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 49-72 of 305 grants
Build Our Future Grant
🇺🇸MD Commerce · United States
Funds Maryland innovation infrastructure across aerospace, cybersecurity, quantum, and robotics programs.
Cube Quest Challenge
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Pays up to $5 million to teams that build and fly small CubeSats around the Moon and beyond.
DoW SBIR — Open Topics
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports United States defense innovators in AI, aerospace, and advanced systems development.
DoW STTR — Open Topics
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports United States innovation teams in strategic technology areas across security and digital fields.
Florida Space Research Program
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Supports Florida faculty-led space research aligned with NASA mission directorates through matching grants.
Frontiers in Research Summits
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Funds Texas A&M faculty summits that connect researchers and trigger new collaborative science initiatives.
Georgia FAST Grant
🇺🇸UGA Innovation Gateway · United States
Funds Georgia small businesses with advisory support to strengthen early-stage innovation program bids.
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.
HTDC HSBIR Phase I State Match
🇺🇸HTDC · United States
Funds Hawaii small businesses that already secured federal innovation awards to strengthen commercialization pathways with matching support.
HTDC HSBIR Phase II/III State Match
🇺🇸HTDC · United States
Funds Hawaii small businesses that have federal innovation awards to add strategic co-investment for development and market-entry preparation.
International Market Access Grant for Exporters
🇺🇸Ohio Dept of Development · United States
Funds Ohio for-profit businesses carrying out eligible export promotion activities through reimbursement grants.
NASA Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses with completed NASA SBIR or STTR Phase II work through a NASA investment of $500,000 to $2,500,000 matched to an external investor commitment.
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds up to two years developing the most promising early-stage space-mission concepts that already cleared NASA's Phase I study.
NJ CSIT SBIR/STTR Direct Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses pursuing federal SBIR/STTR awards through CSIT direct grants.
One NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Incentive Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds North Carolina small businesses preparing and submitting Phase I SBIR or STTR proposals to federal agencies.
One NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds North Carolina small businesses that have received a federal SBIR or STTR Phase I award with matching grants to bridge the gap to Phase II.
Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion (SpaceTech REDDI-2026)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds space-technology research through topic-specific appendices issued under one umbrella notice, and requires a cost share to apply.
SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR Phase I
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds early-stage United States space small businesses with feasibility contracts for new space technologies.
SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR Phase II
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Supports United States space firms advancing proven prototypes into stronger development and demonstration milestones.
SpaceWERX STRATFI
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds strategic growth support for United States space firms ready for major technical scale and deployment.
SpaceWERX TACFI
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds tactical development support for United States space firms advancing commercialization after early proof.
Technology in Space Prize
🇺🇸CASIS · United States
Awards MassChallenge startups up to $500,000 a year in nondilutive funding for ISS-based R&D.
Georgia FAST Grant Phase 0
🇺🇸UGA Innovation Gateway · United States
Funds Georgia-based small businesses hiring a grant writing consultant to prepare a competitive SBIR or STTR application.