Lists · Programmes that take no equity
220 programmes that take no equity: 119 give cash, 44 give credits
This is from the programmes base Wanna keeps. Each row says where it comes from. They were checked between 16 Sep and 10 Oct 2026; 187 of the 220 were read on the programme's own page.
Where they run
- United States: 81
- Canada: 27
- Germany: 24
- Worldwide: 7
- Rest of the world: 65
- Region not stated: 16
Every row gives you name, where the row comes from, the date it was checked, what the programme gives and who can apply.
55 more take equity and 225 do not say, so they are not on this list. 142 of the 220 state no deadline.
Start with the 70 that have a deadline still ahead.
Counted on 20 Oct 2026 from the programmes base Wanna keeps (500 rows in all).
The file is for people signed in to their Wanna OS. Reading the list here is open to everyone.
| Name | What it gives | Who can apply | Deadline and where | Where the row comes from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoD SBIR/STTR FY26 Release 6grant · no equity | Phase I ~$75K–$180K; varies by topic | US small businesses meeting SBIR rules; defence research topics | 2026-10-21T16:00:00Z · United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| gener8tor Curql Accelerate — Spring 2027accelerator · no equity | $7K non-dilutive grant for participation and travel | B2B fintech startups for the credit-union channel; mostly virtual plus three week-long on-sites | 2026-10-25 · Mostly virtual + on-sites | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| NSF AI Datasets (NSF 26-512)grant · no equity | Program total $100M | US-based organisations incl. small businesses; scientific datasets for AI | 2026-11-04 · United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| NSF SBIR/STTR — America's Seed Fund (Phase I)grant · no equity | Phase I up to $305K; Phase II up to $1.25M; no equity | US small businesses meeting SBIR ownership and US-work rules; start with a Project Pitch | 2026-11-04T22:00:00Z · United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| DOE Genesis Mission: Science and Energy with AIgrant · no equity | $500K–$16M per award | Unrestricted; manufacturing, biotech, materials, fusion, quantum, semiconductors, energy | 2026-12-17 · United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| USACE ERDC Broad Agency Announcementgrant · no equity | No fixed amount | Unrestricted; pre-proposal matched to an ERDC lab's research interest (e.g. geospatial) | 2027-01-01 · United States (remote OK) | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC)grant · no equity | Top Early-track prize; $1M prize pool, equity-free | Individuals or registered companies from any country (sanctions excepted); Idea, Early, Growth tracks | 2027-05-31 · Global; finals in Riyadh | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| AWS AI Fellowship × NVIDIA — Nemotron editiongrant · no equity | Build credits, technical support, co-marketing | Members of AWS Global Startup Program and NVIDIA Inception, AWS Marketplace sellers, building on Nemotron | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| AWS Activate Foundersgrant · no equity | Starts at $1K; up to $5K in AWS credits | Pre-Series B, founded within 10 years, website, paid-tier AWS account; bootstrapped OK | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| AWS Activate Portfoliogrant · no equity | Up to $200K in AWS credits | Needs an Organization ID from an AWS Activate Provider (VC, accelerator or angel group) | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Blue Action Canada — OceanTech Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Free, no equity; C$345K in deals and perks | Ocean and maritime startups from Canada or entering the Canadian market; 12 weeks | British Columbia, Canada | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| Canadian Technology Accelerators (CTA)accelerator · no equity | Free, no equity; travel at own cost | High-growth Canadian companies with a market-ready MVP and traction | Canada → 12 international hubs | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| Claude for Startups (Anthropic)grant · no equity | API credits + higher rate limits; amount not published | Credits need institutional equity funding, founded within 4 years, no prior Anthropic credits | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Cloudflare for Startups — Tier 3grant · no equity | $10K in credits for 1 year | Bootstrapped or under $1M raised, under 10 years old, live website, business email, first-time applicant | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Databricks + Neon Startup Programgrant · no equity | Up to $100K Databricks + $100K Neon credits | Pre-seed to Series A or bootstrapped; data/AI MVP; criteria cite $1M+ raised or accelerator backing | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Decelera Americas (Mexico 2026)accelerator · no equity | Free, equity-free; up to €300K investment possible | Pre-seed to pre-Series A, any sector, planet-positive tech preferred; registered company required | Playa del Carmen, Mexico | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| DigitalOcean Startupsgrant · no equity | 12 months of credits via partners; cap $10K/month | Raised $10M or less; AI-native prioritised; website and company email; no prior DO credits | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| ElevenLabs Startup Grantsgrant · no equity | 12 months, 33M characters (~$5.5K value) | Under 25 employees, monetised product, business email; no agencies or consultancies | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Emergent Ventures (Mercatus Center)grant · no equity | Project-specific grant; no typical amount | People aged 13+ or companies from any country; proposal up to 1,500 words | Global (online) | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Google for Startups Cloud Program — Scale / AI-firstgrant · no equity | $200K over 2 years; AI-first up to $350K | Pre-seed to Series A equity funding from an institutional investor (angel or F&F money does not count) | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Google for Startups Cloud Program — Start tiergrant · no equity | $2K Cloud credits + 12 months of Workspace | Founded within 24 months, working MVP, plans to raise venture funding, no prior Cloud credits | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Microsoft for Startups (Azure) — self-servegrant · no equity | $200 at sign-up, rising by milestones to $150K | Pre-seed to Series C B2B software/AI, privately held, HQ in an Azure country, under $350K prior credits | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Microsoft for Startups — Investor Network tiergrant · no equity | Up to $150K Azure credits + GitHub, M365 | Requires a referral code from a VC, accelerator or university in Microsoft's investor network | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| MongoDB for Startups — Inspire tiergrant · no equity | Atlas credits; amount not published | Bootstrapped startups under 7 years old, Series A or earlier, single software product | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| NIST SBIR (US Dept. of Commerce)grant · no equity | Amounts set in each funding notice | US small businesses meeting SBIR rules | United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| NOAA SBIR FY27 (US Dept. of Commerce)grant · no equity | Phase I amount set in the funding notice | US small businesses meeting SBIR rules; NOAA topics incl. data, cloud and AI | United States | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| NVIDIA Inceptiongrant · no equity | Free membership; credits on request, no fixed amount | Incorporated, under 10 years old, working website, at least one developer; pitch deck | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Onstage — VC Demo Dayaccelerator · no equity | No fees or equity; pitch to hundreds of VCs | Pre-seed to Series A founders based in Europe, raising within six months; any industry | Europe; demo day in London | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| OpenAI for Startupsgrant · no equity | API credits; amount not published | Requires a referral code from a partner VC | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Snowflake for Startups / Startup Acceleratorgrant · no equity | Free usage and credits; amount not published | Startups building apps on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| Together AI Startup Accelerator — Build tiergrant · no equity | Up to $15K platform credits + engineering hours | Raised up to $5M; selection-based; asks about VC backing and paying customers | Online | Wanna accelerator catalog · checked 27 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-27 |
| VTB Bank Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Paid pilot with the bank; no equity taken | MVP-stage or later products for banking use; Russian company or sole trader required | Russia | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| Vercel AI Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Partner credits ($8M+ pool); no cash or equity | AI app builders hosting on Vercel; any stage or country | Remote; Demo Day in San Francisco | Wanna grants base · checked 16 Sep 2026checked 2026-09-16 |
| NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises that develop and commercialize innovative, technology-driven products or services | Nationwide | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| NEXT 36accelerator · no equity | not found on the page | Undergrads, masters students and recent grads from schools across Canada with an early-stage venture or a new idea | 2026-10-14 · Nationwide (summer programme in Toronto) | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Mitacs Accelerategrant · no equity | This research award provides leveraged funding of $15,000 CAD per four- or six-month internship | For-profit and not-for-profit organizations in Canada, including eligible intern-owned start-ups at approved incubators, partnering with an academic supervisor and a student or postdoc intern | Nationwide | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Starter Company Plusgrant · no equity | You can also apply for a grant of up to $5,000. | People 18 or older, Ontario residents and Canadian citizens or permanent residents, not in full-time school, starting, expanding or buying a small business in Ontario | Ontario | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| District 3 Innovation Hub programs (Concordia University)accelerator · no equity | not found on the page | Startups building or expanding in Quebec; programs are free, take no equity, and require in-person participation | Montreal, Quebec | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Velocity (University of Waterloo)accelerator · no equity | not found on the page | Founders in every industry, with every technology and business model; full-time focus on the startup is required | Waterloo, Ontario | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| exist Gründungsstipendiumgrant · no equity | Founders with a doctorate €3,000; university graduates €2,500; founders with a vocational qualification €2,000 | Innovative startup ideas from science and research in an early phase: students, graduates and researchers of universities and research institutions, teams of max. three people. | Nationwide (via a German university or research institution) | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| GründungsBONUS Plusgrant · no equity | Initial cost subsidy of 50% of the eligible expenses, but at most 50,000 EUR | Start-ups, micro-enterprises and freelancers based in Berlin, no older than 18 months at application, with technological, digital, creative or social business models. | Berlin | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Berliner Startup Stipendium an der HTW Berlingrant · no equity | Stipends for at least two and at most four team members of €2,500 per month per person for at least 8 months | Founders with a knowledge- or technology-based startup concept in GreenTech, Digital Technologies and AI, or Impact Entrepreneurship, who have finished their studies and start in Berlin. | 2027-01-10 · Berlin | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| AI NATION Grantgrant · no equity | Funding amount: up to €45,000 in founder scholarships per team | Early-stage AI founder teams in Germany, not yet incorporated and without external financial backing, with AI as the core of the solution. | Nationwide (hubs in Berlin and Munich) | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| AI NATION Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Funding amount: up to €10,000 per team (non-dilutive, no equity taken) | Incorporated AI startup teams based in Germany with demonstrable traction, ready for fast growth; six-month programme. | Nationwide (hubs in Berlin and Munich) | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| UnternehmerTUM Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | There is also the opportunity to get up to €5000 investment for top teams via UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators | Startups from a wide range of fields whose business model rests on a technological innovation, with a committed founder team incl. at least one full-time founder (no single founders). | Garching / Munich | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| OIS Restack (NGI Open Internet Stack) 1st Open Callgrant · no equity | we will award small- to medium-sized R&D grants between 5.000 and 50.000 euro | Open to anyone, including SMEs, academics, public sector, non-profits and individuals; software and hardware outcomes must be published under an open source licence. | 2026-11-03 · EU-wide | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1grant · no equity | Your project's total eligible costs must be between £150,000 and £250,000. Up to 70% of costs can be covered, depending on business size. | UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprises delivering feasibility studies for frontier AI and ML technologies (themes include AI safety and assurance, health, materials, security). | 2026-11-11 · Nationwide | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systemsgrant · no equity | Your project must have total costs of between £50,000 and £150,000. Up to 70% of costs can be covered, depending on business size. | UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.66 million to deliver experimental validation of prototype AI systems | 2026-11-18 · Nationwide | Programme's own page · read 2 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-02 |
| Finep Subvenção Econômica à Inovaçãogrant · no equity | not found on the page | Brazilian companies of all sizes (and research institutions) with innovation projects; companies must provide matching funds. | Brazil (national) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NRC IRAP youth employment fundinggrant · no equity | not found on the page | Incorporated, for-profit Canadian SMEs (500 or fewer FTE) hiring young graduates for 6-12 month placements. | Canada (federal) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Mitacs Business Strategy Internshipgrant · no equity | The award provides either $10,000 or $15,000 per intern to allow them to undertake a four-month internship project with a partner organization in Canada. | For-profit companies, hospitals, municipalities and eligible not-for-profits in Canada hosting a student intern on a business project. | Canada (federal) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NEXT AIaccelerator · no equity | There is no cost to participate in Next AI. | Canadian AI founders; companies owned in majority by Canadian citizens and permanent residents. | 2026-12-09 · Ontario / Quebec / virtual | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE)grant · no equity | up to 75% of total eligible Project Costs depending on stream | Alberta-based for-profit SMEs developing health technologies (including digital health) that need clinical evidence. | 2026-11-27 · Alberta | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Propel e-Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Thanks to our funders there is no cost to participate. | Tech startups based in Atlantic Canada. | Atlantic Canada | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovation Factory client programsaccelerator · no equity | we do it all for free, and take no equity in your business | Ontario technology start-ups and scaling companies; free advisory, no equity taken. | Ontario (Hamilton) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Genesis Membership (Newfoundland & Labrador)accelerator · no equity | Membership is $150 a month and includes a desk. | Tech founders in Newfoundland & Labrador at any stage. | Newfoundland and Labrador | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Accelerate Okanagan Market Diversificationgrant · no equity | Approved companies will receive 50% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $10,000. | Small and medium businesses in BC's Southern Interior expanding into extra-provincial or international markets. | British Columbia (Southern Interior) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovative Solutions Canada challenge stream (MINERVA UAS deconfliction)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Eligible Canadian small businesses developing prototypes for federal challenges. | 2026-10-21 · Canada (federal) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| EIC Transitiongrant · no equity | Up to EUR 2.5 million in grants | Single applicants (SMEs, spin-offs, start-ups, research organisations, universities) or consortia of 2 to 5 legal entities. | EU / Horizon Europe associated countries | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Bpifrance Bourse French Techgrant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 30,000, covering up to 50% (up to 70%) of eligible costs; programme up to 24 months | French-registered SMEs (EU definition) starting a technological innovation project with high technological risk. | France | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Bpifrance Subvention Innovationgrant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 50,000, covering up to 50% (up to 70%) of eligible costs; programme up to 24 months | SMEs (EU definition) launching a technological innovation project needing maturation and technical-economic validation. | France | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Bpifrance Aide pour le Développement de l'Innovation (ADD)grant · no equity | Mixed grant and repayable advance of up to EUR 2,000,000; programme up to 36 months | SMEs (EU definition) and mid-caps up to 2,000 FTE, registered in France, with breakthrough technology innovation projects. | France | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Kerala Startup Mission Early Stage Funding (Idea, Productisation and Market Acceleration grants)grant · no equity | Non-dilutive grants: Idea Grant up to 3 lakhs, Productisation up to 7 lakhs (12 lakhs women-led), Market Acceleration up to 10 lakhs, Scaleup up to 15 lakhs | First-time founders, student innovators, women-led and technology-driven startups from Kerala at idea, MVP, early-revenue and growth stages. | Kerala | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Frontier AI: SME Champions, Phase 1 (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £3.1 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £3.1 million to deliver feasibility studies for frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) technologies with a clear route to d | 2026-11-11 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Efficient, Structured and Controllable AI Systems (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £1.66 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.66 million to deliver experimental validation of prototype AI systems for novel reusable components of efficient, structured and controll | 2026-11-18 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and Compliance (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £5 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that monitor, test, verify or evidence compliance with requirements, stand | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Decision Critical Systems (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £5 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that support consequential judgements, recommendations or decisions. Fundi | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Operational Systems (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £5 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5 million to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that perform, control or coordinate operational activity. Funding is from | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| UK-Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: Round 5 (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of up to £2.4 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered SME’s can apply for a share of up to £2.4 million for the purpose of developing innovative proposals with Germany. You must collaborate with at least one German SME applying under the eq | 2026-12-01 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027 (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | share of £2 million (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £2 million for collaborative industrial research projects with partners from Japan and select Eureka countries. | 2027-01-20 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest (Innovate UK)grant · no equity | worth up to £315,000 (Innovate UK funding, GBP) | UK registered businesses can apply for support worth up to £315,000 to develop a Climate Tech First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) project. Companies successful at this EOI stage could be invited to apply for a lar | 2026-11-05 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Unit M Deep Tech Accelerator, cohort 2 (University of Manchester)accelerator · no equity | £25,000 in equity-free funding | Teams or individuals based in Greater Manchester: researchers or technical founders with a working prototype or early validation, building deep tech (incl. AI and data infrastructure). | 2026-10-19 · Greater Manchester | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NSF America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR)grant · no equity | We invest up to $2 million in seed funding. And take zero equity. | US startups and small businesses building deep technology, incl. AI, robotics, semiconductors; first-time founders welcome. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SBIR/STTR America's Seed Fund (SBA hub, all agencies)grant · no equity | Award Amounts: $50,000-$275,000 | For-profit US companies with fewer than 500 employees, owned by US citizens or permanent residents; 11 federal agencies post topics. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DoW / Navy SBIR-CSO FY27 Release 1grant · no equity | not found on the page | US small businesses answering Department of War / Navy SBIR topics and a Commercial Solutions Opening open topic. | 2026-11-25 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| AFWERX and SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR (Air Force, Space Force)grant · no equity | not found on the page | For-profit US businesses with 500 or fewer employees; STTR needs a US research institution partner. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| EPA SBIR 2026 Phase I Solicitationgrant · no equity | not found on the page | US small businesses developing environmental technologies; one annual EPA solicitation. | 2026-11-08 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| ED/IES SBIR (education technology)grant · no equity | Phase I for $250,000 for 9 months | For-profit small businesses building education technology; annual Phase I and II solicitation. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| xTech|Search 10 (US Army)grant · no equity | Cash prize: $1,000,000 | Eligible US small businesses; novel new or existing technology, with SBIR Phase I follow-on. | 2026-10-19 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| xTech|Kinetic Reach (US Army)grant · no equity | Cash prize: $1,500,000 | Small and large businesses worldwide with agile sustainment solutions. | 2026-11-30 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DARPA Surgical Competitiongrant · no equity | Total cash prizes: $3,500,000 | Teams worldwide building robotic systems that assist and autonomously perform surgery. | 2027-03-26 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DARPA Documentation and Decision Support Sprintgrant · no equity | Total cash prizes: $1,000,000 | Teams building autonomous AI for combat casualty documentation; virtual sprint. | 2027-03-01 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DHS Ready, Set...ID the Biothreat Challengegrant · no equity | Total cash prizes: $999,990 | Participants building AI algorithms to detect biological threats in metagenomic data. | 2026-10-14 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NIH NAMS Reduction to Practice Challengegrant · no equity | Total cash prizes: $7,000,000 | Developers of human-based non-animal methods: cell systems, computer models, assays. | 2028-08-01 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| ACL Caregiver AI Prize Challengegrant · no equity | Total cash prizes: $2,500,000 | Innovators developing AI tools for family caregivers and the care workforce. | 2029-02-06 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Halt the Hitchhiker: Invasive Species Challenge (Bureau of Reclamation)grant · no equity | Total cash prizes: up to $550,000 | Solvers pitching ideas to kill or inactivate aquatic invasive species in boat ballast water. | 2027-09-30 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Army SBIR/STTR (Army FUZE) active topicsgrant · no equity | PHASE I 1-6 months, up to $300K | US small businesses with technology aligned to Army priorities, incl. AI/ML topics; starts with a white paper. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DARPA SBIR/STTR open topics (Release 6)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Small businesses answering DARPA SBIR and STTR topics under the Department of War BAA, incl. AI benchmarks. | 2026-10-21 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| xTech|Disrupt Endurance (US Army, AUSA 2026)grant · no equity | The competition will award up to $500,000 in cash prizes to selected participants. | Small and large businesses with power generation and storage solutions, US and allied countries; on-site registration. | Washington, DC | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) commercial solutionsgrant · no equity | not found on the page | Companies, including first-time government vendors, with commercial tech for national security (AI, autonomy, cyber, space). | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NASA SBIR Ignitegrant · no equity | not found on the page | Small businesses with technology showing commercial pull; Phase II window shown here is for Phase I awardees. | 2026-10-15 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| DOE SBIR/STTR Genesis Mission Phase I (AI, quantum, biotech, materials)grant · no equity | not found on the page | American small businesses building technology for the DOE Genesis Mission, incl. AI-driven autonomous labs; broader Phase I due later this fall. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NASA SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement (rolling appendices)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Small businesses proposing to NASA SBIR, STTR and Ignite subtopics; proposal limits reset per appendix. | 2027-09-30 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SBIR.gov open topics (all participating agencies)grant · no equity | not found on the page | US small businesses; agencies post SBIR/STTR topics through the year, e.g. Air Force and DARPA topics closing 25 Nov 2026. | 2026-11-25 · United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| ATDC Accelerate (Georgia Tech)accelerator · no equity | We take zero equity in your business | Georgia-registered tech startups with an MVP in beta or market, 1 full-time and 1 part-time employee, initial traction. | Georgia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Launch Tennessee SBIR/STTR Matching Fund (FY27)grant · no equity | Phase II awards will be matched up to $300,000 | Tennessee pre-IPO small businesses (under 500 employees) with a recent federal SBIR/STTR award. | Tennessee | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds (KY Innovation)grant · no equity | The grant will match up to $100,000 for a Phase I project, and up to $150,000 for a phase two project | For-profit companies with a federal SBIR/STTR award, based in or willing to relocate to Kentucky. | 2026-10-26 · Kentucky | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| VIPC Launch Grant (Virginia)grant · no equity | The Launch Grant is a $50,000 grant opportunity for the next generation of transformative companies at the earliest stage of formation | Pre-MVP Virginia startups with no angel or VC raises; 1:1 non-dilutive or in-kind match required. | Virginia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Nebraska SBIR/STTR Matching Grant (DED)grant · no equity | Phase 2 grants will match federal SBIR/STTR awards up to $300,000 or 65% of the federal grant, whichever is less | Nebraska for-profit small businesses with a federal SBIR/STTR award, 51 percent of work in Nebraska. | Nebraska | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Wyoming SBIR/STTR Match Grant (Wyoming Business Council)grant · no equity | Phase II grants will have access to a maximum $200,000 match | Wyoming businesses with an active federal SBIR/STTR award, at least 50 percent of employees in the state. | Wyoming | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| One North Carolina Small Business Program (SBIR/STTR Incentive Funds FY2027)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Qualified NC small businesses preparing and submitting Phase I SBIR/STTR proposals to federal agencies. | North Carolina | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SMU Cox FinTech Accelerator (MassChallenge)accelerator · no equity | The program is free for selected startups, and MassChallenge does not take equity | Fintech startups from pre-seed to Series A with early product-market fit signals. | 2026-11-19 · Texas (Dallas) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Kansas SBIR/STTR Matching Program (ACCEL-KS)grant · no equity | Kansas provides up to $25,000 in matching funds | For-profit small businesses headquartered in Kansas with a federal SBIR/STTR Phase I award or proposal. | Kansas | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research (HSBIR) Grantsgrant · no equity | up to 50% match for companies receiving Phase I SBIR/STTR awards, up to $75,000 | Hawaii-registered companies with an active federal SBIR/STTR grant in the past 12 months and project work done in Hawaii. | 2026-12-11 · Hawaii | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program Cohort III (NJEDA)grant · no equity | approved teams will be qualified to receive $200,000 as a base award, and up to $200,000 in bonuses | Teams of three or more full-time entrepreneurs, half first-timers, launching a new venture in New Jersey. | 2026-12-04 · New Jersey | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| The Open Accelerator Residency (Cycle 2)accelerator · no equity | There is no fee to participate, and we take no equity in your company. | Early-stage companies building AI for business; 16 weeks in person in Boston. | 2026-10-25 · Boston, Massachusetts | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Activate Fellowship US Cohort 2027grant · no equity | $100K living stipend per year | Hard-tech scientists/engineers first-time founders; hardware-based tech, under $2M raised, full time. | United States | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Thiel Fellowshipgrant · no equity | We do not take equity in your company. | Anyone aged 22 or younger without a university degree who will leave school to build something. | United States / worldwide | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Datadog for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Datadog for Startups gives early-stage companies up to a year of free access to the full Datadog platform | Series A or earlier startups, new to Datadog, referred through an official partner. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Amber Grant for Womengrant · no equity | Every month, WomensNet awards three $10,000 Amber Grants to women-owned businesses. | Women starting or growing a business. | Nationwide | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| PostHog for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Get $50,000 in PostHog credits, exclusive merch, and partner perks worth $12,000+. | Companies under 2 years old that have raised less than $5M in funding. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Render Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Get up to $10K in migration credits. | Startups using Render; higher tiers apply through a registered accelerator or VC partner. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Modal for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Unlock thousands of free GPU credits to supercharge your startup. | Startups new to Modal that have raised VC funding from a partner network (Seed to Series A tier). | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Pinecone for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Startups in the program also receive usage credits and discounts. | Startups with fewer than 100 employees at Series A or earlier. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Fireworks AI for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Eligible startups can get access to credits (expire after 1-year) to help you prototype and scale without worrying about upfront costs | Registered for-profit startups founded within 5 years with over $500k venture funding, below Series D. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Temporal Cloud for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Get $6,000 in credits for Temporal Cloud and gain full access to the platform so you can get building today. | Startups adopting Temporal Cloud. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Neon Startup Program (Databricks)accelerator · no equity | Up to $200K in Neon and Databricks credits. | Self-funded startups under $1M funding, or VC-backed startups with at least $1M funding. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| GitHub for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Eligible startups receive $10,000 in GitHub credits to use across the full GitHub Enterprise platform for up to 12 months. | Funded startups (up to Series B) affiliated with a GitHub for Startups partner and new to GitHub Enterprise. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Convex for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Startups can apply for up to 1 year free of Convex Professional. | Series A or earlier startups with fewer than 20 employees, less than 3 years old. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Amplitude Startup Planaccelerator · no equity | Yes - the full Growth plan, no credit card, for 12 months. | Startups with fewer than 20 employees and under $10M raised. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Thiel Fellowshipgrant · no equity | grant and support from the Thiel Foundation | Young people who stop out of or skip college to build new things. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Runpod Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Get $1,000 in credits to get started on Runpod with full platform access and self-serve onboarding. | Pre-Series A startups with working product (Starter) and Seed to Series B+ startups with GPU spend (Growth). | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| LiveKit Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Up to $23K to build and scale | Early-stage voice, video or physical AI startups with fewer than 50 employees and under $5M raised. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Vapi Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | All eligible startups receive 7,500 free minutes per month for 12 months | Pre-seed to Series A voice AI startups launching to customers within 6 months. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Firecrawl Startup Dealaccelerator · no equity | Standard gets 200k credits a month instead of 100k. | Startups under $10M raised, fewer than 50 people, founded less than 5 years ago. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Mux Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Get started for free with $500 in credits | Early-stage startups building video products. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Braintrust for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Applications will be approved on a rolling basis. | New customers at Series A or earlier; at least $100k funding for the standard tier. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Deepgram for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Apply to Deepgram for Startups and get up to $100,000 in credits over 12 months. | Startups building voice AI; programme for startups rather than agencies. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| AssemblyAI Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Credits land in your console within 48 hours of approval and work on core voice AI infrastructure. | Early-stage startups, bootstrapped through Series A, building voice or audio products. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Cartesia Startups Grantaccelerator · no equity | Apply for 12 months of credits to take your voice product from prototype to production. | Startups at any stage; students and one-off projects considered case by case. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Statsig Startup Programaccelerator · no equity | Get started with $50k in credits | Companies founded less than 5 years ago with less than $50 million in funding. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| OpenRouter for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | Eligible startups get up to $3,000 in universal inference credits usable across leading frontier and open models with 0% processing fees. | Early-stage startups building with AI. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| E2B for Startupsaccelerator · no equity | One-time $20,000 in E2B credits for early-stage AI agent teams | Startups under three years old that have raised less than $5M. | Nationwide / remote | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Industry Growth Program (Advisory Service and grants)grant · no equity | grants of $50,000 to $250,000 to support early-stage commercialisation projects | Innovative Australian incorporated SMEs with turnover under A$20 million commercialising products in National Reconstruction Fund priority areas. | Australia (online portal) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| FAPEMIG HubMG Gov (Chamada SEDE 018/2026)grant · no equity | Call total R$ 20 million; up to R$ 2,000,000 per technology development project (10% counterpart) | Companies, cooperatives, startups and science and technology institutions in Minas Gerais solving public-sector challenges; 10% own counterpart required. | 2026-12-09 · Minas Gerais, Brazil | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Pró-Startups Operação (FACEPE, Pernambuco)grant · no equity | R$ 15 thousand for 30 projects, then R$ 30 thousand for 15 projects, then R$ 60 thousand for 10 projects | Early-stage ventures in Pernambuco structuring their business model and product (prototype, MVP, product stages); 6-month programme run by FACEPE. | Pernambuco, Brazil | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Enfuse (Unicamp) energy startup training programmeaccelerator · no equity | Free of charge: 6-month training and mentoring, no cash | Individual entrepreneurs, groups, startups and companies with solutions for oil, gas and energy transition; free 6-month programme with mentoring. | 2026-12-04 · Campinas, Brazil (mostly online) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Co.Labs Co.Learn (Saskatchewan tech incubator)accelerator · no equity | not found on the page | Saskatchewan-based founders with a scalable technology product idea; at least one co-founder in Saskatchewan, 10 hrs/week on the startup. Free, no fees or equity. | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Made in Saskatchewan Technology (MIST) Programgrant · no equity | Up to CAD 30,000 non-repayable grant | Saskatchewan tech startups (under 50 staff, under CAD 1M recurring revenue) piloting novel technology with a public-sector partner; grant matched 1:1 by the partner. | Saskatchewan | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Alberta Innovates AICE (Accelerating Innovations into CarE)grant · no equity | Non-dilutive funding up to CAD 300,000 (Validate stream), up to 75% of project costs | Alberta-based for-profit health technology SMEs needing evidence to validate and reach market; non-dilutive, 25% applicant contribution required. | 2026-11-27 · Alberta | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| McGill Engine Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowshipsgrant · no equity | Up to CAD $60,000 grant | McGill principal investigators commercializing a technology (TRL4 to TRL6+) with a PhD student or postdoc working full-time for one year; spinoff pathway. | 2026-10-25 · Montreal, Quebec | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Lab2Market Launch Ontario - Spring 2027accelerator · no equity | Access $10,000 in stipends at no cost to participants. | Ontario graduate researchers (Master's, PhD, postdoc) with research-based ventures; 50+ customer interviews; Mitacs eligibility; full-time commitment. | Ontario (virtual, delivered by Toronto Metropolitan University) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Zensurance Small Business Grantgrant · no equity | $10,000 CAD grant | Small businesses actively operating and registered in Canada, revenue up to $1M; some provinces excluded. | 2026-12-18 · Canada | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SPRIND Challenge: AI-Native Chip Designgrant · no equity | offering up to €9,600,000 per team across both stages | Pioneering teams building AI-native chip design (SPRIND with NADI); fixed-price contracts, two stages. | 2026-11-30 · Germany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SPRIND Challenge: Next Frontier Roboticsgrant · no equity | offering up to €7,200,000 per team | Teams with moonshot approaches to multi-purpose robotics made in Europe; should aim to incorporate a company. | 2026-10-22 · Germany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SPRIND Challenge: Recoding Medicinegrant · no equity | up to €480,000 per team in Stage 1 | Teams turning health datasets into AI-based innovations for diagnostics, biomarkers and therapies; need proven data access. | 2026-10-16 · Germany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| SPRIND Challenge: Engineering Microbial Consortiagrant · no equity | offering up to €4,300,000 per team across all three stages | Teams using AI/ML to control microbial communities for circular biomanufacturing. | 2026-11-16 · Germany (Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| German Acceleratoraccelerator · no equity | Our Programs - Funded, no equity taken | German startups wanting to expand into international markets; funded programmes, no equity taken. | Germany (expansion to US, Asia, LatAm, Europe) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NLnet Foundation open call grantsgrant · no equity | Between € 5 000 and € 50 000 for a first grant | Open-source software, hardware and content projects; EU-supported funds expect mostly Horizon Europe-eligible applicants. First grants of EUR 5,000 to 50,000. | 2026-11-03 · Netherlands (online form) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Open Technology Fund - Internet Freedom Fundgrant · no equity | Awards are between $10,000 and $900,000 for up to 24 months. | Individuals 18+ or for-profit and nonprofit organizations, irrespective of nationality, building internet freedom technology. | Online (concept note) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| AICPA & CPA.com Startup Accelerator (2027 cohort)grant · no equity | Selected startups will be offered a $25,000 grant. | Startups building solutions for the accounting profession and CPA firms; selected startups get access to AICPA members, firms and press. | United States (New York in-person session) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| gener8tor Nevada Accelerator (Las Vegas / Reno-Tahoe, Spring 2027)accelerator · no equity | No cost. No equity. | Founders at any stage, pre-seed through post-Series A; 7-week programme, 2 weeks in-state; no cost and no equity. | Las Vegas and Reno/Tahoe, Nevada, USA (hybrid, apply from anywhere) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| FinTech Innovation Lab New York (Accenture, 2027 programme)accelerator · no equity | Participation in the Lab is non-dilutive | Early- and growth-stage technology companies with financial and insurance solutions, incl. AI governance, security, agentic commerce tools; pilots with banks. | New York City, USA (in person, March-June 2027) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Fintech Sandbox Data Access Residencyaccelerator · no equity | not found on the page | Incorporated early-stage fintech startups with alpha product and under $1M ARR needing financial data sets for testing and development. | Boston, Massachusetts, USA (startups worldwide accepted) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| CoMotion Labs Technology Incubator (University of Washington)accelerator · no equity | without taking equity or IP | Early-stage startups in IT, software, AI/ML, fintech, edtech and social impact; incubator takes no equity or IP. | Seattle, Washington, USA (UW campus) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)grant · no equity | Tier 3 – $20,000 up to $80,000 per financial year | Australian SME exporters and representative bodies | Australia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Critical Technologies Challenge Program Round 1grant · no equity | Grants from $100,000 to $500,000 for a Stage 1 Feasibility project. | Consortia with at least one Australian industry partner and one research organisation | Australia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| LaunchVic CivVic Labsaccelerator · no equity | participant teams will receive $12,500 equity-free funding on completion of the program. | Aspiring and early-stage founders working on government-identified challenges | Victoria, Australia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BIRD General Program (US-Israel joint R&D conditional grant)grant · no equity | The maximum conditional grant per project is US $1.5 million. | Israeli company partnering with an unrelated US company on joint R&D | Israel (joint with a US partner) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BIRD Cyber (US-Israel cybersecurity pilot grant)grant · no equity | BIRD Cyber offers conditional grants of up to $1.5 million, covering up to 50% of the total project budget. | Israeli company/university + US partner, cyber topics set each cycle | Israel (joint with a US partner) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BIRD Homeland Security (HLS)grant · no equity | The maximum conditional grant is $1M per project, and no more than 50% of the joint R&D budget. | Israeli company + US partner, homeland security tech | Israel (joint with a US partner) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BIRD Energygrant · no equity | The maximum conditional grant is $1.5M per project, and no more than 50% of the joint R&D budget. | Israeli company + US partner, energy technologies | Israel (joint with a US partner) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| EXIST Forschungstransfer (EXIST Research Transfer)grant · no equity | Phase I: material expenses of typically up to EUR 250,000 (plus personnel); Phase II: up to EUR 180,000. | Deep-tech start-up projects from universities and research institutions with high technical risk and an existing proof of principle. | Germany (via university or research institution) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| TAQADAM Startup Accelerator (KAUST & SAB)accelerator · no equity | Up to USD 140,000 in funding (USD 40,000 base plus follow-on of USD 100,000 for selected startups); KAUST describes it as non-dilutive. | Startups from any industry with teams of at least two members; international startups need a realistic plan to expand to Saudi Arabia within a year. | Saudi Arabia (open to international startups) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Startup SG Founder Start Track Grant (via NTUitive)grant · no equity | Up to SGD 50,000. | Teams of at least 2 Singapore citizen/PR founders, of whom one is a first-time entrepreneur committing full time. | Singapore | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovate UK Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships Round 1grant · no equity | Share of up to GBP 8 million in grant funding, alongside aligned private investment from a lead investor. | UK registered SMEs developing engineering biology products and services with selected investor partners. | 2026-12-02 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovate UK UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D 2026grant · no equity | Share of up to GBP 3 million (grant); Singapore partner funded via Enterprise Singapore. | UK registered businesses collaborating with a Singapore registered business applying to the Enterprise Singapore programme. | 2026-12-16 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Kerala BCDD Funding Support Scheme (OBC graduate founders)grant · no equity | Up to INR 10 lakh (INR 3 lakh idea grant + INR 7 lakh productisation grant) | Graduate OBC founders aged 23-40 building technology startups in Kerala | Kerala | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NSRCEL Campus Founders (IIM Bangalore)accelerator · no equity | Milestone-based funding up to INR 5 lakh for up to 5 ventures | Student and recent-graduate founders with a working prototype, PAN India | India (IIM Bangalore, Bengaluru) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NSRCEL Impact Orbit Skilling and Livelihood Innovationsaccelerator · no equity | Grants up to INR 12.5 lakh for selected ventures | Early-revenue ventures in skilling and livelihoods | India (IIM Bangalore, Bengaluru) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| NSRCEL Healthcare Incubation Program (with DailyRounds)accelerator · no equity | Grant of up to INR 1 crore for a few select startups | Early-stage healthcare startups from ideation to proof of concept | India (IIM Bangalore, Bengaluru) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BIRAC E-YUVA Fellowship (4th call)grant · no equity | not found on the page | Undergraduate teams and PG/PhD Innovation Fellows with translational biotech ideas | 2026-10-31 · India (9 E-YUVA Centres) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| EIT AI Entrepreneurs Labaccelerator · no equity | Up to five prizes of EUR 10,000 plus a five-day bootcamp | Master's and PhD students and graduates with strong AI or robotics ideas, solo or in teams of up to two. | 2026-10-21 · Europe (EIT Community AI & Robotics) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| EIT Culture & Creativity New Ventures in Creative Tech (Spark)accelerator · no equity | Up to EUR 30,000 per team plus a nine-month venture-creation programme | Early-stage founders (individuals and small multidisciplinary teams) with a creative-tech concept and no registered company, based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country. | 2026-11-16 · EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Eurostars Call 12grant · no equity | not found on the page | International consortia led by an SME or startup from a Eurostars country with at least one other independent partner from another Eurostars country. | 2027-03-04 · Eurostars countries (EU, Horizon Europe associated and partner countries) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Globalstars call with Japan 2026grant · no equity | not found on the page | Consortia of at least two independent entities researching or developing a product, process or service with a partner from Japan. | 2027-01-20 · Eureka countries and Japan | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Programgrant · no equity | not found on the page | Builders (individuals and for-profit companies) working on free, open-source projects that improve Ethereum. | Worldwide | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| ARENA Launchpad Program - Startup Funding Roundgrant · no equity | Grants of AUD 500,000, plus up to a further AUD 500,000 for high-capex projects (up to AUD 1,000,000 per grant); AUD 15 million round | Early-stage startups aligned to ARENA's strategic priorities (renewable energy and low-emissions technology). | 2026-10-28 · Australia (national, clean energy) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Energy Innovation Fund ACTgrant · no equity | Technology Demonstration Grant AUD 50,000 to 1 million; Policy Challenge Grant AUD 20,000 to 500,000; Innovation Ecosystem Grant AUD 30,000 to 300,000 | ACT-based businesses and organisations developing energy transition technologies and ventures. | Australian Capital Territory | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| First Nations Innovation Acceleration Program QLDgrant · no equity | Investment grants up to AUD 100,000 plus funded strategic advisory services | First Nations-owned innovative businesses established and operating in Queensland that want to scale. | 2027-02-04 · Queensland | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Ignite Program NTgrant · no equity | Stream A AUD 2,000 voucher plus mentoring; Stream B up to AUD 15,000 to develop a minimum viable product | NT founders and early-stage businesses with an ABN that are Territory enterprises. | 2027-06-30 · Northern Territory | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| METS Innovation Program WAgrant · no equity | Matched funding up to AUD 250,000 per approved project | WA-based mining equipment, technology and services companies with turnover under AUD 50m. | Western Australia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Prototyping Vouchers ACTgrant · no equity | Vouchers worth up to AUD 10,000 for fabrication facilities and technical expertise | Canberra-based entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses with an ABN and a product at TRL 1-4. | Australian Capital Territory | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Territory Innovation Challenges Program NTgrant · no equity | AUD 100,000 seed funding on finalisation of a procurement contract | NT enterprises forming a cluster (2+ NT businesses plus a research organisation) to solve government-set challenges. | Northern Territory | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Carbon Innovation Grants Program WAgrant · no equity | AUD 50,000 to 1.5 million (feasibility AUD 50k-500k; pilots AUD 100k-1.5m) | Heavy-industry participants in WA (or those with a heavy-industry partner) developing carbon abatement technologies. | 2026-12-11 · Western Australia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Grants Programgrant · no equity | Matched funding AUD 100,000 to 1.5 million | Queensland manufacturing SMEs (5-200 FTE, operating in QLD 3+ years) buying advanced manufacturing equipment. | 2026-11-25 · Queensland | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovative Manufacturing Adoption Fund Stage 1 (NSW)grant · no equity | AUD 10,000 to 50,000 (50% cash co-contribution required) | NSW manufacturers (10-100 FTE, turnover over AUD 1m) investigating advanced manufacturing technology adoption. | 2026-10-13 · New South Wales | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Startup Canada Equal Slice Pitch Competition (with Pizza Hut)grant · no equity | Share of a CAD 100,000 cash grant pool per competition year | Equity-deserving / underserved Canadian entrepreneurs who pitch their business; two competitions a year share a CAD 100,000 cash grant pool. | Canada (underserved/equity-deserving entrepreneurs) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Mitacs Entrepreneur International (MEI) travel grantgrant · no equity | Travel grant of up to CAD 5,000 | Incorporated for-profit Canadian start-ups housed 3 months to 4 years in an eligible university-linked incubator or accelerator, with planned business travel to a host incubator abroad. | Canada (start-ups housed in university-linked incubators) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Ocean Supercluster Core Technology Leadership Programgrant · no equity | Co-funding up to 40% of eligible costs on projects of at least CAD 1 million | Consortia developing made-in-Canada ocean technology; minimum project value CAD 1 million, project must end by October 2027. | Canada (ocean sector consortia) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: round 5 (UK-German ZIM)grant · no equity | GBP 2.4m total pot | UK registered SMEs collaborating with a German SME applying under the German ZIM programme. | 2026-12-01 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Cluster Acceleration Programme (Invest NI)grant · no equity | Phase 1 up to GBP 60,000; Phase 2 up to GBP 1,000,000 per cluster | Business-led networks of at least 8 Northern Ireland SMEs (startups, scale-ups, incubators, angels and others as cluster members). | 2026-12-11 · Northern Ireland | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Operational Systemsgrant · no equity | GBP 100,000-200,000 per project; up to GBP 5m phase pot | UK registered AI/ML SMEs with a TRL 5-6 solution and minimum viable product, moving from pilot to deployment. | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Decision Critical Systemsgrant · no equity | GBP 100,000-200,000 per project; up to GBP 5m phase pot | UK registered AI/ML SMEs with a TRL 5-6 solution and minimum viable product, moving from pilot to deployment. | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for Assurance and Compliance Systemsgrant · no equity | GBP 100,000-200,000 per project; up to GBP 5m phase pot | UK registered AI/ML SMEs with a TRL 5-6 solution and minimum viable product, moving from pilot to deployment. | 2026-12-08 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovation Exchange challenge: Edge AI with low size, weight, power and costgrant · no equity | up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected | Established businesses, academic institutions, start-ups, SMEs or individual entrepreneurs, UK based or intending to set up a UK base; solution-provider challenge set by a company. | 2026-11-06 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovation Exchange challenge: accelerating digital engineering through MBSE simulationgrant · no equity | up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected | Established businesses, academic institutions, start-ups, SMEs or individual entrepreneurs, UK based or intending to set up a UK base; solution-provider challenge set by a company. | 2026-11-06 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovation Exchange challenge: next-generation electronics for UK bathymetric sonargrant · no equity | up to GBP 60,000 grant via Innovation Funding Service if selected | Established businesses, academic institutions, start-ups, SMEs or individual entrepreneurs, UK based or intending to set up a UK base; solution-provider challenge set by a company. | 2026-11-06 · United Kingdom | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR)grant · no equity | Up to $2 million per startup for early-stage R&D, no equity taken | Small businesses located in the United States; startups doing early-stage deep-tech R&D. | United States (nationwide) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Montana SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Programgrant · no equity | Grants of up to $30,000 per phase, yearly | Technology-based Montana companies working on a federal SBIR or STTR project. | Montana | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| America's Seed Fund: Iowa Programgrant · no equity | $50,000 state grant on top of a federal Phase I award; $25,000 for Phase II | Iowa-based companies with fewer than 500 employees pursuing federal SBIR/STTR awards. | Iowa | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Mississippi MS-FAST Phase 0 Programgrant · no equity | Up to $3,000 to develop an SBIR/STTR proposal | Mississippi small businesses developing SBIR/STTR proposals. | Mississippi | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Louisiana Technology Transfer Office Phase Zero Programgrant · no equity | $3,000 (Phase 1) or $5,000 (Phase 2) award for SBIR/STTR proposal preparation | Small technology-oriented companies and entrepreneurs in Louisiana preparing SBIR/STTR proposals. | Louisiana | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| MassCEC InnovateMassgrant · no equity | Up to $350,000 in grant funding plus technical support | Applicant teams led by a Massachusetts climatetech company with demonstration partners. | 2026-10-20 · Massachusetts | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Nebraska Innovation Fund Prototype Grantsgrant · no equity | Up to $150,000 per project, reimbursed at 66% of costs | Nebraska-based businesses with fewer than 500 employees developing a product (50% cash match required). | 2027-06-30 · Nebraska | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Sheraa Entrepreneurs Resilience Fundgrant · no equity | Fund pool of AED 5M providing equity-free, non-repayable grants (individual grant size not stated) | UAE-based startups and SMEs in sectors critical to national resilience with 1+ years of operations | Sharjah, UAE | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Gründungsstipendium Niedersachsen (NBank)grant · no equity | Non-repayable grant of up to EUR 2,200 per month (EUR 1,100 for founders without a degree) for a maximum of 10 months | Individuals and teams of up to three founding an innovative, digital or knowledge-based company in Lower Saxony, before incorporation. | Lower Saxony | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| InnoFounder (Hamburg)grant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 75,000 per team (EUR 45,000 for solo founders); flat EUR 2,500 per person per month, max 18 months | Founders and teams of up to 3 people with innovative business models in Hamburg, in the pre-founding phase and up to one year after founding. | Hamburg | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| InnoRampUp (Hamburg)grant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 150,000 per start-up, covering up to 90 % of eligible expenses | Technology-based start-ups younger than two years with a seat in Hamburg. | Hamburg | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| InnoFinTech (Hamburg)grant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 200,000 per start-up, covering up to 90 % of eligible expenses | FinTech and InsurTech start-ups younger than three years based in (or moving to) Hamburg. | Hamburg | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| InnoImpact (Hamburg)grant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 75,000 per start-up; personal grant of EUR 2,500 per month per person | Social-entrepreneurship founders and teams of up to 3 people in Hamburg, pre-founding up to two years after founding. | Hamburg | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| InnoStartBonus (Sachsen)grant · no equity | Living-cost grant of EUR 1,050 per month per founder for up to 12 months, plus EUR 150 per child per month | Potential founders with innovative business ideas who live in Saxony and intend to found within 12 months. | Saxony | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Technologiegründungsstipendium Sachsen (ESF Plus)grant · no equity | Stipend of EUR 1,000 (students), EUR 2,500 (graduates) or EUR 3,000 (PhD holders) per month | Students, graduates and (former) research staff in Saxony founding an innovative technology company in a team of up to three. | Saxony | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Gründerinnenprämie Sachsen (ESF Plus)grant · no equity | Living-cost grant of EUR 1,320 per month plus up to EUR 300 for social contributions in the first six months; EUR 140 child bonus | Women founders resident in Saxony who face specific barriers to founding. | Saxony (Dresden and Chemnitz regions open) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| BRE-Up Startup Förderung Bremengrant · no equity | Equity-free grant of up to EUR 150,000 over max. 24 months at an 80 % funding rate | High- and deep-tech start-ups based in the state of Bremen, not older than five years, with a prototype past proof of concept. | Bremen | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| push! Start-up-Stipendium Hessengrant · no equity | One-off non-repayable grant of up to EUR 40,000 per start-up within a maximum of 12 months | Start-ups seated in Hesse (within 3 months of award) with innovative business models, existing at most 5 years. | Hesse | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Innovationsgutschein Start-up BWgrant · no equity | Grant of up to EUR 20,000 at a 50 % funding rate for external R&D services and materials | Start-ups up to five years after founding (pre-founding projects also possible) in Baden-Württemberg, for R&D services and materials. | Baden-Württemberg | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| ego.-START Gründerstipendium (Sachsen-Anhalt)grant · no equity | Founder stipend of EUR 2,000 per month for up to 18 months; coaching flat rate EUR 540 per day (max EUR 5,400) | Founders and young companies in Saxony-Anhalt with highly innovative projects. | Saxony-Anhalt | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Creative BC Video Games Early Stage Growth Programgrant · no equity | Grants up to CAD 50,000 per studio (CAD 300K programme budget) | B.C.-based new video game companies (game studios) establishing their foothold in the market. | 2026-11-02 · British Columbia | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
| Honda Innovation Challenge 2.0 (T-Hub co-development grants)grant · no equity | Co-development grant of up to INR 40 lakh per selected startup (total grant pool INR 1.6 crore) | Startups with a working product ready for real-world validation, building digital mobility and ownership-experience solutions for Honda | 2026-10-11 · India (open across India; T-Hub, Hyderabad) | Programme's own page · read 10 Oct 2026checked 2026-10-10 |
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