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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Pradhan Mantri Virasat ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS)
🇮🇳Min. of Minority Affairs · India
Pays skilling stipends and entrepreneurship support to India's minority communities.
Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund
🇺🇸NY Ventures · United States
Invests in early-stage New York technology startups with private matching capital from New York Ventures.
PRIME — Grant for Microenterprise Development Organizations
🇺🇸SBA · United States
Supports microenterprise development organizations with resources for training, assistance, and capital pathways for disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Princeton Faculty New Venture Assistance Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds Princeton faculty and staff preparing research-based startups through venture-formation grants.
Proof of Concept Funding
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds third-level researchers up to €100,000 to move research toward market readiness.
Proyectos «Europa Excelencia»
🇪🇸AEI · Spain
Funds frontier research projects in Spain with positive European Research Council evaluations.
QDB Istithmar — Equity Investment
🇶🇦QDB · Qatar
Invests in innovative Qatari businesses by taking minority stakes and helping guide long-term strategic growth.
R&D Super-Deduction Tax Incentive
🇨🇳STA · China
Provides Chinese companies a tax deduction framework for qualifying innovation spend through annual tax filing.
RAISE the STAKES
Chain Of Events · France
Awards cloud credits and a Google Cloud fast track to early-stage AI startups that pitch in Paris.
Raymond Ideas Challenge
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Offers a Texas A&M student idea challenge to launch early-stage startup concepts and prototypes.
Regional District Funding
🇳🇴Innovation Norway · Norway
Funds companies in Norwegian district areas developing their business through regional grants and loans.
Regional EDGE
🇬🇧Scottish EDGE · United Kingdom
Supports Regional EDGE programmes for early-stage Scottish businesses across four regions via local delivery partners.
Research and Development Credit
🇺🇸Kansas Department of Revenue · United States
Funds Kansas taxpayers increasing qualified in-state R&D expenditure through a transferable corporate income tax credit.
Research Tax Credit (Crédit d'Impôt Recherche, CIR)
🇫🇷DGFiP · France
Offers French companies tax support that lowers the cost of qualifying innovation activity.
Rice One Small Step Grant
🇺🇸Rice OoI / Rice 360 / BME · United States
Funds Rice laboratory teams running final technology experiments before a startup or licence through grants of up to USD 100,000.
Rise Together
🇮🇳Mission Youth J&K · India
Grants J&K youth groups at least Rs. 2.5 lakh upfront subsidy for new community enterprises.
Rising UP in Spain 2026
🇪🇸ICEX · Spain
Backs startups setting up and scaling their business in Spain.
Rocket Fuel Pitch Competition
LEAP · Saudi Arabia
Awards startups pitching at LEAP up to $250,000 in equity-free prize money.
Rothberg Catalyzer Prize
🇺🇸Tsai CITY · United States
Pays $25,000 to a Yale student team building a working hardware-and-software prototype.
Santander X Global Award
🇪🇸Santander · Spain
Awards up to €20,000 equity-free to university-linked startups from six countries.
SBIR/STTR Phase I Incentive Funds Program
🇺🇸NC Commerce · United States
Reimburses North Carolina small businesses for part of the cost of preparing and submitting a federal Phase I SBIR or STTR proposal.
SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds Program
🇺🇸NC Commerce · United States
Matches state funds for North Carolina small businesses that already won a federal Phase I SBIR or STTR award, bridging the gap before Phase II.
Self-Help Group Formation Incentive (DAY-NULM)
🇮🇳DAY-NULM (Uttarakhand) · India
Pays a one-time Rs10,000 incentive to newly formed urban women's self-help groups.
Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence and María de Maeztu Units of Excellence (Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa y Unidades María de Maeztu)
🇪🇸AEI · Spain
Supports elite Spanish centres and units through long-term accreditation-linked scientific investment.