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Hardware grants

Explore grants for hardware companies. This directory covers funding for electronics and device development, sensors, embedded systems, prototyping and small-batch production, from innovation agencies, research programs and manufacturers’ partnership schemes, alongside grants open to any sector.

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NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) logo
Closed

MEP Center State Competition

🇺🇸NIST MEP · United States

Supports a designated state through a dedicated MEP Center to provide manufacturing technical assistance to small and medium firms.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+3
$3.6M – $34.4M
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office logo
Closed

Microbattery Design Prize

🇺🇸AMMTO · United States

Pays teams up to $300,000 to design small-capacity batteries that beat today's microbatteries on performance, safety and recyclability.

Energy TechAdvanced Manufacturing+1
$300K
Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) logo
Closed

Microelectronic – Front-End Module (FEM)

🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union

Funds one project to design a European front-end-module chipset for 6G radio in the FR3 (7-15 GHz) frequency range.

SemiconductorsHardware
€12M
Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica logo
Closed

Mission Innovation 2.0 — R&D

🇮🇹MASE · Italy

Administers Mission Innovation 2.0 energy calls to fund interdisciplinary teams advancing cleaner energy technologies in pilot settings.

Energy TechClimate Tech+3
€500K – €20M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo
Closed

MIT delta v Accelerator Cohort

🇺🇸MIT · United States

Supports MIT-affiliated startup teams with equity-free funding and intensive accelerator mentoring through summer.

AIBiotech+6
$75K
Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) logo
Closed

MMIP

🇺🇸TEDCO · United States

Backs grants for nonprofits/government to build or expand Maryland makerspaces for research through the MMIP.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware
$100K
Agency for Science, Technology and Research logo
Closed

MTC YIRG

🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore

Supports independent curiosity-driven research partnerships developing practical technology innovation across Singapore.

Advanced ManufacturingAdvanced Materials+3
SGD 325K
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Closed

Multiband 4D Radar

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds a demonstrator for a multiband 4D radar that tracks range, direction and speed together for naval and future ground/air defence.

DefenseHardware
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Closed

Multifunctional Information Distribution System

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds research into an EU-built tactical data-link terminal so European forces stop depending on non-EU MIDS/Link 16 suppliers.

DefenseHardware
NSW Government logo
Closed

MVP Ventures Program — Round 3-26

🇦🇺NSW Government · Australia

Supports small New South Wales businesses in commercialising innovative products and moving them toward market-ready delivery.

AIHardware+9
AUD 20K – AUD 75K
NSW Government logo
Closed

MVP Ventures Program — Seed

🇦🇺NSW Government · Australia

Funds small businesses in New South Wales to commercialise innovative products through hands-on development support.

AIHardware+9
AUD 20K – AUD 75K
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate logo
Closed

NASA SBIR Ignite Phase I

🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States

Funds U.S. small businesses and startups new to NASA in early-stage, high-risk technology development through awards of up to $150,000.

AIDefense+7
$150K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo
Closed

NASA SBIR Phase I (BAA, Appendix A & B)

🇺🇸NASA · United States

Funds exploratory feasibility research for small businesses in aeronautics, space technology, and exploration development.

AerospaceAI+6
$225K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo
Closed

NASA STTR Phase I (BAA, Appendix B)

🇺🇸NASA · United States

Funds United States small-business and nonprofit research partnerships for early NASA-focused aerospace feasibility work.

AerospaceAI+6
$225K
SENA — Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje logo
Closed

National Call No. 161 — Persons with Disabilities (Personas con Discapacidad)

🇨🇴SENA · Colombia

Supports Colombians with disabilities launching new enterprises through forgivable seed capital funding.

AgritechFood Tech+2
North Dakota Department of Commerce logo
Closed

Native American Small Business Support Program

🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States

Funds Native American-owned small businesses in North Dakota with resources for growth and market readiness.

Advanced ManufacturingAgritech+3
$10K – $600K
NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic logo
Closed

NATO DIANA Challenge Programme

NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational

Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

DefenseAI+8
€100K – €400K
NC IDEA logo
Closed

NC IDEA MICRO

🇺🇸NC IDEA · United States

Funds micro-stage startup pilots in North Carolina to test early business models.

AIHardware+7
$10K
NC IDEA logo
Closed

NC IDEA SEED

🇺🇸NC IDEA · United States

Funds early-stage North Carolina startups for scaling-ready programs through milestone-based support.

AIHardware+7
$50K
Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy logo
Closed

New Call: Innovative Machinery (Nuovo bando Macchinari Innovativi)

🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy

Supports southern Italian small and medium-sized enterprises with subsidized grants and soft loans for industrial machinery upgrades.

HardwareIoT & Edge+1
€400K – €3M
NIH BRAIN Initiative logo
Closed

New Concepts and Early-Stage Research for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

🇺🇸BRAIN Initiative · United States

Supports exploratory ideas in neural recording and modulation through early project grants in neuroscience.

NeurotechHardware+1
Technology and Innovation Office (TIO), New Mexico Economic Development Department logo
Closed

New Mexico Science and Technology Business Startup Grant

🇺🇸NM TIO · United States

Funds New Mexico technology startups commercialising R&D-based products in priority sectors.

Energy TechAI+4
$25K – $50K
NIH BRAIN Initiative logo
Closed

New Technologies and Novel Approaches for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

🇺🇸BRAIN Initiative · United States

Funds research projects on new neurotechnology methods for neural recording and modulation.

NeurotechHardware+2
NIH BRAIN Initiative logo
Closed

Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human CNS

🇺🇸BRAIN Initiative · United States

Supports the development of next-generation neural devices for human neuroscience applications through collaborative research.

NeurotechHardware+1

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