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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Higher Speed Optical Access Networks and future end-to-end Packet Optical Network Architecture in 6G
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on high-capacity, energy-efficient optical access networks and AI-managed optical architecture for the 6G transport layer.
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.
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.
Innovation Support to Operations Phase 3
🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds UK-registered companies delivering manufacturable, TRL 6-ready defence technology innovations scalable to operational use within twelve months.
Innovative Advanced Materials for photonics in telecommunication
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds around two research projects, each worth up to EUR 5 million, to develop low-power advanced materials for photonic telecom chips.
Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.
Large Investment Loan with Capital Rebate — Round 4
🇱🇻ALTUM · Latvia
Funds strategic research and innovation investments in Latvia with long-horizon financing and rebate support.
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.
Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one project, led by a photonic-quantum-computing startup, EUR 10 million to build toward a 1,000-qubit photonic quantum computer by 2030 with a named end-user demonstration.
Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC)
🇺🇸AMC · United States
Funds one or more for-profit teams building a low-cost, battery-powered chip-scale atomic clock for the Army.
Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks through the deployment of technological solutions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds R&D that turns existing food-safety science — molecular methods, genomics, photonics — into deployable tools against food fraud and safety risks.
Maturing of a European industrial ecosystem for security-certified terrestrial QKD technologies and systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to five projects that mature and security-certify European quantum key distribution hardware and systems for deployment in telecom networks.
National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK registered businesses conducting feasibility studies in advanced materials innovation through Innovate UK grants under the National Materials Innovation Programme.
Networking and Future Photonics Strategy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one European consortium EUR 3 million to coordinate the Photonics Partnership's research roadmap, monitor its funded projects and help the sector access private and blended finance.
NIBIB P41 BTRR National Centers — Renewal
🇺🇸NIBIB · United States
Funds national biomedical technology centers that build shared resources for advanced research infrastructure.
NM Quantum Technologies Award
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies establishing or growing operations in New Mexico.
NSF X-Labs (Quantum + Scientific Instrumentation)
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Funds independent research organizations focused on quantum systems and scientific instrumentation breakthroughs.
Optical wireless communications research and testing facility
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Funding to establish a national optical wireless communications test facility.
OSD ManTech / MII Project Calls
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports advanced manufacturing research and innovation through Manufacturing Innovation Institute calls.
Patents
🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium
Funds Brussels SMEs filing national or PCT international patents for their R&D results, covering 50 percent of patent application and procedure costs.
R&D Projects
🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium
Funds Brussels companies doing industrial research, experimental development, or process innovation through grants covering 15 to 70 percent of project costs.
Research infrastructure services advancing frontier knowledge
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds transnational or virtual access to top research infrastructures in atmospheric chemistry or hadron physics for curiosity-driven research.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
SCALE Capital: Massachusetts Lab-to-Fab Grant Program
🇺🇸NEMC · United States
Funds Massachusetts microelectronics teams moving lab-to-fab projects through SCALE Capital grants.