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.
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Regional Workforce Impact Program (RWIP)
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds regional workforce organizations in North Dakota to align training with labour demand and future industries.
Risk, robustness and resilience for autonomous vehicles in military operations
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds research into automated cyber-defence for military drones and autonomous vehicles that can detect, react to and recover from attacks.
ROADS Prize Challenge
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Connects teams delivering high impact prototypes with milestone support for ROADS Prize Challenge in robotics, defense innovation, and transport and mobility.
Robotic By-product Sorting from White Fish
FHF · Norway
Supports seafood processors with robotic sorting solutions that automate white fish by-product handling and improve processing efficiency.
Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Offers up to $500,000 across three phases for payloads a robotic arm can manipulate in orbit.
Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK organisations creating a central body to coordinate national robotics adoption hubs through Innovate UK and DSIT co-funding.
Robotized Fish Handling Onboard Vessels (PIB)
FHF · Norway
Supports development and onboard implementation of robotic fish handling systems to improve vessel operations in commercial fisheries.
Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automation (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Made in Europe Partnerships)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
Funds two projects, worth up to EUR 45 million each, to build generative AI foundation models for robotics or manufacturing, with at least EUR 10 million of each project re-granted to third-party companies.
Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge
NTL · United States
Pays up to $155,000 across three phases for a new lunar rover wheel design.
SAVE — Execution
Wellcome Leap · United States
Funds United Kingdom programs strengthening surgical workforce development and team capacity in healthcare.
Security & Resiliency Traction Program
MassChallenge · United States
Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.
Shanghai AGI Large Models Special Program — First Batch
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds foundational AI groups in Shanghai through AGI Large Models support for early large-scale model research.
Shanghai Key Technology R&D Plan — New Generation IT
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Funds Shanghai applied-research teams through New Generation IT for AI, embodied intelligence, and data governance development.
SOCOM SBIR Release 1
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports two focused technical streams for special operations through dedicated defense research calls.
SOCOM SBIR Release 2
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports a second special operations technical stream with parallel topics for urgent missions.
Soft Robotics for Advanced physical capabilities
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two Innovation Action projects, each worth up to EUR 10 million, to build safer robots from soft, compliant materials.
SPRIND Next Frontier AI Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds German teams through frontier innovation programmes for AI and advanced prototype development.
SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics Challenge — Stage 1
🇩🇪SPRIND · Germany
Funds European teams building complete multi-purpose robots or the breakthrough hardware inside them.
Startup TRL 3-4
🇦🇷Agencia I+D+i · Argentina
Funds Argentine deep-tech startups up to 7 years old developing proof-of-concept and early laboratory prototypes at TRL 3-4.
Strathclyde Inspire Innovation Challenge
🇬🇧Strathclyde Inspire · United Kingdom
Supports University of Strathclyde students with early startup ideas through a competition that rewards market-ready commercial thinking.
Sustainable Investments 4.0 — Call (Investimenti Sostenibili 4.0 — Bando)
🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy
Funds Italian Mezzogiorno manufacturers scaling Industry 4.0 upgrades in AI, robotics, and automation.
Tactical Behaviors for Autonomous Maneuver
🇺🇸AMC · United States
Funds research teaching small teams of autonomous robots to maneuver tactically in complex, adversarial military environments.
Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
🇺🇸Swartz Center · United States
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with $100,000 in non-dilutive grant funding over two years.
TattvaX Cohort 2
🇮🇳i-Hub & SanchiConnect · India
Backs Indian deeptech startups in space, defence and drones with mentorship and pilots.