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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The Dark Side of the Earth
ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to EUR200K for feasibility studies on space-based night-time observation services.
Urban Green
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €200K, 100% covered, for satellite-based urban green-space services.
Villum International Postdoc
🇩🇰Villum Fonden · Denmark
Supports female Danish researchers with international postdoctoral grants that strengthen long-term research careers.
Villum Investigator
🇩🇰Villum Fonden · Denmark
Funds internationally experienced Danish university researchers to advance long-term strategic research projects.
Villum Young Investigator
🇩🇰Villum Fonden · Denmark
Funds early-career scientists in Denmark to build independent teams, leadership, and long-running research programmes.
Waste to Energy
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds European teams building space-data services for the waste-to-energy value chain.
Wildlife Protection
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for satellite-enabled wildlife-protection services.
XPRIZE Wildfire — Finals Phase
XPRIZE · United States
Funds teams building autonomous wildfire sensing and suppression systems for faster emergency response.
Young Innovative Companies (YIC) — Phase 1
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds high-potential young Finnish startups with promising international expansion potential and innovation readiness.
Innovate UK Smart Grants
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.
NASA TechFlights
🇺🇸NASA Flight Opportunities · United States
Funds U.S.-based industry, academia, and non-profit organizations flight-testing space technologies on commercial suborbital and orbital vehicles.
Mubadala Private Equity Platform
🇦🇪Mubadala · United Arab Emirates
Invests sovereign capital globally through co-investment and direct deals in private market opportunities.
NASA SBIR Ignite Phase II
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing commercialization-focused deep-tech through NASA SBIR Ignite Phase II awards of up to $850,000.
SpaceWERX Orbital Prime
🇺🇸SpaceWERX · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses developing on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing technologies through SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR contracts.
Tempo Funding
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Supports Finnish startups validating innovation demand and strengthening models before major business scaling.
ADIO Startup Matching Fund
🇦🇪ADIO · United Arab Emirates
Backs Abu Dhabi startups through equal co-investment beside committed lead venture capital partners.
EDBI Strategic Investments
🇸🇬EDBI · Singapore
Invests in growth-stage Singapore-anchored deep-tech and health companies through minority equity co-investments.
UAE Mubadala Investment Strategic / Energy / Tech Capital
Mubadala · United Arab Emirates
Offers United Arab Emirates investors and strategic startups with growth capital and partnership options across technology and energy.
BIG Idea Competition
🇺🇸BIG Idea SD · United States
Pays high school students in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota cash prizes and scholarships for their best business idea.
IPARJOG — IP Protection Support
🇭🇺NKFIH · Hungary
Backs intellectual property protection activities including patent filing and trademark registration across Hungary.
Y Combinator Accelerator Program
🇺🇸YC · United States
Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
🇺🇸NSF · United States
Gives U.S. small businesses non-dilutive R&D funding for high-risk, high-impact deep-tech across nearly every technical field, from a Phase I award through a larger Phase II award.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Technology Fund
🇺🇸Princeton Innovation / Schmidt DataX · United States
Funds eligible Princeton researchers inventing or applying new research technology through one- or two-year grants.
Grant for Recruiting International Visiting Researchers
🇸🇪VR · Sweden
Funds Swedish higher education institutions to host international researchers and strengthen global collaboration.