Space grants
Explore grants for space companies. This directory brings together funding for launch and propulsion, satellites and constellations, earth observation, navigation, in-orbit services and space science, from space agencies, research councils and commercial space programs.
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Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge — 12th
🇫🇷Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Offers deep-tech startup challengers equity-free seed support, mentorship, and investor exposure across sectors and global markets.
Highly automated ATM for all airspace users
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on detect-and-avoid sensors, drone integration, space-launch coordination and robust satellite navigation for ATM.
Horizon Euratom: Nuclear Platform Coordination
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €500K project that coordinates Europe's nuclear research network, connecting reactor science with medical and space uses of the field.
Horizon Space: Digital Enablers for EO & SatCom
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €3–6M projects on the digital building blocks of satellite comms and Earth observation — payloads, ground processing, interoperable data access.
Horizon Space: EO & SatCom Demonstration Missions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €5–10M consortium projects that mature Earth observation and SatCom technology to flight readiness, ahead of real demonstration missions.
Horizon Space: EU-Based Spaceports
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €10–15M projects building launch pads and ground facilities on EU territory, so European launch providers can fly from European spaceports.
Horizon Space: High-Energy Irradiation Test Facility
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €3–4M project turning a prototype irradiation facility into a booked-beam-time service for radiation-testing Europe’s space chips.
Horizon Space: Radiation-Hard FPGA on 7nm
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one EU project, up to €13M, to build and qualify a radiation-hardened FPGA chip so Europe's space missions stop depending on non-EU suppliers.
Horizon Space: Scientific Analysis of Space Data
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €1.5–2.5M teams mining space-science mission data — astronomy, heliophysics, solar-system exploration — into publications, tools and data products.
Horizon Space: SiC Substrates for GaN MMICs (Phase A)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one €6–7M project to industrialise an EU source of semi-insulating SiC substrates — the wafer base for the GaN chips in satellite radios.
Horizon Space: Space Refuelling Interface
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds €2–3M projects developing a European refuelling interface — the docking hardware that lets satellites be topped up in orbit.
IAF-PP — Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity (MTC) Domain
🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore
Funds Singapore research pathways in manufacturing, trade, connectivity, and AI-integrated advanced industrial systems.
IARPA COSMIC
🇺🇸IARPA · United States
Funds United States investigators developing geospatial AI that blends remote sensing with public geolocation feeds.
IIA Track 37 — Horizon Europe Consortium Support
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Supports Israeli industrial companies joining Horizon Europe consortia by reimbursing proposal development and partner-search activity costs.
Improving and integrating polar observation systems in response to user requirements at local, regional, and international level
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI-driven monitoring and data tools that improve Arctic or Antarctic observation systems for climate and biodiversity tracking.
Industrial Readiness for Affordable Ka-band User Terminals (IRIS²)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to two industrial teams to advance manufacturing readiness for affordable Ka-band satellite user terminals for IRIS² and GOVSATCOM.
Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR60K, no equity taken, for space-enabled smart-factory ideas.
Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program
🇺🇸Innovate Alabama · United States
Funds Alabama small businesses with active federal SBIR or STTR awards.
Innovative Earth observation services in support of maritime litter detection and ship source pollution policies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one demonstration project up to EUR 5 million to build satellite-based tools that detect oil spills, chemical discharges and garbage at sea for EU pollution enforcement.
Innovative in-space servicing, operations, space-based robotics and technologies for resilient EU space infrastructure
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds start-ups and SMEs building in-space servicing, on-orbit operations and space robotics that strengthen the resilience of EU space infrastructure, as one of six topics under the EIC Accelerator 2025 call.
Innovative space-based applications enhancing capabilities for a resilient Europe
🇪🇺EUSPA · European Union
Funds EUR 1.5-1.8 million demonstration projects that turn Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation into commercial tools for crisis and security practitioners.
Integrated Applications for Microgrids in Developing Economies
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Fully funds feasibility studies on satellite-based microgrid management for developing economies.
Integrated Digital Solutions for the Energy Sector
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Zero-equity co-funding for space-enabled digital tools that strengthen energy-grid resilience.
Integration of Galileo PRS receivers on weapon systems and NAVWAR operational centres in military C2
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a contractor to build Galileo PRS receivers and navigation-warfare software for military platforms and command centres.