Fusion grants
Explore grants for fusion companies. This directory includes funding for fusion science and engineering, plasma physics, high-field magnets, fusion materials, fuel cycles and supply-chain development, from national energy departments, fusion programs and public-private partnerships.
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EIC Accelerator Challenge: Alternative Concepts and Key Enabling Technologies for Fusion Power Plants
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European startups developing enabling technologies for alternative fusion power plant concepts.
Plasma Physics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the physics of plasma — magnetised, high energy density, low temperature, dusty and ultra-cold — with 25 awards expected.
Genesis Mission AI FOA — Phase I and Phase II (FES)
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports AI-enabled fusion and plasma research with continuation pathways for strong performers.
The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports AI for science progress from early concept stages toward national-scale implementation.
Key enabling technologies for fusion power plants (European Partnership on Fusion Energy)
🇺🇦European Commission · European Union
Funds innovation actions that mature fusion power plant technology — plasma heating, high-temperature superconducting magnets, or diagnostics and control — from lab to near-commercial readiness.
ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Funds United States alumni technologies moving from prior support into commercial pilots and scale-out activity.
Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports unsolicited basic research proposals across all Office of Science thematic areas in the United States.
FES Continuation Solicitation
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports fusion, plasma, and high-energy-density research partnerships blending public and private work.
INFUSE RFA Cycle
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports private fusion companies through annual partnerships with national laboratories.
Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program — Expansion
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Helps research teams and institutions for Milestone Based Fusion Development Expansion in energy systems and fusion research.
National Key R&D Programs
🇨🇳MOST · China
Offers Chinese organizations support through National Key programs for mission oriented technology projects moving toward practical use.
National S&T Major Projects
🇨🇳MOST · China
Supports Chinese mission driven teams through National S&T Major Projects to build deployment ready solutions for national priorities.
Key enabling technologies for fusion power plants (European Partnership on Fusion Energy)
🇺🇦European Commission · European Union
Funds innovation actions that mature fusion power plant technology in areas like tritium breeding, fusion-grade materials and laser-driven confinement, from lab to near-commercial readiness.
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
STEP Scale Up
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Invests in European deep-tech scale-up ventures with momentum needing capital for commercial expansion.
ARPA-E OPEN (next cycle)
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Funds high-risk energy technologies in United States with cross-cutting potential for climate and industrial transformation.
DOE SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses advancing energy and science technologies from proven feasibility into prototype development through DOE's Phase II SBIR award.
8. Energieforschungsprogramm — Projektförderung
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German applied energy research across hydrogen, heat, power, and energy systems.
ARPA-E Focused Technology Programs
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Supports United States transformational technology workstreams such as fusion materials, advanced batteries, and carbon capture.
DOE Early Career Research Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Funds research teams and institutions for DOE Early Career Research in energy systems, artificial intelligence, and quantum systems.
DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Backs research teams and institutions for DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers in energy systems, materials science, and quantum systems.
Energy Frontier Research Centers — 8th Class
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Supports multidisciplinary research centers tackling fundamental energy science grand challenges.
FES Early Career Research Program
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports research teams and institutions for FES Early Career Research in energy systems and fusion research.
FY 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Funds DOE Office of Science research in computing, energy sciences, biology, fusion, high-energy and nuclear physics, and isotopes — open to any applicant type.