Defense grants
Explore grants for defense and dual-use technology companies. This directory includes funding for defense research, autonomous systems, sensing, secure communications and resilience technology, from defense ministries, innovation units and multinational security programs, with the eligibility rules each funder sets out.
Showing 289-312 of 1,185 grants
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
BraveTech EU
🇪🇺AID · France
Supports defense technology initiatives that translate operational experience into practical European innovation projects.
BUILD (Boeing's University Innovation Leadership Development Program)
🇮🇳Boeing · India
Offers Indian students and entrepreneurs mentoring and a shot at a ₹10 lakh grant.
Call for R&DI Funding Proposals
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds researchers and institutions up to ₹25 lakhs for autonomous-navigation R&D projects.
Canadian Safety and Security Program — Collaborative Projects
🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada
Supports research teams and institutions for Canadian Safety and Security Collaborative Projects in defense innovation, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
CBRN decontamination systems and technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds contractors to build portable nanosorbent devices that decontaminate large military equipment after CBRN exposure.
Chiplet for Defence Application
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into a shared EU chiplet library that lets defence electronics mix and match chip building blocks instead of custom ASICs.
Citizen and regional/local authorities' engagement in enhanced disaster risk awareness, education and preparedness
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that raise citizens' disaster-risk awareness or build stronger links between researchers and local authorities on disaster preparedness.
Collaborative air combat
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds design and prototyping work on shared EU standards that let manned and unmanned combat aircraft operate together.
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox
DND Canada · Canada
Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.
DASA Themed Competition — Biosecurity Frontiers
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Funds teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for DASA Themed Competition Biosecurity Frontiers in defense innovation, biotechnology, and synthetic biology.
DASA Themed Competition — Future-proofing Biosecurity: Microbial Forensic Capability
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Supports DASA Themed Competition Future proofing Biosecurity Microbial Forensic Capability for practical innovation and measurable results.
DASA Themed Competition — UK Defence Innovation: Conflict Wounds
🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom
Funds biological models and portable first-aid treatments for battlefield casualty care innovation.
DeepTech Bharat Hackathon
🇮🇳DPIIT · India
Awards ₹1.25 lakh across 5 winning deep-tech ideas plus mentoring and incubation support.
Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE)
🇺🇸DIBC · United States
Pays manufacturers and design organizations to demonstrate readiness for future U.S. defense production roles in drones and munitions wiring.
DEFRA 6th Call — Defence-Related Research
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian defence-related innovation in critical technology sectors to strengthen real-world implementation.
DEFRA Human Factors Open Call
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian deep-tech companies researching human performance and human-machine integration for defence applications.
DEFRA NGCAT — Next Generation Combat Aircraft Technologies
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian industrial companies developing next-generation combat aircraft and fighter-jet technologies under the NGWS/FCAS programme.
DEFRA Space Call
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian companies doing R&D in defence space capabilities — Earth Observation satellites and Space Situation Awareness systems.
Demand-led innovation for civil security through Pre-Commercial Procurement
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a group of public procurers to jointly commission and test at least two competing prototypes of a new civil-security technology.
Development and validation of models predicting flow-related underwater noise
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to build better models of flow-generated underwater noise to improve sonar placement on naval platforms.
DIANA Challenge Call
NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational
Funds companies and SMEs solving NATO defence and security problems with staged, non-dilutive funding through DIANA's Accelerator Programme.
Digital Ship and Naval Combat Cloud
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a common digital-ship architecture and naval combat-cloud design that lets EU navies share systems and data across their fleets.
DISC 12 Re-Open — Inflight Urination Device for Female Fighter Pilots
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian innovators up to Rs. 1.5 crore to build a female-pilot inflight urination device.