Grant funding up to $2.4M for U.S. startups and small businesses to advance research, development and commercialization of health-related innovations including drugs, medical devices and digital health.
NIH SBIR/STTR
MAX ALLOCATION
$2.4M
Instrument
GRANT
NIH R01
MAX ALLOCATION
$2.5M+
Instrument
Grant
Grant funding up to $2.5M+ for universities, research institutions, public or private, and non-profit or for-profit organizations. NIH’s most established mechanism for high-impact and well-defined, investigator-initiated health-related research projects across all scientific stages.
NIH R21
MAX ALLOCATION
$275,000
Instrument
Grant
Grant funding up to $275,000 for universities, research institutions, hospitals, and
small businesses and startups to support high-risk, high-reward exploratory and pilot studies that generate innovative ideas or critical preliminary data for future large-scale research.
NSF SBIR/STTR
MAX ALLOCATION
$1.6M
Instrument
GRANT
Grant funding up to $1.6M for U.S. startups and small businesses to transform advanced science and engineering innovations into market-ready products.
DOE SBIR/STTR
MAX ALLOCATION
$1.85M
Instrument
GRANT
Grant funding up to $1.85M for U.S. startups and small businesses for high-impact R&D in energy, environment, and national security, with options for both SBIR and STTR programs depending on collaboration needs.
NATO DIANA
MAX ALLOCATION
€400K
Instrument
PAYMENTS
Payments up to €400,000 are available to companies in NATO member countries, supporting the development of dual-use deep-tech innovation.
EIC Pathfinder
MAX ALLOCATION
€4M
Instrument
GRANT
Grant funding up to €4 million for early-stage research teams, including startups and SMEs and research organizations in the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries to advance ambitious scientific projects with the potential to create new markets.
EIC Transition
MAX ALLOCATION
€2.5M
Instrument
GRANT
Grant funding up to €2.5 million for startups, SMEs, and research organizations in the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries to
turn results from projects funded under EIC Pathfinder, ERC Proof of Concept, EDF and eligible RIAs into validated prototypes, supporting their path towards commercialization.
EIC Accelerator
MAX ALLOCATION
€12.5M
Instrument
BLENDED
Grant funding up to €2.5M and equity funding up to €10M for start-ups & SMEs from the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries to commercialize innovations.
Enterprise Ireland RD&I Fund
MAX ALLOCATION
€650K
Instrument
Grant
Enterprise Ireland’s RD&I Fund
provides support to Irish companies currently trading internationally, or planning to trade internationally in the short-term, to develop innovative products or services involving technical uncertainty and a significant step-up in their internal R&D capability.
