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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Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds individual support to a single ESFRI Landmark or European Research Infrastructure Consortium to widen membership, revise its funding plan or evolve its scientific scope.
Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – pilots for strategic coordination, synergies and simplified access pathways, by large thematic clusters of pan-European research infrastructures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds pilot projects that coordinate a whole ESFRI thematic cluster of research infrastructures behind one shared access portal and policy voice.
CORFO Viraliza — Regional Ecosystem Building
🇨🇱CORFO · Chile
Funds regional Chilean ecosystems with media, events, and training support.
Countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research projects up to EUR 3.5 million that develop tools and evidence to counter radicalisation, extremism and online hate.
Creating urban co-creation spaces for driving sustainable food system transformation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds urban living-lab projects that help cities shift residents toward healthier, more sustainable diets.
Creative alliances: Fostering global partnerships in cultural policies and CCI innovation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Cyber Security Review Grant
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Covers 80% of a €3,000 cyber security review for Irish businesses.
Data Spaces Kit (Kit Espacios de Datos)
🇪🇺Red.es · Spain
Funds Spanish entities joining or supplying sectoral data spaces through non-competitive Red.es aid.
Data Spaces Support Centre
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a single consortium to run the EU's central coordination hub for common data spaces across every sector.
Deep Tech CEE Challenge 2026
🇵🇱Deep Tech Summit · Poland
Awards up to €5,000 and investor access to deep-tech startups that make its finals.
Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds city and regional authorities running circular-economy demonstrations across at least two sectors, with private-sector and start-up involvement.
Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Funding for entrepreneurship-focused doctoral training and venture creation.
DST NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Awards up to INR 1 crore in milestone-based seed funding to IIMK LIVE incubatees.
EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds deep-tech SMEs and start-ups scaling breakthrough innovations, combining EUR 0.5-12.5 million of funding with business coaching and investor support.
EIC Accelerator Open 2025
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds any deep-tech start-up or SME through the open, bottom-up strand of the EIC Accelerator 2025 call, with no fixed technology theme.
EIC Pathfinder Open 2026
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds interdisciplinary research consortia pursuing high-risk, high-gain early-stage deep-tech breakthroughs with EU contributions of EUR 1 million to 4 million.
EIC pre-accelerator - Widening
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays deep-tech SMEs in Horizon Europe Widening countries to mature their technology from TRL4 to TRL5/6 and get investment-ready.
EIT Women Leadership Award
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards EUR50,000 to a top woman leader from the EIT Community, plus EUR30,000 and EUR20,000 to two runners-up.
ELEVATE Shakti 2026
🇮🇳KITS · India
Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.
Empowering youth in the EU Outermost Regions – YOUTH 4 OUTERMOST REGIONS (#YOUTH4ORS)
🇫🇷European Commission · European Union
Funds one organisation to run youth-led community and entrepreneurship actions across the EU's Outermost Regions.
ERA Fellowships
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in an EU Widening country to help those countries attract and keep research talent.
ERC Advanced Grants 2025
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.
ERC Advanced Grants 2026
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays established research leaders up to EUR 2.5 million over five years to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk frontier research.
ERC Consolidator Grants 2026
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays researchers consolidating their own independent lab up to EUR 2 million over five years for frontier research.