Grant directory
Browse the public catalog of deep-tech grants from federal agencies, multinationals, foundations and corporates. For personalized eligibility, use the matcher.
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Defence Innovation Loans
🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom
Invests through United Kingdom Defence Innovation Loans in mature defence innovations to support late-stage commercialization.
Defense Manufacturing Readiness Exercise (DMRE)
🇺🇸DIBC · United States
Pays manufacturers and design organizations to demonstrate readiness for future U.S. defense production roles in drones and munitions wiring.
DEFRA 6th Call — Defence-Related Research
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian defence-related innovation in critical technology sectors to strengthen real-world implementation.
DEFRA Human Factors Open Call
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian deep-tech companies researching human performance and human-machine integration for defence applications.
DEFRA NGCAT — Next Generation Combat Aircraft Technologies
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian industrial companies developing next-generation combat aircraft and fighter-jet technologies under the NGWS/FCAS programme.
DEFRA Space Call
🇧🇪BELSPO · Belgium
Funds Belgian companies doing R&D in defence space capabilities — Earth Observation satellites and Space Situation Awareness systems.
Demand-led innovation for civil security through Pre-Commercial Procurement
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a group of public procurers to jointly commission and test at least two competing prototypes of a new civil-security technology.
Digital Ship and Naval Combat Cloud
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds a common digital-ship architecture and naval combat-cloud design that lets EU navies share systems and data across their fleets.
DISC 12 Re-Open — Inflight Urination Device for Female Fighter Pilots
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Funds Indian innovators up to Rs. 1.5 crore to build a female-pilot inflight urination device.
Drone in a Box Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Pays a guaranteed $15,000 first prize for an integrated autonomous drone-docking system.
Drone-based affordable mass munitions
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds affordable loitering munitions and small combat drones that can be mass-produced, with cascade funding for smaller tech companies.
Dual-use Aviation Systems and Autonomy
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK organisations up to £1.25 million to build aviation tech for both civil and military use.
Dual-Use University Accelerator Challenge
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Shares a $500,000 prize pool among university-founded startups building dual-use defense tech.
Energetic components
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays EU defence manufacturers to expand production capacity for propellants, explosives, warheads and other energetic munitions components.
Enhanced pilot environment
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds next-generation combat cockpit technology, from wearable displays to AI-assisted decision support for pilots.
Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds city and regional authorities running circular-economy demonstrations across at least two sectors, with private-sector and start-up involvement.
DST NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE
🇮🇳LIVE · India
Awards up to INR 1 crore in milestone-based seed funding to IIMK LIVE incubatees.
EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds deep-tech SMEs and start-ups scaling breakthrough innovations, combining EUR 0.5-12.5 million of funding with business coaching and investor support.
EIC Accelerator Open 2025
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds any deep-tech start-up or SME through the open, bottom-up strand of the EIC Accelerator 2025 call, with no fixed technology theme.
EIC Pathfinder Open 2026
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds interdisciplinary research consortia pursuing high-risk, high-gain early-stage deep-tech breakthroughs with EU contributions of EUR 1 million to 4 million.
EIC pre-accelerator - Widening
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays deep-tech SMEs in Horizon Europe Widening countries to mature their technology from TRL4 to TRL5/6 and get investment-ready.
EIT Women Leadership Award
🇪🇺EIT · European Union
Awards EUR50,000 to a top woman leader from the EIT Community, plus EUR30,000 and EUR20,000 to two runners-up.
ELEVATE Shakti 2026
🇮🇳KITS · India
Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.
Empowering youth in the EU Outermost Regions – YOUTH 4 OUTERMOST REGIONS (#YOUTH4ORS)
🇫🇷European Commission · European Union
Funds one organisation to run youth-led community and entrepreneurship actions across the EU's Outermost Regions.