Networks and for AIaaS
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to build curated real-world and synthetic datasets, plus a shared data space, for training AI models that run 6G networks.
Community Centres of Excellence
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds around 10 consortia to push scientific and industrial software codes to exascale and AI-optimised performance on European supercomputers.
Concours d'innovation i-PhD — 7e édition
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Supports PhD founders building deep-tech companies with entrepreneurship guidance programs.
Connectivity Voucher (Bono de Conectividad)
🇪🇸Red.es · Spain
Funds Spanish SMEs buying high-speed internet access and associated connectivity services.
Cooperation of Artificial Intelligence Factories and Factories Antennas
🇪🇺EuroHPC JU · European Union
Pays one consortium to coordinate Europe's AI Factories network, run shared AI data labs, and build a sovereign EU open web data service.
Coordinated European contribution to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch and its international governance
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project building AI-based digital tools and new data products that plug European greenhouse-gas monitoring into the WMO's global watch system.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
Creating the World Competition
🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China
Administers Hangzhou's Creating the World competition for overseas returnees and foreign nationals launching technology ventures.
Cybersecure tools, technologies and services relying on AI
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds tool and service providers to build AI-powered cyber-threat-intelligence and detection tools for national Cyber Hubs, CSIRTs and other authorities.
Data Practice Accelerator
🇺🇸PJMF · United States
Offers deep data and artificial intelligence strategy support for nonprofits through the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Data Space for Manufacturing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three projects that collect large industrial datasets and build the legal and technical rails to let AI developers train manufacturing-focused models on them.
Data Spaces Kit (Kit Espacios de Datos)
🇪🇸Red.es · Spain
Funds Spanish entities joining or supplying sectoral data spaces through non-competitive Red.es aid.
Data Spaces Support Centre
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single consortium to run the EU's central coordination hub for common data spaces across every sector.
Data stewards, skills and training for Open Science and FAIR practices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a coordination project that builds core curricula and career paths for data stewards and Open Science training across Europe.
Data-Analytics Technology and Data Purchases for Anti-Fraud Authorities
🇪🇺OLAF · European Union
Funds data-analytics platforms, AI risk-detection tools and specialised databases used to investigate fraud against the EU budget.