Aerospace grants in the United Kingdom

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Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled applications in agriculture, climate monitoring, and transport innovation.

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Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.

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Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

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Supports startups commercializing Earth observation by funding service development and downstream applications.

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Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

Funds one team developing lightweight, noise-reducing fan and intake technology for a next-generation single-aisle aircraft's ultra-high-bypass-ratio engines, up to TRL 5.

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Funds research into AI-assisted digital twins for aircraft design, manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul.

Funds research on climate-optimised flight trajectories, wake-energy retrieval and geometric altimetry to cut aviation's footprint.

Funds research into how air traffic management affects noise, air quality and the climate.

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Funds three lead projects, worth up to EUR 15 million each, that each run a multi-stage generative-AI competition in aerospace, pharma or telecom — with EUR 250,000 grants to the top 20 entrants and EUR 2 million grants to the final four.

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Pays three European consortia EUR 15 million each to run generative-AI competitions in aerospace, pharma or telecoms, re-granting up to EUR 2 million per finalist SME team that competes.

Funds research into onboard components for a liquid hydrogen supply system for fuel cell aircraft, run in tandem with a matching Clean Aviation project.

Funds a research project that develops and demonstrates cryo-cooled motor inverter power electronics for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that demonstrates icing certification methodologies for ultra-efficient regional and SMR aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the hydrogen distribution system for a direct hydrogen combustion aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an advanced, ultra-efficient airframe for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the fuel cell engine components for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates a low-NOx direct hydrogen combustion propulsion system for aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the integrated hydrogen fuel system for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an optimised systems platform for an ultra-efficient short-to-medium-range aircraft.

Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an ultra-efficient rear fuselage and empennage, plus its production system, for an SMR aircraft.

Funds one team demonstrating lightweight cabin noise-mitigation technology for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft, up to TRL 5.

Funds one team demonstrating a lightweight, low-power ice protection system for the wing and tail of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft, up to TRL 5.

Funds research designing a new digital flight-rules concept for certified crewed and uncrewed aircraft.