Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notices and agency instructions control.
Hardware founders should monitor NSF, DOE, DoD, NASA, NIST-adjacent manufacturing programs, and sector-specific agency pages. Strong fits usually involve prototype risk, validation, manufacturing readiness, test data, or a clear public-sector mission use case.
This page is intentionally narrower than the full archive: it is for physical technology teams that need readable R&D funding signal, not a broad list of every public grant.
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Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Program
NOAA is funding the development and testing of technologies to prevent, control, or mitigate harmful algal blooms in marine and coastal environments. Awards up to $1M/year are avai…
Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity
DOE funding to advance bench-scale innovations in critical minerals and materials processing—rare earths, lithium extraction, and semiconductor materials—from lab to pilot producti…
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) — Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK)
SPARK funds infrastructure upgrades and advanced transmission technologies to increase U.S. electric grid capacity, reliability, and resilience. Projects must combine physical infr…
Fiscal Year 2026 Phase II Continuation Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research
This is a Phase II continuation grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy for research that extends previous NEUP-funded nuclear energy projects. Funding suppo…
Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research
U.S. Department of Energy funding to advance nuclear energy science and technology, including reactor operation, advanced reactor deployment, nuclear fuel cycles, and maintaining U…
FY 2026 Ocean Technology Transition Program
NOAA is funding the transition of ocean and coastal observing technologies from research into operational use, supporting sensors, data management, and decision-support products th…
Next-Generation Geothermal Field Tests and Geothermal Resource Characterization and Confirmation
This DOE program funds field-scale geothermal testing and exploration drilling to develop next-generation geothermal technologies for electrical power production. Projects must con…
Advanced Nuclear Energy Licensing Cost-Share Grant Program
This grant program provides cost-sharing funding to support the licensing and regulatory approval of advanced nuclear energy technologies. Applicants can receive between $5,000 and…
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