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Browse the public catalog of deep-tech grants from federal agencies, multinationals, foundations and corporates. For personalized eligibility, use the matcher.

Showing 1-24 of 1,110 grants

European Innovation Council logo
Open

EIC Pathfinder Challenge: DeepRAP — Deep Reasoning, Abstraction and Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI

🇪🇺EIC · European Union

Supports cognitive AI development focused on trustworthy deep reasoning, abstraction, and planning capabilities.

AICybersecurity
€4MOct'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF SBIR Phase I

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups demonstrating scientific feasibility of novel science and engineering innovations.

AIAgritech+13
$150K – $305KNov'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF SBIR Phase II

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups extending proven early projects into substantial technology development.

AIAgritech+13
$500K – $1.3MNov'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF STTR Phase I

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech startups partnering with nonprofit research institutions for early-stage feasibility studies.

AIAgritech+13
$150K – $305KNov'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF STTR Phase II

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Funds United States deep-tech projects that continue with nonprofit research partners after successful initial feasibility work.

AIAgritech+13
$500K – $1.3MNov'26
Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation logo
Open

BIRD General Program

🇺🇸BIRD Foundation · United States

Supports United States and Israel partners to jointly commercialize hi-tech innovation, including cybersecurity, life sciences, and manufacturing.

AgritechAI+13
$1.5MNov'26
Canada Foundation for Innovation logo
Open

CIRIF Intake 1

🇨🇦CFI · Canada

Funds institutions hosting Canada Impact Chairs through major infrastructure support.

AIQuantum+8
CAD 6MOct'26
Department of Industry, Science and Resources logo
Open

Defence Industry Development Grants — Security

🇦🇺DISR · Australia

Funds Australian defence small businesses to improve security operations and infrastructure practices across critical manufacturing and cyber related capabilities.

DefenseCybersecurity
AUD 10K – AUD 100KOct'26
European Commission logo
Open

Digital Europe Programme

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.

AICybersecurity+3
Oct'26
Air Force Office of Scientific Research logo
Open

DURIP (AFOSR)

🇺🇸AFOSR · United States

Supports United States universities acquiring major research equipment for defense-relevant research capabilities.

AerospaceAI+7
$50K – $1.5MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon Civil Security: Critical Communications System

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds one €3M project building rugged, post-quantum-secure comms devices for first responders that keep working without cellular coverage.

DefenseCybersecurity+1
€3MNov'26
European Commission logo
Open

Horizon Security: Emerging-Tech Crime & Data Access

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds two €4.5M grants for police tools against emerging-tech crime and the lawful-data-access rules to match, run with Police Authorities as partners.

CybersecurityDefense
€4.5MNov'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track Pilot

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Supports United States deep-tech startups through a combined early and continuation development route.

AIAgritech+13
$800K – $1.6MNov'26
Office of Naval Research logo
Open

ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) — Between

🇺🇸ONR · United States

Supports early-career faculty with naval research grants fostering next-generation discoveries.

DefenseAI+4
$750KOct'26
TÜBİTAK — Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye logo
Open

1707 Order-Based R&D Support

🇹🇷TÜBİTAK · Türkiye

Co-funds R&D projects between a Turkish customer company and an SME supplier, covering 40% of costs.

₺10MNov'26
BIG Idea SD (with the SD Agriculture Foundation and other sponsors) logo
Open

BIG Idea Competition

🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States

Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.

Agritech
Oct'26
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship (UTE) logo
Open

Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize

🇨🇦UTE · Canada

Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

CAD 5K – CAD 15KNov'26
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship (UTE) logo
Open

Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize

🇨🇦UTE · Canada

Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

CAD 10K – CAD 40KNov'26
Princeton Innovation + Schmidt DataX logo
Open

Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund

🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States

Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.

$500KNov'26
Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) logo
Open

Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers

🇸🇪VR · Sweden

Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.

SEK 2MNov'26
National Research, Development and Innovation Office logo
Open

IPARJOG — IP Protection Support

🇭🇺NKFIH · Hungary

Backs intellectual property protection activities including patent filing and trademark registration across Hungary.

HUF 100K – HUF 7.5MOct'26
National Science Foundation logo
Open

NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)

🇺🇸NSF · United States

Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.

$1.3MNov'26
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Open

SME Collectives Sustainable Travel Behaviour (COVER)

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Pays Dutch SME representative bodies to make their members' employee commuting greener.

€10K – €100KNov'26
Y Combinator logo
Open

Y Combinator Accelerator Program

🇺🇸YC · United States

Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

$500KNov'26

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