Funding programs

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Funds Washington state research institutions up to $100,000 to commercialize new technology.

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Pays an equity-free cash prize to the top healthcare startup pitching live at WHX Tech's Xcelerate competition in Dubai.

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Backs rural entrepreneurs in eastern India with mentorship and a milestone-linked grant up to ₹5 lakh.

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Awards a $5 million prize purse to teams that design quantum algorithms and applications ready to deliver real-world impact once quantum hardware matures.

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Awards up to $40 million for a system that makes large-scale seawater desalination affordable.

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Pays a $3.5 million Grand Prize (plus milestone and bonus prizes from a $5 million pool) to the team whose autonomous system detects and fully suppresses a high-risk wildfire fastest.

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Paid a $100,000 cash prize to the best AR/VR solution built to help fight climate change.

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Awards up to $250,000 to NYC-based minority- and women-led drug development startups.

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Pays up to $1.5 million across a field of cash prizes, including up to $150,000 each to five final winners, to small and large businesses that pitch agile military-sustainment technology to the U.S. Army.

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Offers Army xTech competition finalists mentorship and support to transition their tech, no equity taken.

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Awards up to $8 million in cash prizes for low-cost missile interceptor technology.

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Pays up to $1,000,000 in cash prizes to small businesses commercializing curated Army IP.

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Awards up to $600,000 in cash prizes to teams pitching live at eMerge Americas 2026.

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Pays up to $200,000 in cash prizes to U.S. small businesses developing quantum sensor and photonics technology.

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Offers up to $603,000 in cash prizes and SBIR contracts for scalable military AI solutions.

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Awards up to $300,000 in cash prizes for a next-generation squad-weapon fire control module.

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Awards a $25,000 cash prize to the most creative Yale venture with no other fitting prize.

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Awards Indian youth-led startups seed grants for solutions to sustainable textiles, circular economy or food and water systems.

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Support for employers recruiting eligible young people into suitable jobs.

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Gives young founders up to $10,000 equity-free, plus a two-year accelerator journey.

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Pays one team to co-design and test a decentralised, youth-focused social media platform with young people from at least eight EU countries.

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Pays student teams in India up to ₹20,00,000 to build working energy and sustainability prototypes at a national hackathon.

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Awards NPOs and SMEs tackling sustainability challenges across six prize categories.

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Pays $1 million to the winning Health solution, plus $100,000 to every other Health finalist.