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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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom start-up founders investment support through certified tax relief for early innovation and development.
SMART Innovation Funding
🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom
Funds Wales-based businesses of all sizes to research and develop new products, processes, or services through discretionary Welsh Government R&D grants.
SMART Partnerships
🇬🇧Business Wales · United Kingdom
Funds collaborative R&D between Wales-based businesses and knowledge-base partners, with the Welsh Government covering 100% of the academic or research partner's eligible costs.
The Caltech Seed Fund
🇺🇸Caltech OTTCP · United States
Invests in early-stage Caltech and JPL spinout companies, helping them move toward commercialization readiness.
MIT.nano Industry Consortium / Foundry Access
MIT.nano · United States
Provides Massachusetts startup teams access to advanced prototyping and fabrication through MIT.nano collaboration.
University of Bristol QTIC / Engine Shed Translational
🇬🇧QTIC · United Kingdom
Supports University of Bristol teams with translational resources from QTIC and Engine Shed pathways.
Advanced Photonic Devices and Circuits
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds six €3–5M research projects that make integrated photonic circuits more capable, compact and power-efficient.
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
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.
Eurostars Call 12 for projects
🇪🇺RVO · Netherlands
Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.
DOE SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses advancing energy and science technologies from proven feasibility into prototype development through DOE's Phase II SBIR award.
NTDP Nextera Deep Tech Grant
🇸🇦MCIT · Saudi Arabia
Funds Saudi tech startups and SMEs doing R&D in deep and emerging technologies through NTDP's Nextera grant program.
Open Call for Innovation
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.
SpaceWERX STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase)
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses scaling strategic space technologies through SBIR/STTR matching contracts with government and private co-investment.
AFOSR HBCU/MI Program
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports minority-serving and historically black institutions through foundational Air Force research grants.
AFOSR STTR Phase I
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Offers small business and institution teams early research support for foundational Air Force concepts.
AFOSR STTR Phase II
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports small business teams extending validated concepts toward robust defense development.
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports early-stage Air Force fundamental research at universities, nonprofits, and industry partners.
Deep Tech Award
🇩🇪Berlin Senate Dept · Germany
Splits a €50,000 total prize each year among Berlin-based deep-tech companies and startups.
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.
Engineering (ENG): Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems (ECCS)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds foundational engineering research on devices, circuits and control — $110 million across roughly 300 awards, with no deadline.
Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS) — Scheme
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Provides enhanced tax relief for loss-making United Kingdom companies with intensive innovation spending.
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom startups with certification support tied to investor incentive access for high growth innovation.
FIS 3 — Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (Round 3)
🇮🇹MUR · Italy
Supports individual researchers in Italy through frontier basic research awards across major scientific domains.