Aerospace grants in the United Kingdom
Explore Aerospace grants for companies in the United Kingdom. This list brings together funding for aircraft, propulsion, avionics, drones and advanced air mobility from UK innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United Kingdom, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Aerospace in the United Kingdom come first.
Showing 25-48 of 254 grants
EIC Accelerator Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.
ESA InCubed — Co-funding
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports startups commercializing Earth observation by funding service development and downstream applications.
SPIN: Rise
🇪🇺28DIGITAL · European Union
Offers early-career deep-tech researchers a free venture-creation and pre-incubation programme with training, coaching and a European bootcamp.
EIC Pathfinder Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
Advanced noise-reducing technologies for propulsion systems of next generation Ultra-efficient SMR aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
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.
AI-assisted digital aircraft design, manufacturing and MRO, towards a competitive aviation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research into AI-assisted digital twins for aircraft design, manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul.
Airborne capabilities for supporting reducing ATM environmental footprint
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on climate-optimised flight trajectories, wake-energy retrieval and geometric altimetry to cut aviation's footprint.
ATM impact on climate change
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research into how air traffic management affects noise, air quality and the climate.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)
🇮🇸European Commission · European Union
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.
Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
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.
Components Development and Experimental Testing for an Onboard Liquid Hydrogen Supply and Conditioning System in High-Power Fuel Cell Aviation Applications
🇪🇺Clean Hydrogen JU · European Union
Funds research into onboard components for a liquid hydrogen supply system for fuel cell aircraft, run in tandem with a matching Clean Aviation project.
Cryo-cooled power electronics for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds a research project that develops and demonstrates cryo-cooled motor inverter power electronics for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.
Demonstration and Validation of icing Certification Methodologies compatible with EIS2035 for the SMR and REG Aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that demonstrates icing certification methodologies for ultra-efficient regional and SMR aircraft.
Demonstration of a hydrogen distribution system for a direct hydrogen combustion propulsion aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the hydrogen distribution system for a direct hydrogen combustion aircraft.
Demonstration of advanced airframe for ultra-efficient regional aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an advanced, ultra-efficient airframe for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Demonstration of advanced FC propulsion techno-bricks for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the fuel cell engine components for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.
Demonstration of Advanced Low NOx H2C Propulsion System for a direct hydrogen combustion aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates a low-NOx direct hydrogen combustion propulsion system for aircraft.
Demonstration of an integrated hydrogen fuel system for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates the integrated hydrogen fuel system for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.
Demonstration of an Optimized System Platform for Ultra-efficient SMR Aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an optimised systems platform for an ultra-efficient short-to-medium-range aircraft.
Demonstration of an Ultra-Efficient Rear Fuselage and Empennage and Its Integrated Industrial System enabling EIS2035 for the SMR Aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds an innovation project that develops and demonstrates an ultra-efficient rear fuselage and empennage, plus its production system, for an SMR aircraft.
Demonstration of cabin acoustic optimization technology
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds one team demonstrating lightweight cabin noise-mitigation technology for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft, up to TRL 5.
Demonstration of low power Ice Protection System technology
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
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.
Digital flight rules
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research designing a new digital flight-rules concept for certified crewed and uncrewed aircraft.