NTDP Nextera Deep Tech Grant
Funds Saudi tech startups and SMEs doing R&D in deep and emerging technologies through NTDP's Nextera grant program.
NTDP Nextera is a grant program administered by the National Technology Development Program (NTDP), an initiative under Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). It provides non-dilutive financial grants to tech companies — startups and SMEs — working in deep and emerging technology sectors to fund R&D and help transform research into commercial technology produc…
Research, development, and innovation in emerging and deep technologies — including AI, advanced materials, semiconductors, robotics, biotechnology, IoT, and other hard tech sectors. Focus is on transforming research into commercial technology products.
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