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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Montana STEP Export Grant
🇺🇸MT Commerce · United States
Funds Montana small businesses exporting deep-tech products internationally through reimbursement of trade shows, compliance testing, IP filings, e-commerce, and market research costs.
Moonshot R&D Program — Open PM and Project-Team
🇯🇵CSTI Japan · Japan
Funds disruptive Japan-wide missions in science, society, and advanced technology.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships — ISERD)
🇪🇺ISERD · Israel
Supports internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers placed in Israeli institutions to build independent research careers through EU mobility fellowships.
NARV National Space Research
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Funds national space research activities through SERI's NARV programme linking Swiss universities and industry.
NASA Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Offers United States space research collaborators access to NASA facilities, expertise, and hardware through partnership agreements.
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds up to two years developing the most promising early-stage space-mission concepts that already cleared NASA's Phase I study.
NASA ROSES — Science Mission Directorate Omnibus
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds a broad United States NASA Science Mission Directorate package across multiple science and mission areas.
NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III — Sole-Source
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Offers direct follow-on commercialization agreements for United States space firms after successful early-space awards.
NRC IRAP Accelerated Review Program
🇨🇦NRC · Canada
Supports Canadian applied-innovation teams with faster review and rapid decisions for focused milestones.
NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract
🇺🇸DIU · United States
Backs startup and industry teams with commercialization support for NSIC Hardware Startup Prototype Contract in aerospace, defense innovation, and hardware.
NSTDA-NRCT High-Potential Research Team Grants
🇹🇭NSTDA · Thailand
Supports interdisciplinary Thai teams through high-potential research grants and infrastructure access.
PFR Deep Tech
🇵🇱PFR Ventures · Poland
Funds PFR Deep Tech in Poland, supporting managers building funds in AI, quantum, defense, robotics, space and cybersecurity.
PIFI (President's International Fellowship Initiative)
🇨🇳CAS · China
Funds international researcher fellowships across career stages and global placements.
Proposal Planning Grants
🇺🇸Texas A&M Innovation · United States
Supports Texas A&M interdisciplinary teams developing large-scale proposals for external sponsors.
R&D Career Grant
🇳🇿Callaghan Innovation · New Zealand
Funds New Zealand for-profit companies hiring recent Masters or PhD graduates into 6-month R&D roles.
R&D Experience Grant
🇳🇿Callaghan Innovation · New Zealand
Funds New Zealand for-profit companies hiring tertiary students into short-term R&D internship roles.
Research to Business Grant
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Supports Finnish public research organizations converting laboratory outcomes into commercial products and services.
Scottish Enterprise R&D Grant
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish firms through Scottish Enterprise grants to develop new products, processes, and services.
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) — Company Certification
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Offers United Kingdom start-up founders investment support through certified tax relief for early innovation and development.
SMART: SCOTLAND
🇬🇧Scottish Enterprise · United Kingdom
Funds Scottish SMEs conducting high-risk feasibility studies to prove out novel technologies through Scottish Enterprise R&D grants.
Space Florida — Israel Innovation Authority Partnership
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Supports Florida and Israeli aerospace teams through a bilateral collaboration between Space Florida and Israeli counterparts.
Space Florida Capital Accelerator — Pitch
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Offers Florida aerospace and deep-tech startups mentoring and pitching opportunities through the Space Florida Capital Accelerator.
Space Florida Financial Toolkit — Financing
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Offers Florida aerospace firms financial structuring support through state-backed financing tools and public spaces.
Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion (SpaceTech REDDI-2026)
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Funds space-technology research through topic-specific appendices issued under one umbrella notice, and requires a cost share to apply.