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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P2R 2026 – Incentives for Start-Up of Companies in Border Problem Areas
🇸🇮SEF · Slovenia
Pays new Slovenian companies in border regions a EUR 30,000 lump sum start-up grant.
PCIEERD Capability Development Program — ExperTISE + GODDESS
🇵🇭DOST · Philippines
Offers capacity-building and training support for Philippine science and technology institutions through PCIEERD grants.
Pilot initiatives on Technology Infrastructures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Paid five European projects between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million each to map a chosen technology area's infrastructure gaps and propose an EU-level plan to close them.
Planning grant for international proposal 2026
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds Swedish teams preparing a stronger proposal for a published international call.
Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays public authorities, social partners, universities and research bodies to improve cross-border cooperation and information on posted workers' rights.
Preparatory actions exploring future frameworks for research infrastructures investment plans and funding streams, for integrated and sustained scheme for access and for joint technology development
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one preparatory study, chosen from three named areas, mapping future funding, access or joint technology models for European research infrastructures.
Preparing the EU for future enlargement: challenges and opportunities
🇦🇱European Commission · European Union
Funds research projects up to EUR 3.5 million that study how the EU and citizens can prepare for future enlargement rounds.
Princeton New Industrial Collaborations Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds Princeton science and engineering faculty starting new industry research partnerships through two-year grants.
Proof of Concept Funding
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds third-level researchers up to €100,000 to move research toward market readiness.
Quantum Dice Use Case Challenge
🇬🇧Quantum Dice · United Kingdom
Pays up to £5,000 to teams solving real-world problems with probabilistic computing.
Queens Tech & Innovation Challenge
🇺🇸QEDC · United States
Awards up to $20,000 each to five early-stage entrepreneurs with strong Queens ties.
R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, digitalisation and solutions for research infrastructure upgrades
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D for new scientific instruments, tools and digitalisation that upgrade European research infrastructures, co-developed with industry.
Research infrastructure concept development including major upgrades or extensions of existing infrastructures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds feasibility and design studies for the next generation of European research infrastructures, or transformative upgrades to existing ones.
Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge (bottom-up)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds transnational or virtual access to top research infrastructures in a scientific domain not already covered by earlier frontier-access calls.
Research infrastructures as accelerators of the integration of Ukraine in the European Research Area
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds joint projects between Ukrainian and European research infrastructures, including remote fellowships for Ukraine-based researchers.
Research, Development and Piloting Funding for Large Companies
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds large Finnish companies' research, development and piloting projects through Business Finland grants and loans.
Researchers at Risk Fellowship
🇨🇿CAS · Czechia
Funds Czech Academy institutes employing at-risk researchers so they can continue scientific work in the Czech Republic for up to 24 months.
Romanian Government Scholarships for Foreign Citizens
Romanian Government · Romania
Pays tuition, fees, a stipend and housing for foreign students studying in Romania.
Safeguarding linguistic diversity in Europe
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays research consortiums roughly €5-5.75 million to document, map and help safeguard Europe's regional, minority and endangered languages.
Santander X Portugal Award - Startup
🇵🇹Santander X · Portugal
Splits a €20,000 prize among three Portuguese startups, plus a spot in the global final.
Santander X UK Awards
🇬🇧Santander · Spain
Pays UK university ventures, startups and SMEs a share of £150,000 in equity-free cash prizes through a national pitching competition.
Scaling up deep tech ecosystems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds cascading grants of up to EUR 500,000 for deep-tech pilot projects built around Europe's pan-European research infrastructures.
Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/Innovation (Gujarat)
🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India
Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹50 lakh across seed, social-impact and acceleration tracks.
SIGMA Seal of Excellence / EIC Accelerator Pilot — 1st
🇨🇿TA CR · Czechia
Provides Czech companies with top-up support after positive innovation review, helping bridge to investable product development.