Aerospace grants
Explore grants for aerospace companies. This directory brings together funding for new aircraft, propulsion systems, avionics, uncrewed systems and advanced air mobility, from national aviation and defense agencies, research councils and industry programs, alongside grants open to companies in any sector.
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Global Quantum + AI Challenge 2026
Resonance Alliance · Canada
Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.
EIC Transition Open
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.
SBO Security and Defence
🇧🇪FWO · Belgium
Funds strategic basic research in security and defense aligned with space, maritime, aviation, and cybersecurity priorities.
Autonomous and automatic air-to-air refuelling
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to develop sensor and control technology that lets tanker and receiver aircraft refuel each other automatically.
Future multirole light aircraft
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to research a low-cost, single-engine light aircraft for close air support and counter-drone roles.
High-end endo-atmospheric interception
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one defence consortium EUR 100 million to mature interceptor technology against hypersonic and ballistic missile threats, up to Technology Readiness Level 6.
New turbofan engine
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to adapt existing civil turbofan research into a new engine for unmanned combat aircraft.
Self-protection systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 24 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation self-protection systems for combat and non-combat aircraft.
Smart technologies for next generation fighter systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 25 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation modular avionics architecture for a shared defence air cloud.
Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
🇺🇸FAA · United States
Funds the ASCENT university coalition's research into alternative jet fuel and aviation's environmental impact.
Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
A fellowship for early-career researchers building an independent STFC research niche.
FINEP Mais Inovação Brasil — Defense Industrial Base (Base Industrial de Defesa)
🇧🇷FINEP · Brazil
Funds strategic defense technology development in aerospace and advanced manufacturing.
Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds a coordination action that benchmarks quantum-sensor navigation technology and builds an investment-ready roadmap for EIB follow-on funding.
iDEX Open Challenge
🇮🇳iDEX · India
Pays Indian startups and MSMEs up to ₹1.5 crore to pitch defence and aerospace technology.
NOAA-wide BAA FY
🇺🇸NOAA · United States
Supports research, education, and outreach across NOAA domains when no other program fits.
NRL Broad Agency Announcement
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports naval research collaborations with universities, firms, and consortia for practical outcomes.
ONR Long Range BAA
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports Navy and Marine science teams through ONR Long Range access to opportunities across science and technology domains.
Innovative Manufacturing Adoption Fund Stage 1
🇦🇺NSW Government · Australia
Funds NSW manufacturers with $10,000 to $50,000 to investigate adopting advanced manufacturing technology through feasibility studies, pilot projects and technology assessments run by an external consultant.
Eureka Lightweighting Call — Walloon Partner Share
🇧🇪SPW Recherche · Belgium
Funds Walloon companies in international collaborative research developing innovative lightweighting technologies.
Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil
Greentown Labs · United States
Runs a climatetech accelerator that pairs carbon-materials startups with ExxonMobil for validation and collaboration, including a needs-based stipend to support participation.
HNTE Certification
🇨🇳MOST Torch Center · China
Offers tax preference support for qualifying high and new technology enterprises in China.
FFG COMET Projects
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian academia and firms through collaborative innovation projects that turn research outputs into commercial solutions.
TTP (TTP-T / TTP-P)
🇺🇸NSF TIP · United States
Funds NSF-funded research teams translating discoveries toward field use through industry-aligned pathways and partnerships.
Aid for Collaborating Entities (Ayudas a Entidades Colaboradoras)
🇪🇸ICEX · Spain
Offers ICEX-backed trade-promotion support through sector associations for Spanish companies presenting at international fairs.