Innovation

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Commercialize Deep Tech in Poland 2025: How to Win a PLN 5,500,000 Grant to Scale Your Hardware, Quantum, Robotics or Biotech Venture

If your startup is working on a deep-tech product and can show a clear commercialization path, this grant can fund industrial-scale R&D steps that are too expensive for an ordinary startup budget, including prototype hardening, testing, certification, and early market deployment.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Official call documents list a max requested reimbursement of 140,000,000 PLN per project Deadline: Oct 29, 2025 Location: Poland

CONACYT Innovation Stimulus: How to Win MXN 20 Million for R&D in Mexico

Grants of up to MXN 20 million for Mexican companies investing in R&D and innovation through the CONACYT Stimulus program.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: MXN 20,000,000 Deadline: Oct 29, 2025 Location: Mexico

Connect with Investors: Upstream Festival Rotterdam 2026 Startup Festival — Tickets From ~€100

Rotterdam in late May has a habit of feeling electric. Ships move in the distance, ideas flow across tables, and somebody somewhere is sketching a business model on a napkin that will become an actual company.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: Current listed prices range from €45 (student) to €395 (attendee). See official ticket page for … Deadline: May 21, 2026 Location: Europe, Netherlands and Rotterdam

Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26 (DFT Rail Innovation, 2026-27)

Innovate UK and the Department for Transport are running FOAK26, a 2026 rail-focused Contracts for Innovation competition to fund first-of-a-kind prototypes, field testing, and demonstrator projects across eight practical challenges.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: £4,300,000 total programme budget; up to £210,000 per project (inclusive of VAT) Deadline: Jun 24, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

Creative Industries Clusters Round 2 (Invite Only)

Invite-only AHRC grant programme to establish up to four new Creative Industries Clusters in 2026/2027 with significant emphasis on regional economic growth, industry co-design, co-investment, skills development, and leveraged partnerships.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Total fund: £27,000,000. Maximum award: £6,750,000 per application (AHRC share). Deadline: Jul 22, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership 2026: Up to £5,000,000 for UK Farming Innovation with Private Co-Investment

UKRI and Innovate UK are funding a UK-only call for micro, small and medium enterprises that can partner with private investors to build innovative farming solutions, with applications open and closing on 17 June 2026.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: up to £5,000,000 total competition budget (individual project award size not stated) Deadline: Jun 17, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

DEP Call 10: Accelerating Best Use of Technologies (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10)

HaDEA listing for DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10, a Digital Europe open call with two topics: health-data interoperability under EHDS and broader safer internet coverage, with a single-stage deadline on 1 October 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: €24.4 million total across topics: €14.4m for EHDS and €10m for NETWORKSICs Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Location: Europe

Deploy Ocean Energy in Mauritius Get MUR 420,000,000 (≈ $9.5M) per Demonstrator to Prove Tidal Wave or OTEC Tech

Mauritius imports almost all its power and pays dearly for it. Imagine replacing a chunk of that diesel with electricity pulled from tides, waves, or the temperature difference between surface and deep water.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: MUR ₨420,000,000 per demonstrator Deadline: Sep 1, 2025 Location: Mauritius

Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks

AFD-supported Digital Energy Challenge 2026 funds digital and AI-enabled solutions for African energy operators through a Tech Accelerator and a Nigeria-specific Partnership track with capped budgets and expert support.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator; up to €400,000 for Partnership Deadline: Jun 17, 2026 Location: Africa and Nigeria

Digital Recovery Grants Ukraine 2025: How to Compete for Your Share of $5,000,000 for Digital Health, Education, Municipal Services, and MSME Resilience

If you are a Ukrainian tech company, civic tech NGO, or public agency working on digital solutions that can actually restore services in war-affected regions, this fund is one you should read with a highlighter.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: $5,000,000 Deadline: Aug 31, 2025 Location: Europe and Ukraine