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.
Showing 193-216 of 1,016 grants
VVP Pre-Seed Fund
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Invests in Virginia pre-seed startups through equity co-investment partnerships and founder-ready growth support.
VVP Seed Fund
🇺🇸VIPC · United States
Invests in Virginia seed-stage startups through equity co-investment partnerships and growth readiness planning.
xTech|Adaptive Strike
🇺🇸Army · United States
Supports drone and counter-drone innovation through prizes and demonstration pathways.
Business Oregon Export Promotion Grant (OTPP)
🇺🇸Business Oregon · United States
Funds Oregon small businesses with reimbursement grants of up to $7,500 for export-related activities including international trade shows and trade missions.
STFC PATT Travel Claim
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom astronomers at eligible institutions by reimbursing travel and subsistence costs for approved telescope access.
JATF Autonomous Warfare Proving Ground
🇺🇸SOFWERX · United States
Supports autonomous system development at military test facilities with multidomain range and laboratory enhancements.
Defence Innovation Secure Hubs
🇨🇦DND Canada · Canada
Funds Canadian consortia establishing secure quantum and uncrewed-systems defence innovation hubs.
NASA NIAC Phase II
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds researchers and companies advancing early-stage space technology concepts through NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase II program.
NASA SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses conducting early-stage R&D to establish the feasibility of innovations aligned with NASA mission priorities.
NASA STTR Phase I
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses and their research institution partners conducting early-stage space technology R&D through NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer program.
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.
Aircraft propulsion and energy management systems
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds development of modular propulsion, power and thermal-management technology for next-generation fighter aircraft.
ATI Strategic Programme — Strategic Batch EoI
🇬🇧ATI · United Kingdom
Funds large civil aerospace industrial research in the United Kingdom through high-value technology collaboration pathways.
ATM impact on climate change
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research into how air traffic management affects noise, air quality and the climate.
Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2026
🇬🇧NERC · United Kingdom
Collaborative research on aviation’s non-CO2 climate impacts.
BlindFlight Resilience Challenge
EDGE · United Arab Emirates
Awards $25,000 for a UAV navigation system that survives GNSS jamming and spoofing.
BraveTech EU
🇪🇺AID · France
Supports defense technology initiatives that translate operational experience into practical European innovation projects.
BUILD (Boeing's University Innovation Leadership Development Program)
🇮🇳Boeing · India
Offers Indian students and entrepreneurs mentoring and a shot at a ₹10 lakh grant.
Call for R&DI Funding Proposals
🇮🇳TIHAN · India
Funds researchers and institutions up to ₹25 lakhs for autonomous-navigation R&D projects.
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.
Collaborative air combat
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds design and prototyping work on shared EU standards that let manned and unmanned combat aircraft operate together.