Blockchain grants
Explore grants for blockchain companies. This directory covers funding for protocol development, decentralized infrastructure, digital identity, tokenized assets and open-source tooling, from protocol foundations and ecosystem funds as well as public research programs on distributed systems.
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MeitY GENESIS EIR Cohort 3
🇮🇳MSH · India
Pays up to INR 10 lakh to Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at AIC ISB under GENESIS.
MeitY GENESIS EiR Program at MUTBI Manipal
🇮🇳MeitY · India
Funds Tier II/III India deep-tech founders building prototypes with up to Rs. 10 lakh.
MeitY Startup Hub GENESIS EIR
🇮🇳MSH · India
Pays a yearly stipend of up to Rs. 10 lakh to entrepreneurs under India's GENESIS scheme.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳IIITB-IC · India
Pays Indian entrepreneurs up to ₹4 lakh to validate an idea into a proof of concept.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳AIC-Pinnacle · India
Pays a stipend of up to ₹4 lakh as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence under MeitY TIDE 2.0.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)
🇮🇳IIMA Ventures · India
Pays Indian entrepreneurs up to Rs 4 lakh to validate an idea into a PoC.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant
🇮🇳IIITB-IC · India
Funds Indian startups up to ₹7 lakh to take a PoC to product and beyond.
MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant Support
🇮🇳AIC-Pinnacle · India
Funds up to Rs. 7 lakh, equity-free, for startups with a working MVP or PoC.
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cryptographic and privacy-preserving technologies that let organisations share and analyse sensitive data without exposing it.
Security evaluations of Post-Quantum Cryptography primitives
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds cryptanalysis research that stress-tests post-quantum cryptography against classical, quantum and AI-based attacks.
Security of implementations of Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms
🇪🇺ECCC · European Union
Funds countermeasures and testing tools that protect real-world post-quantum cryptography hardware and software from side-channel attacks.
UDBHAV 3.0 – Blockchain Incubation Program
🇮🇳IIML EIC · India
Offers Indian blockchain startups a free 6-month incubation with mentoring.
Eurostars autumn 2026 call 11
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds Swedish SMEs and their international partners to bring near-market R&D to launch.
Eurostars Call 11 for projects
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds international R&D and innovation projects led by an SME through each country's own national funding body.
Innovative SMEs - 11th Call (Eurostars-3 Call 11)
🇵🇱NCBR · Poland
Co-funds Polish SMEs running R&D projects with a partner in another Eurostars-3 country.
Globalstars
EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds joint research and development projects that pair an organisation from a EUREKA member country with an independent partner in a market outside the network, such as Japan, Taiwan, India or Uruguay.
MIT R&D Cooperation Projects
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch SME teams doing joint R&D to develop or renew products, processes or services.
UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Flexible early-stage funding for research organisations to progress research impact.
Michigan State Trade Expansion Program (MI-STEP)
🇺🇸MSF · United States
Funds Michigan small businesses pursuing export growth through pre-approved trade reimbursements.
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.
Santander X Portugal Award - Startup
🇵🇹Santander X · Portugal
Splits a €20,000 prize among three Portuguese startups, plus a spot in the global final.
Horizon EIE: Technology Transfer Offices
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.
Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.