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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WV First Small Business Growth Program
🇺🇸WV Tax Division · United States
Backs licensed growth investors in West Virginia to structure capital support for local small businesses.
Youth Startup Innovation Award 2026
Moonshot · United States
Gives young founders up to $10,000 equity-free, plus a two-year accelerator journey.
Innovate UK Innovation Loans (Future Economy)
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Offers non-dilutive financing for United Kingdom firms to scale late-stage innovation when standard debt is unavailable.
Innovation Vouchers
Invest NI · United Kingdom
Funds Northern Ireland businesses accessing knowledge-provider expertise through GBP 5K innovation vouchers.
J. E. Purkyně Fellowship
🇨🇿CAS · Czechia
Funds Czech Academy institutes recruiting established scientists from abroad for research appointments lasting up to five years.
Transition Plan 5.0 (Piano Transizione 5.0)
🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy
Provides tax credits in Italy for productive investments that cut energy use and support digital and energy transitions.
Business Employment Incentive Grant
🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States
Funds only legacy New Jersey business-expansion projects that created qualifying jobs, with lower thresholds for technology companies.
Cadenas Productivas
🇲🇽NAFIN · Mexico
Runs a reverse-factoring marketplace that lets Mexican supplier businesses receive early payment on buyer receivables.
Enterprise Zone Tax Credit
🇺🇸Go Utah / GOEO · United States
Provides Enterprise Zone tax credits in Utah to support capital investment and job creation in rural designated zones.
High Demand Job Training
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Supports matched workforce grants for local development boards and their partners hiring in high-demand fields.
JET Grant — 27 Biennium
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Funds Texas public colleges for career and technical education equipment for high-demand occupations.
MBDA Business Center Program
🇺🇸MBDA · United States
Funds intermediary groups that strengthen minority business support through MBDA Business Center resources on finance, capital, and contracts.
Plug and Play Accelerator Programs (Global)
🇺🇸Plug and Play · United States
Offers Plug and Play accelerator programmes connecting startups to global corporate partners across diverse industry verticals.
Self-Sufficiency Fund
🇺🇸TWC · United States
Supports Texas Workforce Commission programs for nonprofits and public colleges serving low-income learners with workforce credentials.
Sloan Research Fellowships
🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States
Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.
South Carolina Angel Investor Tax Credit
🇺🇸SC DOR · United States
Provides tax relief support for accredited investors and South Carolina early stage companies through an angel investor programme.
Urban Transit Hub
🇺🇸NJ Division of Taxation · United States
Funds only legacy New Jersey transit-hub facility investments and job creation through ten-year tax credits.
Welvaartsfonds (Wealth Fund)
🇧🇪PMV · Belgium
Offers Welvaartsfonds as a recovery support facility for Flemish companies needing mezzanine financing support during stress periods.
Almi Innovation Loan
🇸🇪Almi (Almi Företagspartner) · Sweden
Supports high-risk Swedish innovation projects through subordinated co-financing loans for prototype development, testing, and commercial scaling.
CSIRO On Accelerate
🇦🇺CSIRO · Australia
Supports Australian science-based startups with six-month acceleration, mentorship, and early-stage equity from CSIRO pathways.
ENISA Financing Lines (Líneas de Financiación)
🇪🇸ENISA · Spain
Funds participative subordinated loans in Spain for startups and small companies through ENISA's financing support without collateral.
Finnvera Growth Loan
🇫🇮Finnvera · Finland
Supports Finnish companies transitioning innovation to market with subordinated growth and venture loans when conventional bank financing is limited.
Invitalia ON — Beyond Zero-Interest New Enterprises (Oltre Nuove Imprese a Tasso Zero)
🇮🇹Invitalia (MIMIT) · Italy
Offers new Italian startups a blended package of non-repayable grant and zero-interest loan support for growth.
Khalifa Fund SME Programmes
🇦🇪KFED · United Arab Emirates
Provides interest-free financing in Abu Dhabi for Emirati-owned enterprises from startup launch through expansion and scale.