Photonics grants

Reimburses Australian businesses for a share of their eligible marketing and promotion spend when they sell or plan to sell products overseas.

Pays Australian exporters and their representative bodies between $20,000 and $80,000 a year in matched funding to market and promote their goods and services in international markets, with the maximum set by their export-readiness tier.

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Supports state and regional programs increasing small business federal research proposal volumes and award rates.

Pays Kerala ex-convicts a one-time Rs15,000 grant to start a small trade.

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Funds companies carrying out local and regional business projects in eligible Finnmark municipalities through a grant.

Pays Rajasthan's Gadiya Lohar community a one-time Rs10,000 grant for raw materials.

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Funds Georgia small businesses expanding exports through reimbursement grants for pre-approved international trade activities.

Awards $250,000 a year to an 18-30 tech innovator fighting extreme poverty.

Pays a INR 1 lakh equity-free seed grant to rural entrepreneurs across 100 Tamil Nadu villages.

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Funds German applied-science universities pursuing multi-year projects across multiple technology domains.

Awards up to $40,000 to student-owned startup ventures pitching like a VC round.

Backs Indian women-led startups with mentorship, incubation and accelerator support.

Awards $1 million in seed funding to the winning student-led startup each year.

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Supports Spanish small businesses and startups with export-ready mentoring and internationalization grants.

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Funds Illinois innovators through income tax credits for innovation in startups and established companies.

Incubates for-profit and non-profit ventures building skilling and livelihood solutions for underserved Indians, with grants of up to Rs 12.5 lakhs for selected ventures.

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Funds Indiana innovation activity through tax credits tied to qualifying innovation and workforce-linked growth.

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Offers Swiss start-ups a CHF 10,000 coaching voucher to test and refine their business.

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Funds international collaborative research and innovation projects led by innovative small and medium-sized companies.

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Funds Dutch firms developing high-risk new products or processes through repayable government loans covering project costs.

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Supports postdoctoral research mandates bridging basic research into industrial applications with Flemish valorisation.

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Funds Norwegian exporters' participation in global trade fairs by supporting booth costs and market-entry exposure.

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Funds French small and medium enterprises focused on innovative prototyping, technology development, and pilot commercialization.

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Supports Irish small businesses with innovation vouchers for feasibility studies prototypes audits or new product and service development.