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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ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready
🇺🇸ARPA-E · United States
Funds United States alumni technologies moving from prior support into commercial pilots and scale-out activity.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
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.
DOE Office of Science Open Solicitation
🇺🇸DOE SC · United States
Connects research teams and institutions for DOE Office of Science Solicitation in artificial intelligence, energy systems, and fusion research.
FES Continuation Solicitation
🇺🇸DOE FES · United States
Supports fusion, plasma, and high-energy-density research partnerships blending public and private work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MPS Physics Research Programs (MPS Physics)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds every NSF physics programme through one door — quantum information, particle physics, plasma, gravity and more, from $180 million.
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.
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.
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.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
STEP Scale Up
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Invests in European deep-tech scale-up ventures with momentum needing capital for commercial expansion.
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.