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.
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KMU-innovativ: Forschung für die zivile Sicherheit
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German SME-led consortia developing civil-security technology.
Land collaborative combat including air-land
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds collaborative combat technology that lets land forces share a tactical picture and coordinate engagement across coalitions.
Large Investment Loan with Capital Rebate — Round 4
🇱🇻ALTUM · Latvia
Funds strategic research and innovation investments in Latvia with long-horizon financing and rebate support.
Live, Virtual, Constructive training interoperability – Joint operations and service-specific solutions
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into interoperable live, virtual and constructive training systems for joint EU multi-domain military exercises.
Map the Gap Phase 3
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom environmental monitoring innovation through gap mapping and advanced river and ecosystem projects.
Map the Gap Phase 3 — Riverine Relief
🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom teams with aerial systems for terrain and river assessments that improve operational safety.
Measure Time between Signals with Extremely High Accuracy
🇬🇧NPNTO · United Kingdom
Funds UK proof-of-concept builds for picosecond-accurate time-interval measurement tech.
Michigan Space Innovation Hub RFP
🇺🇸MEDC · United States
Supports Michigan's space economy with a statewide hub linking defense, academic, and commercial innovation pathways.
Military multi-domain operations cloud services
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds development of federated cloud services that connect EU militaries' data and command systems across land, air, sea and space.
Modern information and forensic evidence analysis and frontline policing
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds tools, forensic methods or training that modernise how police forces analyse evidence and work on the frontline.
Multi-Disciplinary design and Analysis Framework for Aerial Systems
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into a digital-twin simulation framework that speeds up design, certification and predictive maintenance of aerial systems.
Multiband 4D Radar
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a demonstrator for a multiband 4D radar that tracks range, direction and speed together for naval and future ground/air defence.
Multifunctional Information Distribution System
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into an EU-built tactical data-link terminal so European forces stop depending on non-EU MIDS/Link 16 suppliers.
NASA SBIR Ignite Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and startups new to NASA in early-stage, high-risk technology development through awards of up to $150,000.
NASA SBIR Phase I (BAA, Appendix A & B)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds exploratory feasibility research for small businesses in aeronautics, space technology, and exploration development.
NASA STTR Phase I (BAA, Appendix B)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds United States small-business and nonprofit research partnerships for early NASA-focused aerospace feasibility work.
Naval hybrid propulsion and power systems
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a prototype hybrid propulsion and DC power system that adapts commercial low-carbon marine tech for warships.
NIJ Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technology Implementation and Impact for Law Enforcement Purposes
🇺🇸NIJ · United States
Funds law-enforcement technology evaluations through NIJ research grants.
NIST PSCR CommanDING Tech Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds innovators and companies developing incident command dashboard technology for public safety through a NIST PSCR open innovation prize competition.
NIST PSCR First Responder UAS Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds teams and companies building unmanned aircraft system technology for first responders through NIST PSCR open innovation prize competitions.
NIST PSCR Tech to Protect Challenge
🇺🇸NIST PSCR Division · United States
Funds entrepreneurs, companies, and technologists building public safety communications technology through a NIST PSCR open innovation prize competition.
NM Science and Technology Business Startup Grant
🇺🇸NM EDD · United States
Funds New Mexico technology startups commercializing products in priority deep-tech sectors.
Non-thematic development actions by SMEs
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays SMEs a lump-sum grant to develop any innovative defence product or technology of their own choosing, including civil tech adapted for defence.
Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays SMEs and research organisations a lump-sum grant to research any innovative defence technology of their own choosing.