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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Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai
🇨🇳STCSM · China
Supports Shanghai researchers through the Natural Science Foundation with basic research funding in scientific fields.
NIDHI Seed Support Program at VJTI TBI Foundation
🇮🇳DST India · India
Gives DST NIDHI-incubated Indian startups Rs 20–50 lakh in equity-free seed funding.
NM Quantum Technologies Award
🇺🇸NM TIO · United States
Funds early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies establishing or growing operations in New Mexico.
NRFC General Fund
🇦🇺NRFC · Australia
Funds Australian companies in seven priority sectors with debt, equity, and guarantee instruments.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship
NVIDIA · United States
Supports doctoral students in computing, robotics, and intelligent systems by pairing university awards with industry mentorship.
NXP Tech Startup Challenge (India)
🇮🇳NXP · Netherlands
Honors India's top deep-tech startups in an annual challenge, with XTC adding a special Applied Intelligence showcase.
Open-source EDA tools development
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Funds up to four consortia building or improving open-source chip-design (EDA) tools for digital, analogue and mixed-signal design, released under an open-source licence.
Optimised/Alternative Silicon Growth Technologies (from either liquid or gaseous phase) for PV Applications
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds consortiums including a silicon wafer manufacturer to develop cheaper, lower-energy ways to grow silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells.
OSD ManTech / MII Project Calls
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports advanced manufacturing research and innovation through Manufacturing Innovation Institute calls.
Patents
🇧🇪Innoviris · Belgium
Funds Brussels SMEs filing national or PCT international patents for their R&D results, covering 50 percent of patent application and procedure costs.
NC BEC GROWTH
🇺🇸NC IDEA · United States
Backs Black-led North Carolina entrepreneurs through follow-on support linked to prior startup seed recognition.
New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program
🇺🇸US Treasury · United States
Administers New Markets Tax Credit allocations through Community Development Entities to attract private investment in low-income communities.
Next Startupper Award
VivaTech · France
Pays the winning student entrepreneur a €5,000 prize plus VIP passes and a Main Stage pitch slot at VivaTech in Paris.
NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP) — Call 2
🇮🇳IKP EDEN · India
Pays Indian tech startups up to Rs. 1 crore in seed funding to hit product and market milestones.
NIDHI-Seed Support System (SSS)
🇮🇳Amity Incubator · India
Funds up to Rs. 50 lakh in equity-free seed money for early-stage startups.
Non-thematic development actions by SMEs
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays SMEs a lump-sum grant to develop any innovative defence product or technology of their own choosing, including civil tech adapted for defence.
Non-thematic research actions by SMEs and research organisations
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays SMEs and research organisations a lump-sum grant to research any innovative defence technology of their own choosing.
Non-thematic research actions targeting disruptive technologies for defence
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Pays for high-risk, high-reward research into any radically new defence technology that breaks with current approaches.
Novel circular business models to enable the just transition to a sustainable and circular economy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds companies and researchers that build and demonstrate at scale new circular business models — reuse, repair, sharing, product-as-a-service.
Open Pitch
OOF · United States
Pays one early-stage startup $125,000 for winning a live pitch at Invest Fest.
Open strategic autonomy, economic and research security in EU foreign policy
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research projects up to EUR 3.5 million that build the EU's evidence base on open strategic autonomy and research security.
Open Topic: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and circular transformation of SMEs
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds open-topic solutions — from AI tools to new business models — that help SMEs cut resource use and comply with green-transition rules.
P2R 2026 – Incentives for Start-Up of Companies in Border Problem Areas
🇸🇮SEF · Slovenia
Pays new Slovenian companies in border regions a EUR 30,000 lump sum start-up grant.
PCIEERD Capability Development Program — ExperTISE + GODDESS
🇵🇭DOST · Philippines
Offers capacity-building and training support for Philippine science and technology institutions through PCIEERD grants.