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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Platforms and end-products
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays European defence-industry consortiums to expand EU production capacity for platforms and end-products such as armoured vehicles, aircraft, radars, naval systems and satellite payloads.
Air Delivered Effects BAA
🇺🇸AFRL/RW · United States
Supports United States. air-delivered munitions research through DoD broad announcements and cooperative agreements.
Flexible Skills Programme — FY2026/27
🇬🇧Welsh Gov · United Kingdom
Funds Welsh employers to build workforce capability, including specialist training in artificial intelligence tools.
FAA Aviation Research Grants Program
🇺🇸FAA · United States
Funds aviation research grants and cooperative agreements across seven named technical areas, for colleges, universities and nonprofit research institutions.
CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds white papers under a standard Broad Agency Announcement inside the Air Force's CHEERS human-performance research strategy.
DHS S&T LRBAA 24-01
🇺🇸DHS · United States
Runs research teams and institutions for DHS S&T LRBAA Submissions in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.
Air Dominance BAA
🇺🇸AFRL/RW · United States
Funds air dominance innovation in sensing, autonomy, and engagement systems for national security priorities.
Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds aerospace capabilities, engineering and research through a Broad-Agency-style vehicle the Air Force keeps open for two decades at a time.
Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds Air Force human-performance research, but only through the two grant-eligible solicitations sitting beneath this umbrella notice.
ENEA Proof of Concept Program
ENEA · Italy
Funds companies moving ENEA laboratory technologies toward industrial use through co-funded proof-of-concept projects.
A+ Enterprise Innovation R&D Refinement Program
🇹🇼MOEA · Taiwan
Supports Taiwan enterprises through the A Plus Refinement Program with technical guidance for high-potential industrial innovation.
Advantage Maryland (MEDAAF)
🇺🇸MD Commerce · United States
Invests Maryland firms in targeted economic development finance in Maryland through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
AFOSR BAA — Basic Research
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds basic research at United States universities across defense science, materials, aerospace, and quantum topics.
AFOSR HBCU/MI Research Program
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Supports minority-serving universities with dedicated research funding and inclusion-focused defense partnerships.
AFOSR STTR
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds collaborative basic research pathways for technology transfer from concept through scalable prototypes.
AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds early-career investigators in United States defense research through multi-year applied projects.
AFRL/AFOSR Center of Excellence — FOAs
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds sustained university center partnerships with the United States defense research community.
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.
ASCA Missions — Active Call-Outs
🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia
Helps research teams and institutions for ASCA Missions Active Outs in aerospace, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
BIS
🇿🇦the dtic · South Africa
Supports research teams and institutions for BIS in manufacturing, energy systems, and aerospace.
BOI Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Promotion
🇹🇭BOI Thailand · Thailand
Offers tax incentive extensions in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor for qualifying investors expanding activity there.
Business Growth Fund (BGF)
🇲🇾MTDC · Malaysia
Invests in growth-stage Malaysian technology companies through convertible preference equity to support expansion capital needs.
Capacity Development Support Program
🇹🇷KOSGEB · Türkiye
Supports fast-growing Turkish manufacturing, IT, and development firms with subsidized credit for capacity expansion.