Hardware grants
5 open hardware grants, each checked against the organizer's official page.
A grant pays for work without buying a share of your company. The money comes from foundations, companies, public agencies and protocol treasuries, and most of it goes to a project, a research question or a piece of open source.
Money for people who build physical things: hardware accelerators, chip design awards, maker contests and programs for robotics and space.
FLITE grants open until 30 October 2026
FLITE gives grants and live airport tests to companies building air travel technology. Applications close on 30 October 2026.
FORTIS Open Call #2 2026 for human robot interaction projects
FORTIS Open Call #2 funds European consortia with up to €250,000 per project to test and deploy human robot interaction tools. Apply by 4 November 2026.
Build on Trainium call for proposals: Fall 2026
Amazon offers AWS credits of up to $250,000 and beyond for research on Trainium kernel agents. Proposals close 4 November 2026.
BlueQubit Quantum Flywheel 2026: $150,000 in quantum and AI compute
BlueQubit is giving $150,000 of quantum, GPU and AI compute to research teams for three months. The open call runs for about five weeks.
UKRI doctoral focal award: chip design and verification
UKRI offers up to £6,000,000 for a doctoral award in chip design. The call opens 7 October 2026 and closes 2 December 2026.
Questions
How many hardware grants are open right now?
5 as of 5 October 2026.
Which hardware grants close soonest?
FLITE grants open until 30 October 2026 from Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority closes on 30 October 2026. FORTIS Open Call #2 2026 for human robot interaction projects from FORTIS project (EU funded) closes on 4 November 2026. Build on Trainium call for proposals: Fall 2026 from Amazon Research Awards closes on 4 November 2026.
Can I apply from any country?
3 of the 5 accept applicants worldwide. The others are limited to a region or a country, and each entry says which.
Do any of them take equity?
None of them take equity. They pay as grants, prizes, stipends or credits.
How is this list checked?
Every entry is written from the organizer's official page and links to it. Programs with a rolling deadline are checked again for closure, and an entry moves to the archive on the day it closes.