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.
Showing 169-192 of 868 grants
First Ventures
🇨ðŸ‡GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss university spin-off ideas from students with up to CHF 150,000.
InnoBooster
🇨ðŸ‡GRS · Switzerland
Funds Swiss deep-tech university spin-offs already in Venture Kick with up to CHF 150,000.
Innowwide
🇪🇺EU · European Union
Pays SMEs and startups a 60,000-euro grant to test whether their solution is viable in a target overseas market.
Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Supports young Pennsylvania technology firms in Keystone Innovation Zones through targeted tax incentives.
PA R&D Tax Credit
🇺🇸PA Department of Revenue · United States
Supports Pennsylvania firms through tax credits for qualifying innovation expenses, lowering effective innovation costs.
South Summit Brazil Startup Competition
South Summit · Spain
Offers pitch time, mentoring and investor exposure to five category-winning startups.
POLNORIS
🇵🇱NCBR · Poland
Funds Polish-led research consortia teamed with an Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway partner.
POLNORIS Call
🇵🇱NCBR · Poland
Funds Polish-led research consortia teamed with an Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway partner.
Estrdad Government Fee Refund Initiative
🇸🇦Monsha'at · Saudi Arabia
Funds Saudi startups by refunding selected government fees and patent-registration costs.
FFG Frontrunner
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Funds Austrian start-ups and scale-ups building transformative innovation with Frontrunner-style support.
FFG General Programme
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Offers Austrian companies broad, cross-sector innovation support through flexible grants and loans.
JCJC Breakthrough
🇫🇷ANR · France
Funds JCJC laureates and their teams preparing strong proposals to advance high-impact scientific careers.
ERC Consolidator Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds researchers 5 to 15 years past their PhD who are building an independent research team in Europe through an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Globalstars
EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds joint research and development projects that pair an organisation from a EUREKA member country with an independent partner in a market outside the network, such as Japan, Taiwan, India or Uruguay.
Tufts New Ventures Competition
Derby E-Center · United States
Awards up to $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes to Tufts-affiliated founders.
Young Person's Start Up Grant
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Supports young entrepreneurs in Wales with seed assistance and mentoring for first business launch.
Supernova Challenge
GITEX CAC · United Arab Emirates
Pays equity-free cash prizes to exhibiting startups that pitch live on the main stage at GITEX AI Kazakhstan.
Female Founders Co-Investment Fund
🇦🇺QLD Government · Australia
Funds Queensland women-led innovation businesses raising early-stage equity through matched co-investment grants.
Wyoming State Trade Expansion Program
🇺🇸WBC · United States
Funds Wyoming small businesses entering international markets through STEP export reimbursement grants.
Grant for Equity Market Singapore (GEMS) Scheme
🇸🇬MAS · Singapore
Supports Singapore listed and licensed financial firms with guidance for listing and investor research.
Deep Tech Accelerator (DTA)
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds young Finnish deep-tech companies commercialising research results through a phased grant-and-loan package.
ENEA Proof of Concept Program
ENEA · Italy
Funds companies moving ENEA laboratory technologies toward industrial use through co-funded proof-of-concept projects.
ERP Digitalization Loan and Grant (511/512)
🇩🇪KfW · Germany
Funds companies and freelancers in Germany delivering digitalization projects with subsidized loans and grants up to €200,000.
Innovation Grant
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds SMEs maturing and testing technology projects with grants of up to EUR 50,000.