Grants by industry

Robotics grants

Explore grants for robotics companies. This directory includes funding for autonomous systems, industrial and service robots, drones, perception and manipulation, and robots for healthcare, agriculture and logistics, from research councils, innovation agencies and industry-led programs.

Showing 457-480 of 1,293 grants

European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Closed

Autonomous triage and evacuation

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds research into unmanned vehicles that can find, assess and evacuate wounded soldiers in mass-casualty and CBRN combat zones.

DefenseMedtech+1
YP
Closed

Autonomous, Safe, and Scalable Transport of Laboratory Samples in Refinery Operations

YPF · Argentina

Pays up to $20,000 for a pilot to automate lab-sample transport in a YPF refinery.

Energy TechRobotics
$20K
UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program (Bakar Family Foundation) logo
Closed

Bakar Award

🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States

Funds UC Berkeley STEM faculty moving research discoveries toward commercially viable products and services.

AIBiotech+8
$100K – $300K
UC Berkeley Bakar Fellows Program (Bakar Family Foundation) logo
Closed

Bakar Award — UC Berkeley / UCSF Collaborative

🇺🇸Bakar Fellows Program · United States

Funds joint UC Berkeley and UCSF teams translating translational research into healthcare impact.

BiotechMedtech+4
$100K – $300K
USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agriculture logo
Closed

BARD Food Security Technology Accelerator

🇺🇸USDA + Israeli Ministry of Agr · Global / Multinational

Funds U.S.-Israel teams developing food-security technologies through a binational accelerator pairing conditional grants of up to $1 million with required industry co-funding.

AgritechFood Tech+3
$1M
Innoviris (Brussels-Capital Region) logo
Closed

BELCOO — Transregional R&D

🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium

Funds Brussels companies collaborating on R&D projects with enterprises from Flanders or Wallonia, through the joint Belgian interregional innovation co-funding initiative.

AIAgritech+13
ED
Closed

BlindFlight Resilience Challenge

EDGE · United Arab Emirates

Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.

DefenseAerospace+1
$25K
Agence de l'innovation de défense logo
Closed

BraveTech EU

🇪🇺AID · France

Supports defense technology initiatives that translate operational experience into practical European innovation projects.

DefenseAI+3
€1M
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) logo
Closed

BRIDGE

🇦🇹FFG · Austria

Funds Austrian science-industry consortia transferring basic research toward industrial applications.

AIBiotech+11
BO
Closed

BUILD (Boeing's University Innovation Leadership Development Program)

🇮🇳Boeing · India

Offers Indian students and entrepreneurs mentoring and a shot at a ₹10 lakh grant.

AerospaceDefense+8
₹1M
TI
Closed

Call for R&DI Funding Proposals

🇮🇳TIHAN · India

Funds researchers and institutions up to ₹25 lakhs for autonomous-navigation R&D projects.

AerospaceAgritech+6
₹2.5M
28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital) logo
Closed

Co-Creation Accelerator 2026-2027

🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union

Pairs early-stage deep tech startups with an industry partner for a four-month co-development sprint and pays up to €250,000 with no co-investment required.

AIRobotics+1
€250K
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Supports United Kingdom transport innovators through pre-commercial procurement for prototyping, testing, and demonstration development.

MobilityRobotics+2
£210K
Department of National Defence Canada logo
Closed

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox

DND Canada · Canada

Funds counter-UAS prototype developers competing for IDEaS Sandbox monetary prizes.

DefenseAerospace+3
Hangzhou Municipal Human Resources & Social Security Bureau logo
Closed

Creating the World Competition

🇨🇳Hangzhou HR & Social Security Bureau · China

Administers Hangzhou's Creating the World competition for overseas returnees and foreign nationals launching technology ventures.

AIBiotech+5
CN¥10K – CN¥5M
DP
Closed

DeepTech Bharat Hackathon

🇮🇳DPIIT · India

Awards ₹1.25 lakh across 5 winning deep-tech ideas plus mentoring and incubation support.

AIIoT & Edge+8
GS
Closed

DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026

Global Startup EXPO · Japan

Pays a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups from Japan and overseas that pitch cutting-edge, research-rooted technology at Global Startup EXPO 2026 in Osaka.

AIRobotics+5
¥10M
GS
Closed

DeepTech Frontier Challenge 2026

Global Startup EXPO · Japan

Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.

AIRobotics+6
¥10M
DI
Closed

Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE)

🇺🇸DIBC · United States

Pays manufacturers and design organizations to demonstrate readiness for future U.S. defense production roles in drones and munitions wiring.

DefenseAerospace+2
Belgian Science Policy Office logo
Closed

DEFRA Human Factors Open Call

🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium

Funds Belgian deep-tech companies researching human performance and human-machine integration for defence applications.

AIDefense+3
ED
Closed

Drone in a Box Challenge

EDGE · United Arab Emirates

Pays a guaranteed $15,000 first prize for an integrated autonomous drone-docking system.

RoboticsDefense
$5K – $15K
European Defence Fund (DG DEFIS) logo
Closed

Drone-based affordable mass munitions

🇪🇺EDF · European Union

Funds affordable loitering munitions and small combat drones that can be mass-produced, with cascade funding for smaller tech companies.

DefenseRobotics
Innovate UK logo
Closed

Dual-use Aviation Systems and Autonomy

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds UK organisations up to £1.25 million to build aviation tech for both civil and military use.

AerospaceDefense+1
£300K – £1.3M
European Innovation Council logo
Closed

EIC Advanced Innovation Challenges (Pilot)

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Awards EU deep-tech teams up to €2.5 million in lump-sum grants across two stages.

AIRobotics+1
€300K – €2.5M

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