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Explore government contracts for innovative companies. This directory lists tenders, challenge-based contracts, pre-commercial procurement and research contracts where a public body buys a solution rather than funding a study, with the deadline, contract value and eligibility on every listing.

Showing 25-48 of 91 grants

Michigan Economic Development Corporation logo
Open

Michigan Auto Supplier Transition Program (MAST-P)

🇺🇸MEDC · United States

Provides Michigan auto suppliers with free technical assistance to support transitions in production capabilities.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing
National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo
Open

NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III — Sole-Source

🇺🇸NASA · United States

Offers direct follow-on commercialization agreements for United States space firms after successful early-space awards.

AerospaceAI+6
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke logo
Open

NINDS NeuroNEXT Network — OTA Clinical Trials

🇺🇸NINDS · United States

Supports exploratory neurological clinical research through collaborative exploratory transactions.

BiotechMedtech+1
Defense Innovation Unit logo
Open

NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract

🇺🇸DIU · United States

Backs startup and industry teams with commercialization support for NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract in aerospace, defense innovation, and hardware.

AerospaceDefense+4
SOFWERX (USSOCOM via DEFENSEWERX) logo
Open

PEO-SW Distributed Micro Sensors Collaboration Event

🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States

Supports low-cost disposable micro sensor development for force safety in seismic, toxic, and signal environments.

DefenseIoT & Edge+2
SOFWERX (USSOCOM via DEFENSEWERX) logo
Open

SOFWERX Tech Tuesday

🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States

Supports weekly showcase sessions connecting innovators with USSOCOM stakeholders on defense priorities.

DefenseHardware+2
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate logo
Between cycles

NASA SBIR Phase II

🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States

Funds U.S. small businesses developing and demonstrating technology innovations that advance NASA missions, following a successful Phase I feasibility award.

AerospaceAI+10
$1.3M
SpaceWERX logo
Between cycles

SpaceWERX STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase)

🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States

Funds U.S. small businesses scaling strategic space technologies through SBIR/STTR matching contracts with government and private co-investment.

AerospaceAI+11
$3M – $15M
Air Force Office of Scientific Research logo
Between cycles

AFOSR STTR Phase I

🇺🇸AFOSR · United States

Offers small business and institution teams early research support for foundational Air Force concepts.

AerospaceAI+7
$60K – $100K
Air Force Office of Scientific Research logo
Between cycles

AFOSR STTR Phase II

🇺🇸AFOSR · United States

Supports small business teams extending validated concepts toward robust defense development.

AerospaceAI+7
$750K
AFWERX logo
Between cycles

AFWERX Specific Topic SBIR Release 1

🇺🇸AFWERX · United States

Supports small business technology opportunities through focused Air Force innovation calls.

AerospaceAI+5
$200K – $2M
AFWERX logo
Between cycles

AFWERX Specific Topic SBIR Release 2

🇺🇸AFWERX · United States

Supports a second focused set of Air Force small-business technology opportunities in emerging domains.

AerospaceAI+5
$200K – $2M
AFWERX logo
Between cycles

AFWERX Specific Topic STTR Release 1

🇺🇸AFWERX · United States

Supports research institution partnerships in Air Force technical areas through targeted collaboration pathways.

AerospaceAI+5
$200K – $2M
AFWERX logo
Between cycles

AFWERX TACFI

🇺🇸AFWERX · United States

Provides matching investment to small businesses bridging from Phase II toward Phase III commercialization.

AerospaceAI+5
$375K – $2M
U.S. Department of Defense logo
Between cycles

APFIT-1 — Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies

🇺🇸DoD · United States

Supports small business and non-traditional contractors with procurement bridge funding for pre-production solutions.

AerospaceAI+6
$10M – $50M
NIH National Cancer Institute logo
Between cycles

Cancer Grand Challenges

🇺🇸NCI · United States

Supports large interdisciplinary global teams tackling transformative unsolved problems in cancer biology.

BiotechMedtech+2
$25M
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Between cycles

DASA / UKDI Open Call for Innovation (paused

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Supports disruptive defence and security innovation through the UKDI route during transition toward renewed innovation operations.

DefenseCybersecurity+6
DHS Science and Technology Directorate logo
Between cycles

DHS SBIR Phase I

🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States

Supports small businesses addressing homeland security needs with early feasibility innovation in cybersecurity, border operations, and safety-critical tools.

CybersecurityDefense+4
$175K
U.S. Department of Defense logo
Between cycles

DoW SBIR — Open Topics

🇺🇸DoD · United States

Supports United States defense innovators in AI, aerospace, and advanced systems development.

DefenseAI+8
U.S. Department of Defense logo
Between cycles

DoW STTR — Open Topics

🇺🇸DoD · United States

Supports United States innovation teams in strategic technology areas across security and digital fields.

DefenseAI+8
Stripe, Inc. logo
Between cycles

Frontier Offtake Track

Stripe · United States

Funds companies scaling carbon removal technologies through Frontier offtake agreements.

Climate Tech
$10M – $50M
DOE Office of Science — Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) logo
Between cycles

INCITE Allocation Cycle

DOE ASCR · United States

Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

AIQuantum+4
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada logo
Between cycles

Innovative Solutions Canada — Challenge Stream

🇨🇦ISED · Canada

Supports prototype development for federal problem statements in Canada through challenge-based procurement for digital trust, quantum, and logistics readiness.

SpaceQuantum+2
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada logo
Between cycles

Innovative Solutions Canada — Testing Stream

🇨🇦ISED · Canada

Funds government validation of innovative Canadian solutions through real-world trials in complex operational environments.

CybersecurityQuantum+1

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