Grants & Non-Dilutive Funding

350 entries · ranked by tier · updated 2026-08-21

Every grant in the StayClued directory — 350 entries, ranked by tier, with terms, deadlines, application intel and sources on each page. Browse the live filterable version, or jump to accelerators & startup programs and venture funds.

Tier 1 — world-class (9)

#1 Thiel FellowshipUSD 250,000 paid over two years with no equity taken. · Thiel Foundation #2 Emergent VenturesGrant amount is tailored to the project; the current official program page does not publish a minimum or maximum. · Mercatus Center (Tyler Cowen)#3 SBIR / STTR — America's Seed Fund (US federal)Phase I up to USD 305,000; Phase II up to USD 1.25 million, with later supplements and commercialization support possible. · National Science Foundation (NSF)#4 Horizon Europe / EICLump-sum grant below EUR 2.5 million for TRL 6-8 work, optionally combined with EUR 1-10 million direct equity or quasi-equity; coaching, mentoring and Business Acceleration Services are additional. · European Innovation Council (EIC) / European Commission — EU #5 ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health)Award size is solicitation- and negotiation-specific; the umbrella page does not publish a comparable per-project minimum or maximum. · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) — HHS #6 ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy)IGNIITE 2026 provides about USD 500,000 per selected early-career project from a USD 10 million pool; other ARPA-E NOFOs publish separate multi-million-dollar limits and cost-share rules. · Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) — DOE #7 XPRIZECompetition-specific purses: USD 119 million Water Scarcity, USD 101 million Healthspan, USD 11 million Wildfire and USD 5 million Quantum Applications; payment goes to milestone and final winners rather than every entrant. · XPRIZE Foundation (competition-specific title sponsors, e.g. Google Quantum AI)#8 NSF Convergence AcceleratorUSD 5,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · National Science Foundation (NSF)#9 NIH RADx TechVaries by active challenge and development phase · National Institutes of Health

Tier 2 — strong (44)

#1 OpenAIUSD 2,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · OpenAI (with Eric Schmidt)#2 Schmidt Science Polymaths ProgramUSD 500,000 per year for up to five years, plus program community support, for selected Polymaths. · Schmidt Sciences #3 Wellcome TrustGBP 400,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Wellcome #4 NSF I-Corps (Innovation Corps)National Teams award up to USD 50,000; regional courses are generally training rather than comparable cash grants. · National Science Foundation (NSF) — TIP Directorate #5 Innovate UKGBP 75,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Innovate UK #6 NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)PFI Technology Translation awards up to about USD 550,000 for 18-24 months; Research Partnerships awards up to USD 1 million for up to 36 months. · National Science Foundation (NSF) — TIP Directorate #7 Google.org AI for Science Funding$20 million original fund; $30 million successor challenge envelope; per-recipient amount not published · Google.org #8 iDICE — Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (Nigeria)Program-specific (grants, training and financing under a ~US$600M+ multi-year envelope); individual amounts vary · Federal Government of Nigeria (with African Development Bank, Agence Française de Développement, Islamic Development Bank)#9 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation GrantsAward size is program- and proposal-specific; no umbrella minimum or maximum is published. · Alfred P. Sloan Foundation #10 aws Preseed – Deep TechEUR 300,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Austria Wirtschaftsservice #11 Rise (Schmidt Futures & Rhodes Trust)Personalized lifetime support can include need-based higher-education funding, a residential summit, mentorship, career services and later project funding; no guaranteed cash amount is published for every Fellow. · Rise (a program of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust; Eric & Wendy Schmidt committed up to $1 billion)#12 AI2050 Early Career Fellowship (Schmidt Sciences)USD 300,000-500,000 over three years for Early Career Fellows; nomination-only. · Schmidt Sciences (AI2050; Eric & Wendy Schmidt)#13 Astera Institute Residency ProgramOne-year fully funded residency with salary, research budget and operational support; exact comparable total value is not publicly fixed. · Astera Institute #14 Bourse French Tech Emergence (BFT Emergence)Grant up to EUR 90,000, normally covering up to 50% and up to 70% depending on company category, paid in two tranches. · Bpifrance (France 2030) — France #15 Business Finland — Sprint Grant (successor to Tempo)Grant covers 75% of an approved early-stage development project, up to EUR 100,000; company provides the remaining financing. · Business Finland — Finland #16 EXIST-Forschungstransfer (EXIST Research Transfer)Phase I supports research-team personnel plus material expenses up to EUR 250,000; Phase II can provide a startup grant up to EUR 180,000, subject to current guidelines. · Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWK) / EXIST, administered by PtJ — Germany #17 NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)Cooperative-agreement amount, period and non-federal cost share are NOFO-specific; MEP center awards are not ordinary direct startup grants. · National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — Department of Commerce #18 NRC IRAP (Industrial Research Assistance Program)Project contribution is tailored; the current official page does not publish a universal percentage or maximum. · National Research Council of Canada — Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)#19 Research and Development (R&D) Tax IncentiveRefundable or non-refundable tax offset calculated from eligible R&D expenditure and company size/intensity; this is a tax incentive, not a fixed cash grant. · AusIndustry (Department of Industry, Science and Resources) & Australian Taxation Office #20 Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax IncentiveFor tax years beginning after 15 December 2024, qualifying corporations may earn a refundable 35% credit up to the applicable CAD 6 million expenditure limit; other corporations generally receive a 15% non-refundable credit. · Canada Revenue Agency (Government of Canada)#21 Startup SG TechEarly-stage technology commercialization grant; project-specific amount and co-funding rate are set under the live Startup SG Tech call and award agreement. · Enterprise Singapore (Government of Singapore)#22 VLAIO (Flanders)EUR 100,000-3 million grant, normally 25-60% of accepted project cost and up to 70% for qualifying international/interregional collaboration. · Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)#23 ARIA (UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency)Award amount and instrument are call-specific; ARIA's multi-year program budgets can be large, but they are not per-recipient ceilings. · Advanced Research and Invention Agency (UK, sponsored by DSIT)#24 BARDA DRIVe EZ-BAAWhen open, EZ-BAA awards were below USD 750,000, with +Phase awards up to USD 20 million; no award is currently actionable. · Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority #25 Concours d'innovation i-LabGrant can cover up to 60% of eligible costs, with a published ceiling of EUR 600,000 per winning project. · Bpifrance / French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (France 2030) — France #26 Development Innovation VenturesUSD 15,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · U.S. Agency for International Development #27 EDA Build to Scale (B2S) ProgramCompetition-specific federal grants across Venture Challenge and Capital Challenge; award bands and matching requirements are stated in each NOFO. · US Economic Development Administration (EDA) — Department of Commerce #28 ENISA — Participative Loans (Emprendedoras / Jóvenes Emprendedores / Crecimiento)Repayable participative loan of EUR 25,000-1.5 million, generally up to seven years with up to two years' principal grace; interest has a base and profit-linked component and no collateral is required. · ENISA (Empresa Nacional de Innovación), Ministry of Industry — Spain #29 Industry Growth Program (IGP)Matched grants of AUD 50,000-250,000 for early-stage commercialization and AUD 100,000-5 million for commercialization and growth, only after an advisory report. · Department of Industry, Science and Resources (Government of Australia)#30 Innovatiekrediet (Innovation Credit) — RVORepayable innovation credit up to EUR 10 million for technical projects or EUR 5 million for clinical projects, financing 25%-45% of eligible project costs. · Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Ministry of Economic Affairs — Netherlands #31 Interchain Foundation Grants (Cosmos)Deliverable-based grant amount is negotiated; no public per-project minimum or maximum is stated. · Interchain Foundation (ICF)#32 MassCEC CriticalMassUSD 1,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Massachusetts Clean Energy Center #33 Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular EconomyUSD 2 million total: USD 1 million grand prize, USD 250,000 runner-up and USD 50,000 for each of ten semifinalists. · Milken Institute & Motsepe Foundation #34 Renaissance Philanthropy — AI for Math FundProject-specific philanthropic grants from a program fund; no comparable public per-recipient minimum or maximum is stated. · Renaissance Philanthropy (founding donor: XTX Markets)#35 Smart&Start Italia (Invitalia)Interest-free financing covers 80% of eligible EUR 100,000-1.5 million plans, rising to 90% for qualifying all-women/all-under-36 or returning-PhD teams; Central-South startups receive a 30% non-repayable contribution. · Invitalia / Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy — Italy #36 Solana Foundation GrantsMilestone-based amount is proposal-specific and unpublished; program reports more than USD 100 million of funding across 500+ projects. · Solana Foundation #37 Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF)Grant amount is proposal- and donor-specific; the umbrella does not publish a universal minimum or maximum. · Survival and Flourishing Corp / Jaan Tallinn (and participating donors)#38 WBSO — R&D Tax Credit (RVO)2026 payroll-tax reduction: 36% of the first EUR 380,000 of qualifying R&D base and 16% above it; qualifying startups receive 50% on the first band. · Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Ministry of Economic Affairs — Netherlands #39 ZIM — Zentrales Innovationsprogramm MittelstandEUR 336,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWE) / ZIM — Germany #40 Avalanche Retro9000 (codebase Retroactive Grants)USD 40 million umbrella pool; project-level amount is discretionary and not published in advance. · Avalanche Foundation #41 Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program (ESP)Amount is scope-specific and negotiated; no general minimum or maximum is published. Approved grants are normally paid in ETH with milestone-based payments. · Ethereum Foundation #42 Lightspeed GrantsUSD 5,000,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Lightcone Infrastructure (primary funder for its round was Jaan Tallinn)#43 MassChallengeProgram-specific equity-free prizes; the 2026 Switzerland accelerator offered up to CHF 1 million in non-dilutive cash plus mentoring and partner access. · MassChallenge (corporate partners/sponsors)#44 The Graph Foundation GrantsGrant amount is proposal- and wave-specific; no current general minimum or maximum is published. · The Graph Foundation

Tier 3 — situational & regional (246)

1517 Fund Medici Micro-Grant$1,000 or more; the official route does not publish a universal maximum · 1517 Fund Aave Grants DAORapid grants below $20,000 and grants from $20,000-$80,000; larger requests use Aave governance · Aave Grants DAO Activa StartupsThe last nationwide call paid up to EUR 9,500 per beneficiary SME at 100% of eligible project cost for collaboration with a startup. Earlier regional calls offered up to EUR 40,000 and the governing order permits economic grants up to EUR 40,000 plus in-kind accompaniment valued up to EUR 10,000, but those ceilings are not a current offer. · EOI / Spanish Ministry of Industry and Tourism Activate FellowshipMore than $300,000 in stipend, R&D funds, and benefits over two years · Activate Africa's Business Heroes (ABH)USD grants for top ten finalists: $100,000-$300,000 per recipient; $1.5 million is the total pool · Jack Ma Foundation / Alibaba Philanthropy Airtable for StartupsNon-cash Airtable credits; an official HubSpot partner offer verifies $2,000 for eligible HubSpot for Startups customers, but a universal direct Airtable offer was not verified · Airtable Akash Ecosystem GrantsMixed AKT community contributions, permissionless community-pool proposals and direct grants; no universal current amount · Akash Network Alberta Innovates Voucher ProgramUp to C$100,000 for as many as three contracted service providers, with a required 25% cash contribution · Alberta Innovates ANII Innovative EntrepreneursUp to UYU 3,000,000, normally covering up to 80% of project costs or up to 90% for climate- or women-led projects · Uruguay National Research and Innovation Agency AnthropicAnthropic may provide API credits and other program benefits; the current official terms publish no universal numeric benefit value. · Anthropic Anzisha PrizeMore than USD 140,000 in annual prize and venture support across fellows and performance categories. · Anzisha Prize (African Leadership Academy & partners)Aptos Foundation GrantsMixed grants, token awards and audit support; no current program-wide cash cap · Aptos Foundation Arbitrum Foundation GrantsMilestone-based (per-grant amounts not published on program page) · Arbitrum Foundation / Arbitrum DAO ARENA Advancing Renewables ProgramAUD cash grant; expected requests $100,000-$50 million, with larger requests possible by approval · Australian Renewable Energy Agency Arizona Innovation ChallengeUp to $150,000 · Arizona Commerce Authority Arkansas Technology Transfer Assistance GrantUp to $3,750 per project in programme support · Arkansas Economic Development Commission Ārohia Innovation Trailblazer GrantThe Trailblazer Grant funded up to 30% of approved eligible non-R&D market-entry costs, to a maximum of NZD 4 million over a project generally lasting no more than 24 months. The applicant had to provide the other 70%; the reviewed official corpus does not state a universal minimum Trailblazer award. · Callaghan Innovation Awesome Foundation MicrograntsUSD 1,000 chapter microgrant · Awesome Foundation chapters AWS Activate CreditsUp to $200,000 in AWS Activate Portfolio credits for eligible pre-Series B startups applying with an Activate Provider Org ID; self-funded Founders applicants receive up to $5,000. Credits are not cash. · Amazon Web Services BalviHistorical direct gifts were project-specific; no current award or comparable minimum/maximum is available. · Vitalik Buterin (Balvi Filantropic Fund)Base Builder GrantsRetroactive Builder Grant of 1-5 ETH for shipped projects · Base (Coinbase)Biomedical CatalystProject-specific grant share under the call's industrial research and experimental development rates; total project-cost band is set in each round. · Innovate UK / Medical Research Council Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)Up to INR 50 lakh (INR 5,000,000) as grant-in-aid over 18 months · Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Biotechnology Industry Partnership ProgrammeProject-specific grant, soft-loan or blended support for high-risk biotechnology development; current call determines amount and instrument · Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council BIRAC Small Business Innovation Research InitiativePhase- and project-specific grant plus possible soft-loan support for Indian biotechnology SMEs; current call controls ceilings · Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council BNB Chain Builder Support ProgramsUmbrella builder support with program-specific grants, incentives, service discounts and technical support; no universal current per-builder cash maximum · BNB Chain Bpifrance Aide pour le développement de l'innovationMixed grant and repayable advance up to EUR 2,000,000 · Bpifrance Brevetti+Up to €140,000 non-repayable contribution covering at most 80% of eligible specialist services, 85% with gender-equality certification, or 100% for specified jointly owned/licensed public-research patents · Invitalia / Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy Business Finland Research to BusinessProject-specific grant normally covering up to 80% of eligible research-commercialisation cost · Business Finland Callaghan Innovation R&D GrantsNo current award under the generic legacy umbrella; economics belong to specific successor products. · Callaghan Innovation (Government of New Zealand)CalSEEDConcept and prototype awards up to published phase limits · California Energy Commission Cancer Research UK Therapeutic CatalystGBP grant: Target awards up to £250,000 and Early Therapy awards up to £350,000 · Cancer Research UK CanExport SMEsCAD 10,000-$50,000 reimbursement or upfront contribution covering up to 50% of eligible costs · Global Affairs Canada — Trade Commissioner Service (Government of Canada)Cartier Women's InitiativeUSD regional-award grants of $30,000-$100,000 plus an unvalued fellowship · Cartier CDTI NEOTECEUR subsidy up to €250,000, or €325,000 with a PhD hire; optional training can add up to €18,300 · CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación) — Spain Celo Public Goods GrantsProgram-specific grants, rewards and investment support; no live official page with a universal current per-recipient minimum or maximum was verified · Celo Public Goods / Celo Community Treasury (Celo Foundation ecosystem)Chainlink BUILD ProgramTechnical, product, marketing and ecosystem support in exchange for a commitment of the project's native token supply; no cash grant · Chainlink Labs / Chainlink ecosystem ClimateLaunchpadCash prizes for global finalists plus training · Climate-KIC Cloudflare for StartupsUp to $350,000 in Cloudflare usage credits for one year by tier; credits are not cash. · Cloudflare Cohere Labs Research Grants (Catalyst Grants)Cohere API credits (in-kind model access; no cash amount published) — non-dilutive · Cohere Labs (formerly Cohere For AI)Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator GrantUp to $250,000 for early-stage capital and retention grants; other tracks vary · Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade Commonwealth Commercialization FundVaries by active CCF grant programme · Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation Concours d'innovation i-PhDNon-cash entrepreneurship support from September 2026 to July 2027; no cash prize · Bpifrance / French Ministry of Higher Education & Research (France 2030), with SATT network — France Convergent Research — Focused Research Organization (FRO) ProposalsConvergent Research does not directly fund submissions; it develops and matches FRO proposals to a funder network. Mature FROs have historically required roughly $20 million-$50 million over three to seven years · Convergent Research (matches teams with its funder network; does not fund directly)Cooperative Research Centres Projects GrantsMatched grant of AUD100,000-AUD3 million for an industry-led research collaboration lasting up to three years · Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources CoreWeave Startup Accelerator ProgramCloud-compute credits and technical/commercial support; the current per-company credit ceiling and cohort terms were not published on the reviewed live route · CoreWeave CORFO Semilla IniciaTypical regional Semilla Inicia subsidy up to CLP15 million covering up to 75% of project cost; the 2025 women-led call offered up to CLP17 million covering up to 85% · CORFO CPRIT Product Development Research AwardsVaries by active product-development award mechanism · Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas CSIRO Kick-StartDollar-matched A$10,000–A$50,000 voucher for an agreed CSIRO research project; up to two vouchers · CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Australia Cyprus RIF PRE-SEEDUp to €119,999 per project from a €1 million call budget · Research and Innovation Foundation Cyprus CzechInvest Technology IncubationUp to CZK5 million in direct support and expert services for an 18- or 24-month Incubation PLUS project · CzechInvest Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) — Commercial Solutions OpeningsProblem-specific prototype Other Transaction procurement award with no universal minimum or maximum; selected solutions can lead to production contracts · Defense Innovation Unit (DoD)Delaware EDGE GrantUp to $100,000 STEM or $50,000 entrepreneur-class award · Delaware Division of Small Business Diagnostics AcceleratorProposal-specific research grant or mission-related investment for Alzheimer's and related-dementia diagnostics; current mechanism and ceiling vary by RFP · Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation DigitalOcean StartupsTwelve months of cloud credits with acceptance-specific value, generally capped at $10,000 of use per month, plus 15 months of Standard Support · DigitalOcean DOE Voucher ProgramIn-kind technical assistance vouchers; amount varies by opportunity · U.S. Department of Energy dYdX Grants ProgramProposal- and milestone-specific ecosystem grant; no universal minimum or maximum is published · dYdX Ecosystem Development Program EarthX Climate Tech PrizeA Climate Tech Prize was presented at the concluded 2026 summit; no defensible current per-recipient amount is published on the checked live materials · EarthX (Climate Tech Prize sponsored by MassChallenge)Echoing Green Fellowship$100,000 stipend over 18 months · Echoing Green EIT Jumpstarter (EIT Climate-KIC & partner KICs)More than EUR 240,000 total across cohorts; each cohort awards EUR 10,000, EUR 5,000 and EUR 3,000 to its top three teams, plus a EUR 2,500 special prize · European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) KICs / Horizon Europe — EU ElevenLabs Startup GrantsTwelve months on the Scale plan: 33 million characters or about 680 hours of conversational AI, stated value more than $4,000 · ElevenLabs Energy Entrepreneurs FundCall-specific grant, historically up to several million GBP per project and a percentage of eligible costs; live guidance controls. · UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ENS Ecosystem Working Group GrantsSteward-discretion or DAO-proposal funding in ecosystem assets; no universal current per-request minimum or maximum · ENS DAO Enterprise Development Grant (EDG)SMEs receive up to 50% of eligible costs, or up to 70% for sustainability-related projects; non-SMEs generally up to 30%. No universal project cap · Enterprise Singapore (Government of Singapore)Enterprise Estonia (EIS) — Startup / Development SupportUp to EUR 35,000 covering 70% of eligible costs; 30% self-financing · Enterprise Estonia / Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EIS) — Estonia Enterprise Ireland — Innovation VoucherEUR 10,000 standard voucher; co-funded projects can total EUR 20,000 with the company contributing 50%, but the public voucher benefit remains up to EUR 10,000 · Enterprise Ireland — Ireland Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership ProgrammeUp to 80% of research costs; startup/HPSU grant funding is normally capped at EUR 100,000 · Enterprise Ireland Entrepreneurship World CupUSD 1,000,000 of equity-free 2026 cash prizes across 12 winners: Idea USD 30,000/20,000; Early USD 200,000/150,000/90,000/50,000; Growth USD 160,000/100,000; and four USD 50,000 AI sub-track prizes. All 100 finalists receive a sponsored Riyadh trip, mentorship and investor/market support. · Global Entrepreneurship Network / Monsha'at ERC Proof of Concept Grant€150,000 lump sum for an 18-month proof-of-concept project · European Research Council ESA Business Applications Kick-start ActivitiesESA funds 75% of an approved six-month feasibility activity up to EUR 75,000, normally implying a project value up to EUR 100,000. · European Space Agency ESA Business Incubation Centres€50,000 equity-free funding for product and IP development plus up to two years of incubation · European Space Agency Estonia Applied Research Programme€250,000–€2 million, with 20%–75% self-financing depending on applicant and research activity; round budget €15 million · Estonian Business and Innovation Agency Eureka InnowwideFixed €60,000 grant for a mandatory six-month market-feasibility project: 70% (€42,000) pre-financing and 30% (€18,000) after acceptance of the final report · Eureka / European Union Eurostars 3 (Eureka)Country-specific funding rate (up to ~50%); national grant paid by each partner's National Funding Body · Eureka Network / Eurostars-3 (national funding bodies + European Commission) — pan-European EXIST Business Start-up Grant (EXIST-Gründungsstipendium)Twelve months: monthly founder stipends of EUR1,000-EUR3,000 by qualification plus EUR150 per child, equipment up to EUR30,000 for a team or EUR10,000 solo, and EUR5,000 coaching · Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWK) / EXIST, administered by PtJ — Germany Export Market Development GrantsMatched annual grants: Tier 1 A$20,000–A$30,000; Tier 2 A$20,000–A$50,000; Tier 3 A$20,000–A$80,000; representative bodies up to A$50,000 · Austrade Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)Category-specific cash and in-kind awards plus investor access; no universal grand-prize cash amount applies. · Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)Falling Walls Venture / Science Start-UpsRecognition, main-stage pitch and investor exposure; no dependable direct cash purse is published. · Falling Walls Foundation FFAR Seeding SolutionsUSD300,000-USD1 million research grant, normally requiring at least 1:1 non-federal matching support · Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research FFG Impact Innovation2026 call: up to EUR 75,000 at 50% intensity, or EUR 105,000 at 70% for Impact Innovation Social · Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)Fifty Years — Manifest GrantsUSD 25,000–100,000 grant; maximum two-page application and a stated decision within 21 days · Fifty Years (venture firm)Filecoin Foundation Grants (devgrants)Open Grants up to $50,000; other Filecoin Foundation RFP and support tracks are separately sized. Older Builder Next Step figures are not treated as a live universal offer · Filecoin Foundation / Protocol Labs ecosystem Fit 4 StartUp to EUR 150,000 of equity-free state aid in three conditional tranches: EUR 50,000 after Luxembourg incorporation, business permit, capital/cash and budget conditions; EUR 80,000 after successful graduation, at least EUR 50,000 of new private equity, two FTE and spending conditions; and a EUR 20,000 final balance after total qualifying spend reaches EUR 150,000. · Luxinnovation / Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Grants Research ProgramUp to $150,000 in matching funds in typical university tracks · Florida High Tech Corridor Foresight FellowshipNo cash stipend; paid travel to one workshop and one Vision Weekend plus mentorship, introductions and community access · Foresight Institute Foresight Institute Grants (AI for Science & Safety)$10,000–$100,000 in cash grant funding, plus unvalued office and compute support · Foresight Institute FuzeHub Manufacturing GrantsUp to $65,000 in recent rounds · FuzeHub / Empire State Development Gates Foundation Grand ChallengesVaries by request for proposals · Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges partners Gitcoin Grants (Quadratic Funding Rounds)Round-specific direct donations plus quadratic or other matching-pool distributions; no universal per-project minimum or maximum · Gitcoin (and round sponsors / matching pools)GitHub for StartupsUp to 20 GitHub Enterprise seats free for 12 months; 20 GitHub Advanced Security seats at 50% off for 12 months · GitHub Global Innovation Fund GrantsStage-based grant, debt or equity: pilot funding up to USD 230,000 and later-stage commercial funding up to USD 2.3m; not all awards are grants · Global Innovation Fund Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA)Global Finals cash: USD 50,000 first, USD 25,000 second and USD 15,000 third, within a broader USD 100,000 package. · Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)Google DeepMind Academic Fellowships & ScholarshipsVaries by program (e.g., AI Master's Scholarships fund tuition + stipend; amounts set by host universities) · Google DeepMind Google for Startups Cloud ProgramUp to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years for eligible AI startups; credits are not cash. · Google Cloud Grants.gov (Federal Grants Portal)Not comparable — Grants.gov aggregates federal opportunities with call-specific award amounts, eligibility and deadlines · US Federal Government (portal operated by HHS on behalf of all agencies)Growth Accelerator Fund CompetitionCash prizes to eligible entrepreneur-support organisations; amount varies by competition · U.S. Small Business Administration Growth Through AgricultureGrants up to published programme caps; loans also available · Montana Department of Agriculture Hack Club$50-$200 · Hack Club (US 501(c)(3) nonprofit)Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research Matching GrantMatching awards vary by federal SBIR phase · Hawaii Technology Development Corporation Hello Tomorrow Global ChallengeEUR 100,000 equity-free grand prize; track winners receive coaching and introductions · Hello Tomorrow Homeworld Collective Garden GrantsMost recent verified Garden Grants were USD 50,000–150,000; no current open-call amount · Homeworld Collective (climate biotech nonprofit)Hub71 Access ProgrammeAED 250,000 in-kind services plus AED 250,000 cash through an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE; high performers may receive another AED 250,000 SAFE top-up · Hub71 (Abu Dhabi Government-backed initiative), UAE HubSpot for StartupsNon-cash software discount: 90% off year one, 50% year two and 25% year three for qualifying pre-seed through Series A partner/funded startups; 30% then 15% for approved entrepreneurial-organization referrals · HubSpot Hugging Face Community GPU Grants (ZeroGPU)Free upgraded GPU hardware for an approved Hugging Face Space; no cash, standardized duration, or universal dollar value is published · Hugging Face iDEX Defence India Startup ChallengesChallenge-specific milestone grant; standard iDEX challenges may provide up to INR1.5 crore and iDEX Prime challenges may use higher ceilings · Innovations for Defence Excellence / Indian Ministry of Defence Impetus Longevity GrantsUp to USD 500,000 per grant · Norn Group (donors include Juan Benet/Protocol Labs, Robert Rosenkranz/Rosenkranz Foundation, Hevolution Foundation, and Vitalik Buterin)InnoboosterDKK200,000–DKK5 million covering no more than 35% of eligible project cost for up to 24 months · Innovation Fund Denmark InnofounderFor 12 months, DKK27,500 monthly salary support per accepted founder plus DKK100,000 development support per company; one-founder package DKK430,000 and up to three founders can apply · Innovation Fund Denmark Innosuisse — Start-up Innovation ProjectsInnosuisse covers up to 70% of direct project costs; the startup contributes at least 30%. No universal project cap is published on the current official page. · Innosuisse (Swiss Innovation Agency) — Switzerland Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant ProgramUp to $250,000 for Phase II awards; other tracks vary · Innovate Alabama Innovate BC IgniteUp to C$300,000 for a BC industry-academic R&D partnership, requiring C$2 from other sources for every C$1 of Ignite funding · Innovate BC Innovate Rhode Island Small Business FundMatching grants up to published Phase I or Phase II caps · Rhode Island Commerce Innovation Norway — Startup Grant (Oppstartstilskudd)Phase 1 up to NOK 150,000 (100% of costs); Phase 2 up to NOK 1M (50% co-financing); Phase 3 up to NOK 2M (grant or loan) · Innovation Norway (Innovasjon Norge) — Norway Innovative Solutions Canada Challenge StreamChallenge-specific Phase 1 proof-of-concept awards, normally up to C$150,000 and sometimes C$300,000 for up to six months; Phase 2 development awards normally up to C$1 million and sometimes C$2 million for up to two years · Government of Canada iNNpulsa Colombia — Non-Reimbursable ConvocatoriasCall-specific non-reimbursable cash, acceleration, training or technical assistance; no universal per-recipient minimum or maximum applies across the iNNpulsa portfolio · iNNpulsa Colombia (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism), Colombia Interact FellowshipNo cash grant: two-year fellowship community with fully sponsored retreats, lodging, meals and local transport, plus subsidized travel. · Interact (nonprofit community; retreats are sponsor-funded)Internet Society Foundation Research Grant Program$200,000–$500,000 · Internet Society Foundation Invest Northern Ireland Grant for R&DDiscretionary contribution to eligible R&D costs; current public pages do not publish a universal per-project minimum, maximum or intervention rate · Invest Northern Ireland Iowa Demonstration FundUp to $100,000 · Iowa Economic Development Authority Israel Innovation AuthorityConditional grant usually expressed as a percentage of approved Israeli R&D cost, with enhanced rates for qualifying young companies or priority areas · Israel Innovation Authority J-StartupNon-cash government and private-sector support; no direct cash grant · Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan James Dyson AwardGBP 30,000 international winner; GBP 5,000 national winners and GBP 5,000 sustainability winner. · James Dyson Foundation John Templeton Foundation GrantsApplicant-proposed project budget; no universal minimum or maximum. The Foundation reports a historical average grant of about USD 730,000, which is not a cap · John Templeton Foundation JST START (Program for Creating Startups from Advanced Research and Technology)Project-based university commercialization support; current per-project amount not verified · Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan K-Startup Grand Challenge (grant/stipend portion)General 2026 program advertises prizes up to KRW 100 million; current international-student track offers KRW 15 million total across its top three teams · Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) / Ministry of SMEs and Startups, South Korea Karnataka ELEVATEEdition-specific proof-of-concept grant, historically up to INR50 lakh · Karnataka Department of Electronics, IT, Biotechnology and Science & Technology Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) Grants & IncubationAccelerator, skills and investor/funding access; no direct cash award amount published for the verified 2026 competition · Kenya Climate Innovation Center (donor-backed; historically World Bank infoDev / Danida / UKAID), Kenya Kerala Startup Mission Innovation GrantTrack-specific grant from idea and productisation support through larger market-acceleration or R&D support; the live track controls the ceiling · Kerala Startup Mission Knight Cities ChallengeGrants up to USD 200,000; USD 10 million initiative across two cohorts. · John S. and James L. Knight Foundation K-Startup Packages (Korea)The 2026 package provides non-repayable commercialisation funding up to KRW 80 million per prospective founder. The revised call planned about 300 selections, generally around KRW 40 million each, with an initial KRW 20 million stage and additional funding for founders that pass the interim stage evaluation; the ceiling is not an automatic award. · Korea SMEs and Startups Agency / KISED Lambda Research GrantUp to $5,000 in non-cash Lambda Cloud credits for qualifying researchers using Lambda Instances · Lambda Latvia Innovation Voucher SupportExploration voucher up to €10,000 at 100%; classic up to €25,000 at 85%; design up to €5,000 at 85%; highly qualified employee support up to €25,000 at 45% · Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)Launch Minnesota Innovation GrantsUp to programme caps for business operations, housing, and childcare · Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Lemelson-MIT Student PrizeHistorical awards were USD 15,000 for graduate inventors and USD 10,000 for undergraduate teams; no current award · The Lemelson Foundation / Lemelson-MIT Program Long-Term Future Fund (EA Funds)Proposal-specific grant to individuals or organizations; no current universal minimum or maximum is published · Effective Ventures / EA Funds Magnificent Grants$10,000 or more over two years; no universal maximum is published · Magnificent Grants (founded/backed by Barend Van den Brande and associated trustees/entrepreneurs)Major League Hacking (MLH) Community & Micro-GrantsCurrent event support: Hack Days reimburse up to $350 for eligible food and event expenses; Member Events can receive up to $1,000 emergency food/event cost coverage after qualifying overbooking and budget exhaustion · Major League Hacking (with partners GitHub Education, Solana Foundation)Malta Business STARTCondition-based seed grant up to EUR 10,000 in three tranches: EUR 3,000 after signing the approval and employing at least one Malta-resident person; EUR 3,500 after continued employment and approval of the required business plan; and EUR 3,500 after continued employment and evidence of a qualifying business address. · Malta Enterprise Manifund (Grants & Regranting)Founder-set public-benefit funding request with no universal maximum; proposals can be as small as $250, and payment occurs only if donors meet the minimum goal by the founder-set deadline · Manifund (Manifold for Charity, 501(c)(3))Maryland Build Our Future GrantMatching infrastructure grant up to $2 million; awards up to $1 million require at least a 200% applicant match, while awards above $1 million require at least a 400% match · Maryland Department of Commerce / MEDCO Maryland Industrial PartnershipsUp to $100,000 per project in state funds, with company contribution · Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute / State of Maryland MassCEC Catalyst and DICESUp to $75,000 in recent rounds · Massachusetts Clean Energy Center MassVentures START$100,000 Round 1; $200,000 Round 2; later seed-capital opportunity · MassVentures MeitY TIDE 2.0 (Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs)Historical TIDE 2.0 stack: Entrepreneur-in-Residence support up to ₹4 lakh, prototype grant up to ₹7 lakh, and a separate investment component up to ₹40 lakh · Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India Michigan Emerging Technologies FundMatching awards vary by federal SBIR/STTR phase · Michigan Economic Development Corporation / BBCetc Microsoft for Startups Founders HubUp to $150,000 in startup credits over time; eligible Investor Network-backed startups may unlock up to $200,000. Credits are not cash. · Microsoft MIT $100K Entrepreneurship CompetitionOfficial pages describe more than USD 100,000 across the annual competitions; no universal per-recipient maximum is published. · MIT $100K (student-run, sponsor-funded)MIT R&D Collaboration ProjectsGrant equal to 35% of eligible SME R&D costs. Small projects receive EUR 50,000–200,000 per collaboration, with EUR 25,000–100,000 per participant; large projects receive more than EUR 200,000 and up to EUR 350,000, with EUR 25,000–175,000 per participant. · Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)MIT Sandbox Innovation FundUp to $25,000 in cumulative non-dilutive funding; no current official minimum is published · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sandbox Innovation Fund Program)MIT Solve — Global ChallengesPrize amounts are challenge- and sponsor-specific; no universal MIT Solve per-team maximum applies to the umbrella program · MIT Solve (sponsor-funded prizes, e.g. Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Citizens, E Ink)Mitacs Accelerate & ElevateStandard CAD 15,000 research award per 4–6 month internship from partner contribution starting at CAD 7,500; postdoctoral model CAD 20,000 from CAD 10,000 contribution · Mitacs (federally and provincially funded not-for-profit), Canada MJFF Therapeutic Pipeline ProgramCall- and stage-specific grant for Parkinson's therapeutic development; no universal award range · The Michael J. Fox Foundation Modal Startup ProgramOne-time non-cash compute package described as thousands of free GPU credits; the current program page publishes no universal numeric maximum · Modal Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) AcceleratorNine-month, zero-fee, zero-equity accelerator with bespoke coaching and ecosystem access; no direct cash. A separate Guarantee Scheme supports debt through a government-backed credit guarantee · Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (UAE Ministry of Finance), UAE MongoDB for StartupsTiered MongoDB Atlas and partner benefits; current public page does not publish a defensible maximum credit value · MongoDB Monsha'at SME & Entrepreneurship ProgramsMostly free advisory, accelerator, workspace and ecosystem services; financial grants vary by named program · General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (Monsha'at), Saudi Arabia Mozilla Technology Fund (MTF)Call-specific project grants for open-source, trustworthy-AI and public-interest technology; no current MTF minimum or maximum is published · Mozilla Foundation MTI Business Innovation FundingUp to $25,000 · Maine Technology Institute Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross Grants (AI Grant)USD 250,000 maximum; see notes for structure · Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross National Technology Development Program (NTDP)Varies by product: examples include Nextera grants up to SAR 5m, Transform+ subsidies up to SAR 800k, Boost founder salary support up to SAR 25k/month, and Bridge subsidies up to SAR 5m · National Technology Development Program (NTDP), Saudi Arabia NEAR Foundation GrantsProgram-specific grant, reward, quadratic-funding or ecosystem support; no universal current per-project minimum or maximum · NEAR Foundation Nebraska Prototype GrantUp to $150,000, subject to programme rules · Nebraska Department of Economic Development NEDO Deep-Tech Startups Support ProgramDTSU reimburses two-thirds of eligible costs in STS and PCA and normally one-half in DMP. Phase ceilings are JPY 300 million for STS, raised to JPY 500 million with a qualifying commercialisation-alliance or overseas-validation plan; JPY 500 million for PCA, raised to JPY 1 billion under the same condition; and JPY 2.5 billion for DMP. The cumulative stage-gated ceiling is JPY 3 billion over up to six years. · New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization NEDO R&D and Commercialization FundingDTSU/GX provides up to JPY 3 billion across staged support: STS up to JPY 300m/500m, PCA up to JPY 500m/1bn and DMP up to JPY 2.5bn, generally at up to two-thirds eligible cost · New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan (METI-affiliated)Neo ResidencyCurrent official site emphasizes mentorship and guaranteed Neo Residency access; the historic USD 20,000 grant is not re-confirmed for the next cohort. · Neo (venture firm founded by Ali Partovi)New to R&D GrantReimbursement grant covering 40% of eligible R&D and capability-development costs, up to NZD 400,000 on at most NZD 1 million of eligible cost over up to two years; the business supplies the other 60% from non-Crown sources. · Callaghan Innovation NGI Fediversity Open CallCost-recovery donation of EUR 5,000–50,000 per proposal, with a cumulative EUR 60,000 hard limit per individual or organisation over the Fediversity programme lifetime. The programme reserves EUR 450,000, or 15% of its budget, for competitively selected third-party projects. · NLnet Foundation / European Commission NGI TALER Open CallCost-recovery donation of EUR 5,000–50,000 per proposal, with a cumulative EUR 60,000 hard limit per individual or organisation over the TALER programme lifetime. At least EUR 676,000, or 15% of the pilot budget, is reserved for third-party grants. · NLnet Foundation / European Commission NIDHI (India DST)Incubator-administered seed support using grant, soft-loan, equity or equity-linked instruments; per-startup amount and terms are incubator-specific · Indian Department of Science and Technology NJEDA Clean Tech Seed GrantUp to $75,000 in recent rounds · New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology Norrsken FoundationNo cash grant: Norrsken100 is recognition and ecosystem visibility; accelerator and Evolve capital are dilutive investments and excluded from grant economics. · Norrsken Foundation (endowment / associated investment vehicles)Notion for StartupsUp to 6 months of Notion Business with Notion AI, worth up to $12,000 for 100 employees; 3-month and 1-month tiers apply to other eligible startups. This is an in-kind offer, not cash. · Notion NSW MVP VenturesA$20,000–A$50,000 covering up to 50% of eligible cost in Stream 1, or A$20,000–A$75,000 covering up to 75% in Stream 2 for qualifying women-owned, regional, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses · Investment NSW NVIDIA InceptionFree membership with technical resources, preferred pricing, partner offers and cloud-credit benefits; the public official page publishes no universal numeric recipient value. · NVIDIA O'Shaughnessy FellowshipUSD 100,000 fellowships and grants of at least USD 10,000 · O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV)OCAST Industry InnovationVaries by annual solicitation · Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Octant Public Goods FundingCommunity-allocated ETH/WETH by epoch; Epoch 12 distributed 88.1 WETH across 25 projects, but no current open per-project amount exists · Octant / Golem Foundation Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-up FundVaries by technology-validation or startup award track · Ohio Department of Development One North Carolina Small Business ProgramIncentive and matching grants tied to federal SBIR/STTR · North Carolina Department of Commerce Open Philanthropy (Coefficient Giving) Career Development and Transition FundingProposal-specific cash support with no published minimum or maximum; may fund tuition, living costs, unpaid internships, study, certifications, postdocs, sabbaticals, or career-transition periods · Open Philanthropy (now operating as Coefficient Giving)Open Technology Fund Internet Freedom FundUSD 10,000–900,000; ideal requests are USD 50,000–200,000 for 6–12 months and target ceiling is USD 300,000 · Open Technology Fund Optimism Retro Funding (RetroPGF)Mission- and round-specific OP token rewards; the latest checked Growth Grants mission budgeted 3.89 million OP, not a universal per-recipient award · Optimism Collective / Optimism Foundation Oracle for StartupsCurrent Latin America offer: up to USD 2,000 in OCI credits for eligible startups; legacy global documents described USD 500 plus discounts but are not treated as current global terms · Oracle Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle EastInternational Grand Prize pays EUR 25,000 first, EUR 15,000 second and EUR 10,000 third; the International Women's Prize pays EUR 20,000. Country affiliates may add separate national prizes. Ten grand-prize finalists and the women's winner receive entrepreneurship support. · Orange Oregon Commercialization Gap FundTypically up to $100,000 · Business Oregon OVHcloud Startup ProgramTwelve-month non-cash cloud package: Start provides up to EUR10,000 credits and six engineering hours; Scale provides up to EUR100,000 and 20 engineering hours · OVHcloud P2 Incentives for Innovative StartupsUp to EUR 72,000 as a 100%-funded lump-sum grant paid only after successful milestone reviews: EUR 12,000 for employment, mentor contract and development start by 31 July 2026; EUR 21,000 for retained employment, mentoring and MVP preparation/testing by 28 February 2027; and EUR 39,000 for retained employment, a market-launched final product and commercialisation evidence by 31 March 2028. · Slovene Enterprise Fund Polygon Community Grants Program (Polygon Village)Track- and allocator-specific token or fiat-equivalent grants plus Polygon Village services; no universal per-recipient amount · Polygon Community Treasury / Polygon Labs PostHog for StartupsUSD 50,000 PostHog credits for 12 months plus USD 12,000+ partner benefits and USD 1,000 founder merchandise · PostHog Programa Centelha (FINEP)State-edition economics vary; the reviewed umbrella pages do not publish a current comparable per-recipient minimum or maximum. · FINEP & CNPq / Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, with state research-support foundations (FAPs), Brazil Qatar Open Innovation and Technology Development GrantsCall-specific grant or challenge funding; no comparable umbrella minimum or maximum. · Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council Queensland Ignite Ideas FundTier 1 up to A$100,000 for up to 12 months with cash contribution at least 20% of grant sought; Tier 2 over A$100,000 to A$200,000 for up to 24 months with a 1:1 cash match · Advance Queensland Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC)Mixed USD 1.48 million 2026 prize pool: some cash/in-kind awards are non-dilutive, while the grand prize and several awards are equity investments. · Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship / Rice Business (sponsors)Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive FellowshipNo cash stipend or fee; editorial support, retreat food/travel/lodging and a Progress Conference ticket are provided · The Roots of Progress Institute Schmidt Sciences AI2050 FellowshipMulti-year research fellowship with track-specific support; historical program materials distinguish early-career and senior fellow packages · Schmidt Sciences (Eric & Wendy Schmidt)Scottish Enterprise R&D GrantMinimum grant considered GBP 250,000; SMEs may receive 35%–50% and large companies 25%–40% of eligible project costs; no universal maximum published · Scottish Enterprise She Loves Tech Global Startup CompetitionNo current-cycle cash or investment prize is published. The last readily accessible official prize statement is historical (up to USD 50,000 of mixed investment and cash in 2022), so it is not represented as current economics. · She Loves Tech Shuttleworth Foundation FellowshipOne-year fellow stipend plus project funding and a foundation match against the fellow's own project contribution; exact package is individually set · Shuttleworth Foundation Sloan Research FellowshipUSD 75,000 over two years, usable for research-support expenses with no overhead · Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Slovakia Innovation VouchersCurrent direct vouchers cover up to 85% of eligible service costs. The EIC application-consulting route provides EUR 2,000–20,000 once per applicant; the patent/certification route provides EUR 2,000–15,000 and allows up to two vouchers at least 12 months apart. Each also includes EUR 42 of 100%-funded online innovation advice. · Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA)SMART Flexible Innovation SupportDiscretionary grant and specialist-support package; the general program publishes no universal per-recipient minimum, maximum or intervention rate · Welsh Government SMART: SCOTLANDLast published SMART feasibility terms: up to GBP 100,000, covering up to 70% of eligible costs for a small enterprise or 60% for a medium enterprise; current route closed · Scottish Enterprise Snowflake for StartupsNon-cash Snowflake usage credits, technical support and go-to-market assistance; the current public pages do not publish a universal credit value · Snowflake South Dakota Proof of Concept FundUp to $50,000 · South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development Starknet Foundation Seed GrantsUp to $25,000 equivalent in STRK, non-dilutive · Starknet Foundation Start-Up Chile (CORFO) — Equity-Free ProgramsThe official application page says selected startups receive free funding, but it does not publish current per-track cash amounts or a current co-financing rate. · CORFO (Chilean Economic Development Agency), Government of Chile Start-Up Nation RomaniaUp to RON 250,000 of de minimis aid per newly established SME, covering no more than 90% of eligible project expenditure. The beneficiary must provide at least 10% own contribution and create at least two jobs. · Romanian Ministry of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Startup Booster Poland – Smart UPUp to PLN 400,000 per selected startup, covering up to 100% of eligible Individual Acceleration Plan costs with no required applicant contribution. The exact ceiling, milestones and package depend on the selected accelerator and development track. · Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP)Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)Up to INR 20 lakh grant for PoC/prototype/trials plus up to INR 50 lakh debt or convertible/debt-linked investment for market entry and scaling · Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India Startup Perú – Emprendimientos InnovadoresUp to PEN 67,000 non-reimbursable co-financing: up to PEN 60,000 seed capital plus a fixed PEN 7,000 paid for assigned incubator/accelerator accompaniment. ProInnóvate covers at most 70%; the team contributes at least 10% cash and at most 20% in kind. · ProInnóvate Peru Startup SG FounderS$20,000-S$50,000 cash grant with a 1:1 founder or third-party co-match; at least 50% of the match must already be paid-up capital when the application is submitted · Enterprise Singapore (Government of Singapore)StartUP Voucher (IAPMEI)EUR components: €900 monthly allowance (up to two per project for nine months), €1,500 at phases 2 and 3, and €2,000 completion award; aggregate comparable maximum unresolved · IAPMEI — Portugal Startup World Cup$1,000,000 investment prize; this is an investment, not a non-dilutive cash grant · Pegasus Tech Ventures Stellar Community Fund (SCF)Up to 150,000 XLM through Open, Integration or RFP tracks · Stellar Development Foundation Strategic Response FundMinimum C$10 million contribution for projects with at least C$20 million eligible supported cost; business contributions are repayable by default, while non-repayable support is exceptional and collaboration/network contributions are generally non-repayable · Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Stripe Startups ProgramNon-cash Stripe processing-fee credits or waived processing fees; amount varies by referral and country · Stripe Sui Foundation Grants / RFPsRFP awards vary; academic research awards are USD 25,000; separate Moonshots liquidity incentives can reach USD 500,000 but are explicitly not grants · Sui Foundation / Mysten Labs Support Programme for Industrial InnovationCost-sharing grant percentage and cap vary by scheme · South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Sustainable Development Technology Canada FundingNo current SDTC award; legacy project economics are not actionable and successor NRC IRAP support is assessed separately · National Research Council Canada TANSEEDEdition- and category-specific seed grant, historically INR10 lakh with enhanced support for selected special categories; current terms must be verified · StartupTN / Government of Tamil Nadu TAQADAM Startup AcceleratorAccepted teams receive USD 40,000; ten startups can secure an additional USD 100,000 at the annual showcase. · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Technology Development Board (TDB) Financial AssistanceMixed finance rather than a standard grant: soft loan generally at 5% simple interest and up to 50% of unincurred project cost; equity up to 25% of project cost; grants only in exceptional national-interest cases · Technology Development Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India Technology Innovation Agency Seed FundUp to programme limits for proof-of-concept and technology development · Technology Innovation Agency South Africa TecnovaState-call-specific non-reimbursable economic subsidy financed by FNDCT; no universal per-company minimum, maximum or match rate is published on the current Finep umbrella page · Finep and Brazilian state innovation foundations Templeton World Charity Foundation — Funding InquiryGrant amount is inquiry- and project-specific; no umbrella minimum or maximum is published. · Templeton World Charity Foundation Tezos Foundation GrantsProposal- and milestone-specific Tezos ecosystem grant; no universal per-recipient minimum or maximum is published · Tezos Foundation The Earth PrizeUSD 100,000 total: USD 12,500 to each of seven regional winning teams and USD 2,500 to each of three mentors. · The Earth Foundation The Earthshot PrizeGBP 1 million grant to each of five annual winners plus tailored finalist support. · The Earthshot Prize (founded by Prince William / Royal Foundation)The Roddenberry PrizePrior cycle: USD 1 million grand prize and USD 250,000 finalist grant, equity-free; not currently actionable. · The Roddenberry Foundation TiE Women Global Pitch CompetitionUp to USD 50,000 in equity-free global prize money, plus mentoring, investor access and chapter programming · TiE Global TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startup)Mixed package up to KRW 1 billion over up to three years: about KRW 100 million operator angel investment, up to KRW 500 million government R&D funding, and up to KRW 400 million additional startup, angel-matching and overseas-marketing assistance · Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), South Korea Together AI Startup AcceleratorUp to $50,000 in Together AI platform credits for the Grow tier; credits exclude Reserved GPU Clusters and are not cash. · Together AI Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship ProgrammeUSD 5,000 non-refundable seed capital after required training and business-plan milestones. · Tony Elumelu Foundation (private foundation), Nigeria / pan-Africa UK Games FundCall-specific non-dilutive prototype/content grant; recent prototype rounds have offered grants up to GBP 30,000. · UK Government / UK Games Talent and Finance Uniswap Foundation GrantsProposal-specific USD or USDC grant; no universal current per-grantee minimum or maximum is published, and grants of $250,000 or more receive additional public announcement · Uniswap Foundation Utah Technology Commercialization and Innovation ProgramUp to $100,000, subject to current solicitation · Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity Vercel for StartupsUp to USD 30,000 in Vercel credits over 12 months · Vercel Vinnova — Innovative StartupsGrant up to 500,000 SEK · Vinnova (Swedish Innovation Agency) — Sweden Visa Everywhere InitiativeRegional and global cash prizes vary by edition; finalist commercial opportunities are separate from prize cash. · Visa Web3 Foundation Grants ProgramNo current award. Historical program levels included $10,000 and $30,000 grants with larger requests separately reviewed, but those terms are not actionable · Web3 Foundation Western Australia Innovation Booster GrantMatched grant up to AUD50,000 to buy external expertise that advances an innovative product, process or service · Government of Western Australia Women TechEUEUR75,000 equity-free grant plus a six-month business-development program · European Union XRPL Grants$10,000-$200,000 for XRPL developer grants; accelerator and other funding routes are separate · XRPL Foundation and ecosystem partners Z FellowsParticipation can be equity-free with no money, or the founder can optionally accept a $10,000 investment that converts at the next priced round with a $1 billion valuation cap · Z Fellows (founded by Cory Levy)Zayed Sustainability PrizeThe official site publishes a USD 7.2 million total prize fund, but the reviewed pages do not establish comparable per-recipient minimum and maximum awards. · Government of the United Arab Emirates (Zayed Sustainability Prize)Zcash Community GrantsProposal-based ZEC grant; no universal current per-recipient minimum or maximum is published · Zcash Community Grants / Zcash Foundation