Grant directory

Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.

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Funds generative, foundation and agentic AI for faster materials development, safer plants and more efficient industrial processes.

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Funds Texas A&M teams translating early discoveries through commercialization support and enterprise readiness.

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Supports Australian university researchers in early commercialisation by advancing proof-of-concept work toward market application.

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Provides research teams and institutions for AEA Ignite in artificial intelligence, agriculture innovation, and materials science.

Funds research into affordable, safe materials and designs for medium-to-large aboveground compressed hydrogen storage.

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Paid five European projects EUR 6 million each to build open AI foundation models for materials science, climate science, environmental pollution science or agricultural science.

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Funds around four projects, each worth EUR 13 million, to use AI and self-driving labs to speed up the discovery of new chemicals and materials.

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Funds UC Berkeley climate research with commercial promise for practical deployment and adaptation tools.

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Supports Alaska small businesses with federal innovation awards using state match funding to strengthen commercialization.

Funds research into biomanufactured alternatives to imported natural rubber and fossil-based synthetic rubber for automotive, healthcare and industrial uses.

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Paid new US for-profit companies cash and lab vouchers to move perovskite solar-cell research out of the lab and into commercial manufacturing.

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Funds U.S. innovators developing and demonstrating heliostat components through a DOE prize competition under the American-Made Challenges program.

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Funds U.S. teams developing low-cost solar-thermal desalination systems through a multi-stage prize competition with a $1 million grand prize.

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Funds bilateral research collaborations with Belt and Road participation and cross-border execution.

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Funds tools and technologies that let construction and renovation projects apply regenerative design, restoring ecosystems while cutting resource use in buildings.

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Funds research and pilots that help rural communities plan for and adapt to demographic decline and ageing populations.

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Funds proof-of-concept work on deep tech solutions relevant to the EU Missions, taking technologies up to TRL 7 while testing procurement and financing models that create lead markets for them.

Awards $40K+ in prizes to grad students at Columbia, Cornell Tech, NYU or Yale pitching AI-driven startups.

Awards $175,000 in cash prizes to student teams building AI-accelerated ventures.

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Awards a EUR 5,000 cash prize to the top EIT Digital alumni-founded startup.

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Funds three-year fellowships for early-career researchers across all disciplines except medical research with salary and project support.

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Funds Australian university teams developing long-term, university-led research through a two-stage concept pathway.

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Supports four-year fellowships for mid-career researchers in non-medical disciplines aligned with national science priorities.