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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xTech|Phantum
🇺🇸Army · United States
Pays up to $200,000 in cash prizes to U.S. small businesses developing quantum sensor and photonics technology.
xTechHumanoid
Army · United States
Supports autonomous humanoid robotics efforts through prizes and potential follow-on mission contracts.
xTechScalable AI 2
🇺🇸Army · United States
Offers up to $603,000 in cash prizes and SBIR contracts for scalable military AI solutions.
xTechSoldier Fire Control
🇺🇸Army · United States
Awards up to $300,000 in cash prizes for a next-generation squad-weapon fire control module.
IARPA DECIPHER
🇺🇸IARPA · United States
Funds United States teams building multilingual language tools for difficult intelligence vocabulary and specialised terminology.
IARPA LocUS — ETA OTA
🇺🇸IARPA · United States
Funds United States researchers mapping video origin from combined visual and audio clues when metadata is absent.
IARPA MOVES
🇺🇸IARPA · United States
Funds United States researchers using movement from video to support neurological assessment in intelligence profiles.
International Landing Zone RFP
🇺🇸MEDC · United States
Supports international aerospace and defense firms in Michigan through local office and market-entry backing.
NDF National Investment Company (Taiwania Capital)
🇹🇼NDC (National Development Coun · Taiwan
Invests through Taiwania Capital to allocate sovereign funds to Taiwanese startups in biotech, IoT, and clean energy.
NSIN Propel
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Supports startups advancing national security technology through a focused two-stage accelerator.
NSIN Vector Cohort
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Supports early national security ventures through a cohort-based acceleration and dual-use marketplace.
SpaceWERX Orbital Prime
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing technologies through SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR contracts.
NSIN Programs Portfolio
🇺🇸NSIN · United States
Connects startups, universities, and innovators to national security talent and problem-solving networks.
BIG Idea Competition
🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States
Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.
IPARJOG — IP Protection Support
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºNKFIH · Hungary
Backs intellectual property protection activities including patent filing and trademark registration across Hungary.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
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.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers
🇸🇪VR · Sweden
Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.
SME Collectives Sustainable Travel Behaviour (COVER)
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Pays Dutch SME representative bodies to make their members' employee commuting greener.
1707 Order-Based R&D Support
🇹🇷TÜBİTAK · Türkiye
Co-funds R&D projects between a Turkish customer company and an SME supplier, covering 40% of costs.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
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.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize
🇨🇦UTE · Canada
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.
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.