Photonics grants
Explore grants for photonics companies. This directory covers funding for lasers, optics, integrated photonics, imaging and sensing, optical communications and photonic manufacturing, from research councils, innovation agencies and photonics industry programs.
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Eurostars Call 11
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds small and medium enterprises across Europe via Eurostars Call 11 for collaborative innovation with international partners.
Globalstars call with Taiwan
🇹🇼EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Supports European and Taiwan teams building international technology and research alliances through Eureka Globalstars channels.
Globalstars Call with Taiwan 2026
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds Finnish companies, research organisations and universities that team up with Taiwanese partners on joint R&D projects in semiconductors, photonics, AI and quantum hardware.
Globalstars Call with Taiwan 2026
🇦🇹EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds joint R&D projects between Taiwan and four European countries.
KIEM HighTech
🇳🇱Holland High Tech · Netherlands
Provides exploratory collaboration funding for Dutch teams linking academics and industry across photonics, climate, transport, and high-tech material systems.
Optical wireless communications research and testing facility
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
Call with Digital Partnership and TTC countries
Chips JU · European Union
Funds joint EU-partner-country research on neuromorphic computing, advanced packaging and semiconductor manufacturing.
IA Resilience call reinforcing Europe's strength in photonics
Chips JU · European Union
Funds scaling of photonic-chip manufacturing, packaging and system integration for AI, sensing and telecom applications.
Funding for STFC core summer schools for 2027
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Funding for five STFC core summer schools taking place in 2027.
International collaboration EU and Japan on semiconductors
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays two EU-Japan semiconductor projects between EUR 3 million and EUR 5 million each to develop advanced chip packaging and standardised chiplet interfaces.
ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds plasma science aimed at real technological problems — manufacturing, microelectronics, agriculture, sensors, nanomaterials.
Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for early-career researchers building an independent STFC research niche.
Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds a startup-led consortium building a scalable photonic quantum computing platform toward 1,000 qubits by 2030.
NRL Broad Agency Announcement
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports naval research collaborations with universities, firms, and consortia for practical outcomes.
Cooperative Agreement for In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging for Inner Ear Visualization
NIH · United States
Funds high-risk clinical trials of new ways to see inside the living human inner ear. A trial is compulsory, and NIH stays in the room.
In Vivo High-Resolution Imaging for Inner Ear Visualization
NIH · United States
Funds building the imaging that can finally show hair cells and membranes inside a living human ear. A clinical trial is optional.
Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.
SPIE Startup Challenge
SPIE · United States
Pays photonics startups up to $10,000 for pitching live at SPIE Photonics West.
SPIE Startup Challenge
SPIE · United States
Pays up to $10,000 to photonics startups pitching at Photonics West 2027.
FFG COMET Projects
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian academia and firms through collaborative innovation projects that turn research outputs into commercial solutions.
Future computing paradigms Network Plus
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Build a multidisciplinary network for future computing paradigms.
KMU-innovativ — Stichtag
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German small and medium enterprises pursuing high-impact innovation in AI, climate, energy, and built environments.
R&D Tax Credit — Income Tax Credit (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports established United States companies with income tax credits tied to qualified innovation spending.