Grant directory

Awards equity-free grants of $5,000 to $60,000, plus two years of mentorship, to changemakers aged 15-30 worldwide building solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Co-funds host-organisation talent-recruitment programmes that give researchers with a doctoral degree a stable, attractive career track in Europe.

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Co-funds new or existing doctoral or postdoctoral training programmes run by universities and research organisations, topping up national or regional funding with EU money.

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Funds partnerships of universities, research institutes and businesses to jointly run doctoral training programmes for early-career researchers.

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Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.

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Pays a postdoctoral researcher's fellowship at a host organisation in Europe, or abroad with a mandatory return phase, to build international research experience.

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Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.

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Funds secondments of staff between partner organisations worldwide so researchers and R&I staff gain cross-sector, cross-country and cross-discipline experience.

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Funds a single coordinating project that pays two-year fellowships so displaced Ukrainian researchers can continue their work at host organisations in the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Awards up to INR 5 lakh total in grants plus 6 months' incubation to women-led Indian startups.

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Backs Black-led North Carolina entrepreneurs through follow-on support linked to prior startup seed recognition.

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Administers New Markets Tax Credit allocations through Community Development Entities to attract private investment in low-income communities.

Pays the winning student entrepreneur a €5,000 prize plus VIP passes and a Main Stage pitch slot at VivaTech in Paris.

Pays Indian tech startups up to Rs. 1 crore in seed funding to hit product and market milestones.

Funds up to Rs. 50 lakh in equity-free seed money for early-stage startups.

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Pays SMEs a lump-sum grant to develop any innovative defence product or technology of their own choosing, including civil tech adapted for defence.

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Pays SMEs and research organisations a lump-sum grant to research any innovative defence technology of their own choosing.

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Pays for high-risk, high-reward research into any radically new defence technology that breaks with current approaches.

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Funds companies and researchers that build and demonstrate at scale new circular business models — reuse, repair, sharing, product-as-a-service.

Pays one early-stage startup $125,000 for winning a live pitch at Invest Fest.

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Funds research projects up to EUR 3.5 million that build the EU's evidence base on open strategic autonomy and research security.

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Funds open-topic solutions — from AI tools to new business models — that help SMEs cut resource use and comply with green-transition rules.

Pays new Slovenian companies in border regions a EUR 30,000 lump sum start-up grant.

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Funds Brussels SMEs filing national or PCT international patents for their R&D results, covering 50 percent of patent application and procedure costs.