Space grants in the United States
Explore Space grants for companies in the United States. This list brings together funding for launch, satellites, earth observation, in-orbit services and space science from US innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in the United States, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Space in the United States come first.
Showing 1-24 of 308 grants
ROSES25: B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds heliophysics research, though this round now accepts only teams already invited past a closed first-stage proposal.
R&D Tax Credit — Income Tax Credit (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports established United States companies with income tax credits tied to qualified innovation spending.
R&D Tax Credit — QSB Payroll Offset (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports United States small businesses through payroll tax offsets when they fund qualifying innovation activity.
ROSES25: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigation
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds early science work preparing for NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, gated by a mandatory notice of intent.
Schmidt Science Polymaths
🇺🇸Schmidt Sciences · United States
Supports recently tenured faculty with fellowships that enable bold cross-domain research pivots and sustained interdisciplinary leadership.
ROSES25: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds the shared facilities and instruments planetary-science research depends on, reopened this year after a year off.
ROSES 2025: C.2 Solar System Science
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds research on planets, moons and other solar-system bodies, accepted on a rolling basis with periodic cut-offs for review.
MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs (MPS Astro)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds astronomy research, instrumentation and new approaches through one door — a $100 million pool.
Plasma Physics
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds the physics of plasma — magnetised, high energy density, low temperature, dusty and ultra-cold — with 25 awards expected.
Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds research on the upper atmosphere — from the middle atmosphere through the thermosphere and ionosphere into the exosphere.
DARPA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States small businesses validating high-risk defense science concepts for practical technical development.
DARPA SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Supports United States defense innovators building on validated concepts into advanced prototypes and field testing.
DIU Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Funds commercial companies prototyping advanced technology for US defense through fast Other Transaction agreements.
AFWERX Open Topic SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Offers AFWERX open topic support for United States small businesses with dual use ideas through an always open route.
AFWERX SpaceWERX STRATFI Space
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Supports Space Force technology graduates with matching investment for private sector scale-up.
DIU CSO — Prototype Contract
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Provides research teams and institutions for DIU CSO Prototype Contract in artificial intelligence, defense innovation, and cybersecurity.
DoD SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports small business and non-traditional teams across defense components in a shared topic flow.
FL High Tech Corridor MGRP
🇺🇸FL High Tech Corridor · United States
Supports Florida universities and companies in joint innovation projects with industry.
Florida Spaceport Improvement Program — Projects
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Funds Florida spaceport development projects through Space Florida infrastructure support for mission facilities.
Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds foundational research across the whole of the geosciences — atmosphere, near-Earth space, solid Earth and ocean — with no deadline.
Geospace Cluster
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Funds research on the Sun–Earth system — the upper atmosphere, magnetosphere, radiation belts, solar wind and space weather.
KSEF SBIR/STTR microAwards
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky small companies preparing SBIR/STTR proposals through microAwards.
Montana STEP Export Grant
🇺🇸MT Commerce · United States
Funds Montana small businesses exporting deep-tech products internationally through reimbursement of trade shows, compliance testing, IP filings, e-commerce, and market research costs.
NASA Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Offers United States space research collaborators access to NASA facilities, expertise, and hardware through partnership agreements.