Quantum grants

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Funds R&D projects at German SMEs and research institutions with rates up to 100%.

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Funds UK businesses doing joint R&D in specific technology areas with Swiss partners through Innovate UK bilateral competition rounds.

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Supports early-career United Kingdom researchers at universities and institutes through UKRI Future Leaders Academic fellowships for independent research leadership.

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Supports female Danish researchers with international postdoctoral grants that strengthen long-term research careers.

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Funds internationally experienced Danish university researchers to advance long-term strategic research projects.

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Funds early-career scientists in Denmark to build independent teams, leadership, and long-running research programmes.

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Awards a $5 million prize purse to teams that design quantum algorithms and applications ready to deliver real-world impact once quantum hardware matures.

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Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.

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Pays up to $200,000 in cash prizes to U.S. small businesses developing quantum sensor and photonics technology.

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Funds high-potential young Finnish startups with promising international expansion potential and innovation readiness.

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Supports Parkwalk EIS and university founders with strategic innovation funds for early ventures.

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Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.

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Offers UCL teams access to support that turns campus proof-of-concept work into licensable and investable innovation.

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Supports Finnish startups validating innovation demand and strengthening models before major business scaling.

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Supports United Kingdom university and deep tech teams by bridging research outputs to follow-on funding.

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Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.

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Backs intellectual property protection activities including patent filing and trademark registration across Hungary.

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Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

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Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.

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Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.

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Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.

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Pays Dutch SME representative bodies to make their members' employee commuting greener.

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Co-funds R&D projects between a Turkish customer company and an SME supplier, covering 40% of costs.

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Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.