# R&D funding guides

How research-intensive companies recover the cost of R&D — by country, program, and company stage.

Deep-tech companies spend years on R&D before there's a product to sell. Governments offset some of that cost through **R&D tax credits**, grants, and innovation programs — but every jurisdiction works differently, and the rules change often. These guides explain how each one works and who qualifies.

- 2026-06-21 — [R&D Tax Credits by Country: A Guide for Deep-Tech Companies](/guides/rd-tax-credits-by-country) — How R&D tax credits work in Canada, the UK, the US, France, and Australia — what counts as R&D, who can get cash back, and why the distinction between refundable and non-refundable matters most for deep-tech.
- 2026-06-21 — [Non-Dilutive Funding for Deep-Tech: Grants, R&D Credits, and Innovation Programs](/guides/non-dilutive-funding-for-deep-tech) — Deep-tech companies can fund years of R&D without selling equity — through grants, R&D tax credits, and innovation programs. A guide to the non-dilutive toolkit and when each piece fits.
- 2026-06-21 — [What Counts as R&D — and How to Prove It](/guides/what-counts-as-rd) — Across countries, qualifying R&D shares one definition — work to resolve scientific or technological uncertainty — and one requirement: contemporaneous evidence. Here's what qualifies and how to document it.
- 2026-06-21 — [How to Document R&D for a Claim: An Evidence Checklist](/guides/how-to-document-rd-for-a-claim) — A practical, country-agnostic checklist for evidencing an R&D claim — what to capture, when to capture it, and why contemporaneous records beat year-end reconstruction.