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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 121-144 of 1,181 grants

UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology logo
Open

AI Innovation Program — Industry Challenge Matching

🇦🇪MoIAT · United Arab Emirates

Connects United Arab Emirates manufacturers and developers through challenge matching and support from a shared innovation financing pool.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+3
Department of Defence Australia logo
Open

ASCA Innovation Incubation — Pitch Days & Challenges

🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia

Supports Australian innovators with incubation and challenge programs for AI, cybersecurity, and defense technologies.

AICybersecurity+6
Department of Defence Australia logo
Open

ASCA Missions — Active Call-Outs

🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia

Helps research teams and institutions for ASCA Missions Active Outs in aerospace, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

AerospaceAI+6
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority logo
Open

BARDA Accelerator Network — POC Funding

🇺🇸BARDA · United States

Funds proof-of-concept medical countermeasure projects across diagnostics, digital health, and therapeutic platforms.

BiotechDefense+3
$50K – $200K
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority logo
Open

BARDA RRPV — Member

🇺🇸BARDA · United States

Supports members of dedicated consortiums to pursue medical countermeasure proposals through BARDA rapid response partnership pathways.

BiotechDefense+1
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority logo
Open

BARDA Ventures — Equity Co-Investment

BARDA · United States

Invests in healthcare-focused countermeasure enterprises through BARDA Ventures, advancing diagnostics, vaccines, and resilient production growth stages.

BiotechDefense+1
KOSGEB — Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization logo
Open

Capacity Development Support Program

🇹🇷KOSGEB · Türkiye

Supports fast-growing Turkish manufacturing, IT, and development firms with subsidized credit for capacity expansion.

Advanced ManufacturingAI+2
₺1M – ₺30M
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency logo
Open

DARPA ERIS (Expedited Research Implementation Series)

🇺🇸DARPA · United States

Backs research teams and institutions for DARPA ERIS in defense innovation, biotechnology, and medical technology.

DefenseBiotech+3
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory logo
Open

DASA Open Call — Defence Rapid Impact (Phase 2)

🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom

Helps research teams and institutions for DASA Defence Rapid Impact in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

DefenseAI+7
£100K – £350K
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory logo
Open

DASA Open Call — Emerging Innovations (Phase 1)

🇬🇧Dstl · United Kingdom

Offers research teams and institutions for DASA Emerging Innovations in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

DefenseAI+7
£50K – £100K
Department of National Defence Canada logo
Open

Defence IDEaS — Competitive Projects

🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada

Offers research teams and institutions for Defence IDEaS Competitive Projects in defense innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

DefenseAI+4
CAD 0 – CAD 6.8M
Ministry of Defence logo
Open

Defence Innovation Fund

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom defence startups with rapid MoD contract opportunities in autonomy, robotics, and control systems.

DefenseAI+4
£100K – £350K
Ministry of Defence logo
Open

Defence Innovation Loans/27 — Next

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Funds companies with strong defense applications through development loans and advisory support for advanced innovation.

DefenseHardware+5
£100K – £1M
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

Defence Rapid Impact

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
Defense Health Agency logo
Open

Defense Health Agency SBIR Phase I

🇺🇸DHA · United States

Funds United States defense medical innovators at feasibility stage for life-changing military health technologies.

DefenseMedtech+2
$323K
Defense Health Agency logo
Open

Defense Health Agency SBIR Phase II

🇺🇸DHA · United States

Supports United States defense health teams maturing validated medical technologies toward practical military use.

DefenseMedtech+2
$2.2M
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

DHS LRBAA 24-01 — Research

🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States

Supports organizations pursuing homeland security innovation in AI, detection, screening, and resilience through DHS open submissions.

CybersecurityDefense+5
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

DHS SBIR Phase II (invite-only)

🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States

Supports small businesses in the United States advancing proven homeland security prototypes in a second-stage federal programme.

CybersecurityDefense+4
$1M – $1.5M
DHS — Department of Homeland Security logo
Open

DHS SVIP

🇺🇸DHS · United States

Invests research teams and institutions for DHS SVIP OTA initiatives in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.

CybersecurityDefense+5
$200K – $2M
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Open

DHS SVIP — Topic

🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States

Supports security innovation through topic-led projects that advance practical deployment of public safety technologies.

CybersecurityDefense+6
$2M
Defense Innovation Unit logo
Open

DIU CSO — Prototype Contract

🇺🇸DIU · United States

Provides research teams and institutions for DIU CSO Prototype Contract in artificial intelligence, defense innovation, and cybersecurity.

AIDefense+5
U.S. Department of Defense logo
Open

DoD SBIR/STTR

🇺🇸DoD · United States

Supports small business and non-traditional teams across defense components in a shared topic flow.

AerospaceAI+11
European Commission logo
Open

European Defence Fund — Work Programme

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds collaborative defense research across aerospace, cyber, robotics, AI, and space.

DefenseAerospace+4
Innosuisse — Swiss Innovation Agency logo
Open

Flagship Initiative — Innosuisse × armasuisse dual-use technologies

🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland

Funds Swiss dual-use initiatives at the defence and mobility frontier with security and resilience focus.

DefenseMobility

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