Defense tech funding guides and tools

Choose a route for your next milestone

Resolve a technical risk: compare research awards and write down the experiment, deliverable and cost.
Demonstrate a working capability: find a mission problem, prototype pathway and customer willing to evaluate it.
Move a prototype into use: identify the acquisition owner, transition budget and any matching-fund requirement.
Finance company growth: prepare your commercial evidence and capital plan, then research relevant investors or accelerators.

Compare funding programs → · Research private investors →

Understand public funding

Learn which path fits the research, customer and team you have.

Find and assess opportunities

Shortlist calls, research the buyer and check the requirements before committing proposal time.

Prepare a stronger application

Connect each claim to evidence and each deliverable to a funded work package.

Prepare for private fundraising

Build a milestone plan, evidence register, investor shortlist and diligence index.

Your funding shortlist checklist

For each candidate, record: the milestone it funds; eligibility evidence; the application deadline and source; cash or matching funds required; deliverables and payment schedule; customer or research partner; and who owns the next action.

Check application timing against your runway and delivery costs. A selected proposal and cash received are separate milestones.