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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Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automation (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Made in Europe Partnerships)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds two projects, worth up to EUR 45 million each, to build generative AI foundation models for robotics or manufacturing, with at least EUR 10 million of each project re-granted to third-party companies.
Rothberg Build Fund (3× / year)
🇺🇸Yale Ventures · United States
Supports Yale students building healthcare and medtech innovations into early validated prototypes.
Samsung Mobile Advance
🇮🇳SRI-B & SRI-N · India
Gives Indian mobile-tech startups up to $50,000 in zero-equity grant funding.
SCALE Capital: Massachusetts Lab-to-Fab Grant Program
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds Massachusetts microelectronics teams moving lab-to-fab projects through SCALE Capital grants.
Second Manchester Prize
🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom
Awards up to £1 million to the best UK AI solution for clean energy and net zero.
Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) — Cycle 2
🇮🇪HRB (Health Research Board Ire · Ireland
Supports Irish research groups analysing existing health and social care data to answer policy-relevant questions and improve practice.
Sectoral digital skills academies: Digital Skills Academy in GenAI
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single European academy that builds GenAI training curricula and hands-on courses for students and professionals across the EU.
Semilla Expande para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres
🇨🇱CORFO · Chile
Supports women-led Chilean companies with staged expansion financing to strengthen market-ready products after first sales.
Semilla Inicia para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres
🇨🇱CORFO · Chile
Provides Semilla Inicia para Empresas Lideradas por Mujeres for practical innovation and measurable results.
Shanghai AGI Large Models Special Program — First Batch
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds foundational AI groups in Shanghai through AGI Large Models support for early large-scale model research.
Shanghai Key Technology R&D Plan — New Generation IT
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds Shanghai applied-research teams through New Generation IT for AI, embodied intelligence, and data governance development.
Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai returnee scholars through Pujiang programmes for reintegration into local research ecosystems.
Shanghai Sci-Tech Little Giant Project
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai high-tech firms through the Little Giant programme via post-development innovation subsidy.
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Slack Agent Builder Challenge
Salesforce · United States
Pays a combined ₹39.06 lakh prize pool, no equity taken, to developers and teams worldwide who build AI agents on Slack's platform using low-code or no-code tools.
SLTT SOC / ISAC Program
🇺🇸CISA · United States
Funds for-profit and nonprofit organisations operating shared cyber operations and threat-information services through a CISA agreement.
Small Business Innovation Grant Phase 1
🇶🇦QNRF · Qatar
Funds Qatar-based SMEs testing technology feasibility through Phase 1 innovation grants.
Smart airports, airports as multimodal nodes and passenger experience
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on smart, connected airports that integrate landside, network and multimodal transport data.
SmartAIthon 2026
🇮🇳IEEE KCE CIS · India
Pays a ₹10,000 cash prize pool, no equity taken, to beginner-friendly hackathon participants building AI, IoT or social-good projects.
SNS experimental infrastructure
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one project to run the SNS JU's shared 6G experimental infrastructure for Phase 3, validating technologies from earlier SNS Stream B projects.
SNS Operations and Output optimisation
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds one coordination project to run community-building, KPI tracking, dissemination and standardisation support across the whole SNS JU programme.
SNSF Starting Grants
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds early-career Swiss investigators building independent research groups through sustained support.
SOCOM SBIR Release 1
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports two focused technical streams for special operations through dedicated defense research calls.
SOCOM SBIR Release 2
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports a second special operations technical stream with parallel topics for urgent missions.