Climate Tech grants

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Offers tribal energy innovators through Department of Energy loan guarantees for project financing.

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Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

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Funds Kenyan startups and companies that have built technology products in priority sectors through direct cash awards from KeNIA's National Innovation Awards program.

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Backs technology projects in Turkey through concessional soft loans for private-sector development and innovation execution.

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Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.

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Backs intellectual property protection activities including patent filing and trademark registration across Hungary.

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Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

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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.

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Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.

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Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.

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Pays Dutch SME representative bodies to make their members' employee commuting greener.

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Co-funds R&D projects between a Turkish customer company and an SME supplier, covering 40% of costs.

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Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

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Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

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Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.

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Supports HR capability building for Polish enterprises with subsidized coaching and workforce development.

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Pays SMEs a fixed EUR60,000 grant to run a six-month market feasibility project testing whether their innovation can be commercialised in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania.

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Awards women founders and co-founders across three prize categories, from EUR 20,000 up to EUR 100,000, for leading breakthrough European innovations.

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Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.

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Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.

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Pays SMEs and startups a 60,000-euro grant to test whether their solution is viable in a target overseas market.

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Supports young Pennsylvania technology firms in Keystone Innovation Zones through targeted tax incentives.

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Supports Pennsylvania firms through tax credits for qualifying innovation expenses, lowering effective innovation costs.

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Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.