Cash grants
Explore cash grants for companies and research teams. This directory lists non-dilutive funding paid out as a grant, from government innovation agencies, research councils, foundations and corporate programs, for research, product development and scale-up, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing.
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Classic Innovation Advance
🇫🇷Bpifrance · France
Funds French SMEs and mid-sized companies pursuing high-uncertainty innovation with a recoverable advance.
DOE SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. for-profit small businesses establishing technical feasibility of innovative technologies across DOE priority areas including advanced manufacturing, critical materials, and quantum information science.
DOE SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DOE · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses advancing energy and science technologies from proven feasibility into prototype development through DOE's Phase II SBIR award.
DTSU DMP (Mass Production Demonstration)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Supports Japanese startups demonstrating mass production readiness and scalable commercialization models.
DTSU PCA (Prototype and Market Validation)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds Japanese startups validating prototypes and testing market fit for deep-tech products and services.
DTSU STS (Early R&D Phase)
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds Japanese startups through early research development for core technology creation in emerging industries.
ED/IES SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸ED · United States
Funds for-profit small businesses developing and evaluating new education technology prototypes.
ED/IES SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸ED · United States
Funds for-profit small businesses completing full-scale development and evaluation of education technology products.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
Green New Deal
🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy
Invests Italy firms in ecological transition and circular innovation investments through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
Industry Growth Program — Commercialisation and Growth
🇦🇺DISR · Australia
Funds Australian small businesses scaling deep-tech products from prototypes toward broader national and global growth.
Innovation Project with Implementation Partner
🇨🇭Innosuisse · Switzerland
Supports Swiss innovation by co-funding projects between research institutions and implementation partners.
NASA STTR Phase II
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their research institution partners developing and demonstrating technology innovations through NASA's STTR Phase II award.
NTDP Nextera Deep Tech Grant
🇸🇦MCIT · Saudi Arabia
Funds Saudi tech startups and SMEs doing R&D in deep and emerging technologies through NTDP's Nextera grant program.
Open Call for Innovation
UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom
Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.
Smart & Start Italia
🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy
Funds innovative Italian startups with early financing to develop new products in AI, biotech, and digital fields.
Swedish Industry Digital Transformation
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds Swedish digital transformation projects modernizing manufacturing operations with AI and data-enabled methods.
1-on-1 Guidance for The smarter E Europe 2026
🇩🇪Smart Green · Germany
Gives EnergyTech and GreenTech start-ups a shared exhibition stand, on-site support and 1:1 consulting at The smarter E Europe 2026 trade fair in Munich.
8. Energieforschungsprogramm — Projektförderung
🇩🇪BMWE · Germany
Funds German applied energy research across hydrogen, heat, power, and energy systems.
A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds research into how biomedical research itself works — who does it, how it is funded, and what makes it productive. NSF and NIH pay jointly.
Accelerating Commercialisation
🇦🇺DISR · Australia
Funds Australian businesses with up to A$1 million to commercialise novel, IP-heavy products, processes and services.
Acceleration Program — Accelerator/Incubator Operators)
🇨🇦Scale AI · Canada
Supports Canadian accelerator and incubator operators building growth programmes for AI ventures.
Access Advice: GreenStart
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds a sustainability consultant to help businesses cut costs through resource use.
Activate Fellowship
🇺🇸Activate · United States
Offers two-year fellowships for first-time hard-tech founders building climate, energy, and biotechnology ventures without equity.