Innovation Partnership Programme
Closes tomorrow🇮🇪 Ireland · Enterprise Ireland
€200,000
Startup grants closing soon — 2026 deadlines
147 programmes across 26 jurisdictions with a published closing date in the next 120 days — sourced from the same dataset as every programme page, re-checked on every build.
Closing soonest
Vinnova SME collaboration projects Sweden-Germany
Closes tomorrow🇸🇪 Sweden · Vinnova (with AiF Projekt GmbH, Germany)
3,000,000 SEK
Farming Innovation Programme
Closes in 2 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Defra / Innovate UK (UKRI)
£5,000,000
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
Closes in 2 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Innovate UK (UKRI)
Amount not published
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
Closes in 2 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Innovate UK (UK Research and Innovation)
Amount not published
NASA SBIR Ignite
Closes in 3 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Amount not published
BIRAC Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI)
Closes in 3 days🇮🇳 India · Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Biomedicine
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Bioeconomy
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Information and communication technologies
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Materials research
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Medical technology
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Photonics and quantum technologies
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Resources and circular economy
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
KMU-innovativ: Future of value creation
Closes in 3 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
Amount not published
Ideen!Reich (Styria innovation funding)
Closes in 3 days🇦🇹 Austria · Steirische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft (SFG)
€75,000
Innobooster
Closes in 3 days🇩🇰 Denmark · Innovationsfonden
5,000,000 DKK
Business development support for energy and climate innovations
Closes in 3 days🇸🇪 Sweden · Statens energimyndighet (Energimyndigheten)
Amount not published
Invest NI Innovation Vouchers
Closes in 4 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Invest Northern Ireland
£10,000
Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator
Closes in 4 days🌐 Global · Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University
Amount not published
SPRIND Challenges
Closes in 4 days🇩🇪 Germany · Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen (SPRIND)
Amount not published
SME Labour-Saving Investment Subsidy
Closes in 4 days🇯🇵 Japan · 中小企業庁／独立行政法人中小企業基盤整備機構（中小機構）
100,000,000 JPY
Station F Fighters Program
Closes in 6 days🇫🇷 France · Station F
Amount not published
InnovateMass (MassCEC)
Closes in 8 days🇺🇸 United States · Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
$350,000
AFWERX SBIR/STTR (U.S. Air Force)
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. Air Force / AFWERX
Amount not published
U.S. Army SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. Army (Army Applications Laboratory / Army SBIR Office)
$2,000,000
DARPA SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Amount not published
Department of War SBIR Program
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. Department of War (Office of Small Business Programs)
Amount not published
U.S. Navy SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy SBIR/STTR Program Office)
Amount not published
Office of the Secretary of War SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 9 days🇺🇸 United States · Office of the Secretary of War (OSD)
Amount not published
High Growth Spinout Programme (HGSP)
Closes in 9 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Scottish Enterprise
£400,000
Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
Closes in 10 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ofgem / Innovate UK
£15,000,000
ICURe Explore (Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research)
Closes in 10 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Innovate UK (UK Research and Innovation)
£35,000
Chips Joint Undertaking (formerly KDT JU)
Closes in 15 days🇪🇺 European Union · Chips Joint Undertaking (formerly KDT JU)
Amount not published
EU Chips Act - Chips Joint Undertaking calls for proposals
Closes in 15 days🇪🇺 European Union · Chips Joint Undertaking (European Commission, Participating States, AENEAS, EPoSS and INSIDE Industry Association)
Amount not published
SIGMA Programme
Closes in 15 days🇨🇿 Czechia · Technologická agentura ČR (TA ČR)
730,000 CZK
European Innovation Council Pathfinder Challenges
Closes in 16 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) / European Commission, under Horizon Europe
€4,000,000
European Innovation Council STEP Scale Up Defence
Closes in 16 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council Fund / EISMEA, under the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)
€30,000,000
European Innovation Council Pathfinder
Closes in 16 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council (European Commission / EISMEA)
€4,000,000
Grants for Eurogrants
Closes in 16 days🇵🇱 Poland · Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości (PARP)
Amount not published
🇷🇴 Romania · ADR Nord-Est (Managing Authority, Regional Programme North-East 2021-2027)
€300,000
UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) innovation competitions
Closes in 17 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · UK Defence Innovation, Ministry of Defence
£5,000,000
EIT Culture & Creativity start-up support
Closes in 18 days🇪🇺 European Union · EIT Culture & Creativity
€900,000
ESA Space Solutions Kick-start Activity
Closes in 18 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Space Agency (ESA Space Solutions / Business Applications)
€75,000
Seed Capital Scheme
Closes in 18 days🇳🇱 Netherlands · Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
€12,000,000
IT Introduction Subsidy (Digitalisation and AI Adoption Subsidy)
Closes in 18 days🇯🇵 Japan · 中小企業庁／一般社団法人サービスデザイン推進協議会（事務局）
4,500,000 JPY
New Business Expansion / Manufacturing, Commerce and Service Subsidy
Closes in 18 days🇯🇵 Japan · 中小企業庁／独立行政法人中小企業基盤整備機構（中小機構）
90,000,000 JPY
New Business Entry / Manufacturing, Commerce and Services Subsidy (merged successor to the Monozukuri and New Business Entry subsidies)
Closes in 18 days🇯🇵 Japan · Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN (中小企業基盤整備機構 / SMRJ), under METI and the SME Agency
90,000,000 JPY
General Support Programme (GSP)
Closes in 18 days🇭🇰 Hong Kong · Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), Government of the HKSAR
Amount not published
Business START
Closes in 18 days🇲🇹 Malta · Malta Enterprise
€10,000
Start-up Finance
Closes in 18 days🇲🇹 Malta · Malta Enterprise
Amount not published
Amber Grant (WomensNet)
Closes in 19 days🇺🇸 United States · WomensNet
$50,000
Canton of Basel-Stadt rent subsidy for tech start-ups
Closes in 19 days🇨🇭 Switzerland · Kanton Basel-Stadt (Standortförderung)
Amount not published
Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship
Closes in 20 days🌐 Global · The Shuttleworth Foundation
Amount not published
Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Closes in 21 days🌐 Global · Breakthrough Energy
Amount not published
Y Combinator
Closes in 21 days🌐 Global · Y Combinator Management, LLC
$500,000
FFG Innovation Voucher with own contribution
Closes in 21 days🇦🇹 Austria · Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG)
€10,000
Startup Wise Guys
Closes in 21 days🇪🇪 Estonia · Startup Wise Guys
€100,000
DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund
Closes in 23 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Department for Business and Trade / Advanced Propulsion Centre / Innovate UK
£20,000,000
European Innovation Council Accelerator
Closes in 23 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council (European Commission / EISMEA)
€2,500,000
EIC Accelerator Challenges (thematic calls)
Closes in 23 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council (EISMEA) / European Commission
€2,500,000
EPA SBIR Program
Closes in 27 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
$100,000
Japan Green Innovation Fund
Closes in 29 days🇯🇵 Japan · New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Amount not published
Anzisha Prize
Closes in 29 days🇿🇦 South Africa · Anzisha Prize (African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation)
$100,000
NCBiotech Small Business Research Loan (SRL)
Closes in 30 days🇺🇸 United States · North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBiotech)
$350,000
Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument (I3)
Closes in 31 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission (EISMEA), European Regional Development Fund
€10,000,000
ARENA Solar Sunshot programme
Closes in 31 days🇦🇺 Australia · Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
1,000,000,000 AUD
SXSW Pitch
Closes in 32 days🇺🇸 United States · SXSW
Amount not published
EIT Urban Mobility Financial Support to Startups
Closes in 35 days🇪🇺 European Union · EIT Urban Mobility (European Institute of Innovation and Technology Knowledge and Innovation Community)
€2,500,000
EU Defence Innovation Scheme under the European Defence Fund
Closes in 35 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission (DG DEFIS), European Defence Fund
Amount not published
ACCIÓ Innovation Vouchers
Closes in 35 days🇪🇸 Spain · ACCIÓ (Generalitat de Catalunya)
€12,000
Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program
Closes in 36 days🇺🇸 United States · Tory Burch Foundation
Amount not published
Research Ireland Industry RD&I Fellowship
Opens soon, closes in 38 days🇮🇪 Ireland · Research Ireland (formerly Science Foundation Ireland)
€130,000
🌐 Global · CARB-X, hosted by Boston University
Amount not published
UnLtd Social Entrepreneur Awards
Closes in 49 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · UnLtd
£18,000
Creative Europe MEDIA strand
Closes in 49 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission (DG EAC / DG CNECT), implemented by EACEA
Amount not published
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge
Closes in 49 days🌐 Global · Hello Tomorrow (association), with corporate partners including Natixis CIB, dsm-firmenich, ASML, L'Oréal, Breakthrough Energy and Syensqo
€200,000
BIRAC Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE)
Opens 2026-10-15🇮🇳 India · Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology
5,000,000 INR
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge
Closes in 49 days🇫🇷 France · Hello Tomorrow
€200,000
>>venture>> Swiss start-up competition
Usually opens in October and November🇨🇭 Switzerland · >>venture>> (ETH Zürich, McKinsey & Company and partners)
150,000 CHF
Innovator Laboratory – free mentoring for idea owners
Closes in 49 days🇵🇱 Poland · Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości (PARP), FENG 2.27, delivered by selected operators
Amount not published
Applications (OP TAK)
Closes in 49 days🇨🇿 Czechia · Agentura pro podnikání a inovace (API)
Amount not published
Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) Tax Credit
Closes in 50 days🇺🇸 United States · Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
$100,000
EU Prize for Women Innovators
Closes in 50 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council (EISMEA) / EIT
€100,000
Innowwide (Eureka market feasibility vouchers)
Closes in 50 days🇪🇺 European Union · Eureka Association with EU funding
€60,000
European Prize for Women Innovators, powered by EIC & EIT
Closes in 50 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), via EISMEA
€100,000
Eureka Innowwide call 5 (Vinnova)
Closes in 50 days🇸🇪 Sweden · Vinnova / Eureka
€60,000
Innovate UK Investor Partnerships
Closes in 51 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Innovate UK (UKRI)
£2,000,000
🇪🇺 European Union · European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
€2,000
EUIPO SME Fund 2026, Voucher 3: national and European patents
Closes in 53 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
€2,500
EUIPO SME Fund 2026, Voucher 4: Community plant variety rights
Closes in 53 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) with the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)
€1,500
Conception X (PhD deep tech venture programme)
Closes in 55 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Conception X
Amount not published
Verizon Small Business Digital Ready National Grant
Closes in 56 days🇺🇸 United States · Verizon (with LISC)
$10,000
Start-up Platforms component IIb – start-up growth grant (Eastern Poland)
Opens soon, closes in 59 days🇵🇱 Poland · Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości (PARP), FEPW 01.01 komponent IIb
€2,000,000
Thuringian Start-up Premium
Closes in 64 days🇩🇪 Germany · Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB)
€3,500
Subsidy Programme for Sustaining Small Businesses
Opens 2026-11-05🇯🇵 Japan · 独立行政法人中小企業基盤整備機構／日本商工会議所・全国商工会連合会
2,000,000 JPY
Grant for cybersecurity innovation and development
Closes in 64 days🇪🇪 Estonia · Ettevõtluse ja Innovatsiooni Sihtasutus (EIS)
€100,000
UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D 2026
Closes in 65 days🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Innovate UK (UKRI) / Enterprise Singapore
£900,000
DEI+ Energy and Climate Innovation Demonstration
Closes in 66 days🇳🇱 Netherlands · Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
Amount not published
Skills development grant for southern SMEs
Closes in 70 days🇮🇹 Italy · Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy (MIMIT)
Amount not published
COMPETE 2030 R&D demonstrators (individual or co-promotion)
Closes in 78 days🇵🇹 Portugal · COMPETE 2030 / Programa Inovação e Transição Digital (Portugal 2030), managed with IAPMEI
Amount not published
Regionalised i-Demo Innovation Projects
Closes in 80 days🇫🇷 France · Bpifrance et Conseil regional Occitanie (France 2030 regionalise)
Amount not published
DHI Subsidy Scheme (Demonstration, Feasibility, Investment Preparation)
Closes in 80 days🇳🇱 Netherlands · Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
€200,000
Early Phase Financing
Closes in 80 days🇳🇱 Netherlands · Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
€450,000
FFG Frontrunner
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG)
€3,000,000
Vienna Business Agency – Creative industries grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€200,000
Vienna Business Agency – Digitalisation grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€50,000
Vienna Business Agency – Innovation grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€300,000
Vienna Business Agency – Production grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€200,000
Vienna Business Agency – Site expansion grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€500,000
Vienna Business Agency – Internationalisation grant
Closes in 80 days🇦🇹 Austria · Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
€50,000
Tax deduction for investment in innovative businesses
Closes in 80 days🇨🇾 Cyprus · Υπουργείο Οικονομικών / Τμήμα Φορολογίας
Amount not published
COMPETE 2030 STEP Productive Innovation – Clean Energy technologies
Closes in 84 days🇵🇹 Portugal · COMPETE 2030 / Programa Inovação e Transição Digital (Portugal 2030), managed with IAPMEI
Amount not published
🇵🇹 Portugal · COMPETE 2030 / Programa Inovação e Transição Digital (Portugal 2030), managed with IAPMEI
Amount not published
COMPETE 2030 STEP Business R&D&I – Digital, deep tech and Biotechnology
Closes in 84 days🇵🇹 Portugal · COMPETE 2030 / Programa Inovação e Transição Digital (Portugal 2030), managed with IAPMEI
Amount not published
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NIH)
$2,153,927
🇺🇸 United States · National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Cancer Institute SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Cancer Institute (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Eye Institute SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Eye Institute (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute on Aging SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute on Aging (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH)
$2,153,927
🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH)
$2,153,927
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute on Drug Abuse SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of General Medical Sciences SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
$2,153,927
NIH SBIR/STTR Program (Omnibus / Parent solicitation)
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · U.S. National Institutes of Health
$2,153,927
National Institute of Mental Health SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Mental Health (NIH)
$2,153,927
🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Institute of Nursing Research SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH)
$2,153,927
National Library of Medicine SBIR/STTR Program
Closes in 85 days🇺🇸 United States · National Library of Medicine (NIH)
$2,153,927
Start?Zuschuss! Bavaria
Opens 2026-11-25🇩🇪 Germany · Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie (StMWi)
€36,000
Innovative Startups 2026 (Vinnova)
Opens soon, closes in 92 days🇸🇪 Sweden · Vinnova – Sveriges innovationsmyndighet
500,000 SEK
Creative Europe MEDIA Innovative Tools and Business Models
Closes in 93 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission / EACEA
Amount not published
Digital Europe Programme
Closes in 94 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission (DG CNECT), implemented by HaDEA and EISMEA
Amount not published
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cambridge Judge Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Cambridge
Amount not published
French video game support fund (FAJV)
Closes in 98 days🇫🇷 France · Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Amount not published
Creative Europe MEDIA video games and immersive content development support
Closes in 112 days🇪🇺 European Union · European Commission / European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Amount not published
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF)
Closes in 114 days🇮🇪 Ireland · Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (administered with Enterprise Ireland)
Amount not published
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🇮🇪 Ireland3
🇸🇪 Sweden4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom14
🇺🇸 United States37
🇮🇳 India2
🇩🇪 Germany13
🇦🇹 Austria9
🇩🇰 Denmark1
🌐 Global6
🇯🇵 Japan6
🇫🇷 France4
🇪🇺 European Union22
🇨🇿 Czechia2
🇵🇱 Poland3
🇷🇴 Romania1
🇳🇱 Netherlands4
🇭🇰 Hong Kong1
🇲🇹 Malta2
🇨🇭 Switzerland2
🇪🇪 Estonia2
🇿🇦 South Africa1
🇦🇺 Australia1
🇪🇸 Spain1
🇮🇹 Italy1
🇵🇹 Portugal4
🇨🇾 Cyprus1