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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Growth Projects
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Co-funds market-expansion projects for space-enabled solutions already proven in a first market.
Higgs Business Incubation Centre (Higgs BIC)
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Backs UK space, particle-physics and STFC-discipline start-ups with funding and support.
HTDC HSBIR Phase I State Match
🇺🇸HTDC · United States
Funds Hawaii small businesses that already secured federal innovation awards to strengthen commercialization pathways with matching support.
HTDC HSBIR Phase II/III State Match
🇺🇸HTDC · United States
Funds Hawaii small businesses that have federal innovation awards to add strategic co-investment for development and market-entry preparation.
IAF-ICP — Corporate Labs (Corp Labs, up to 60 months)
🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore
Supports Singapore and industrial partners co-locating long-term labs to sustain collaborative innovation.
IAF-ICP — Standard Industry Collaboration Project (up to 36 months)
🇸🇬A*STAR · Singapore
Supports Singapore public research programs with industry co-funding to advance pre-commercial technology opportunities.
Innovative Solutions Canada — Challenge Stream
🇨🇦ISED · Canada
Supports prototype development for federal problem statements in Canada through challenge-based procurement for digital trust, quantum, and logistics readiness.
Innovative Solutions for Software Challenges (Soluciones Innovadoras para Desafíos de Software)
🇦🇷Fundacion Sadosky · Argentina
Funds software firms and public researchers in applied innovation partnerships for health and energy.
International Market Access Grant for Exporters
🇺🇸Ohio Dept of Development · United States
Funds Ohio for-profit businesses carrying out eligible export promotion activities through reimbursement grants.
KC.13/21-30 — Space Science and Technology National S&T Tasks
🇻🇳MOST / MST · Vietnam
Funds national science and technology tasks for space science and technology R&D in Vietnam.
MURI (AFOSR)
🇺🇸AFOSR · United States
Supports multidisciplinary university consortia tackling mission challenges in Air Force research domains.
My Project — My Academic Year
🇪🇬ASRT · Egypt
Funds final-year Egyptian university teams pursuing priority technology projects to strengthen real-world implementation.
NASA Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program
🇺🇸NASA STMD · United States
Funds U.S. small businesses with completed NASA SBIR or STTR Phase II work through a NASA investment of $500,000 to $2,500,000 matched to an external investor commitment.
NATO DIANA Challenge Programme
NATO DIANA · Global / Multinational
Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.
Neotec Grant
🇪🇸CDTI · Spain
Funds Spanish technology ventures from concept into validated innovation through early and follow-on development.
NEP Advanced Track
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Funds early stage Japanese start ups with support for technology validation, business model testing, and customer driven commercialization planning.
NEP Exploratory Track
🇯🇵NEDO · Japan
Supports Japanese early innovators exploring deep-tech ideas before formal company formation through applied feasibility work.
NJ CSIT SBIR/STTR Direct Financial Assistance Program
🇺🇸NJ CSIT · United States
Funds New Jersey small businesses pursuing federal SBIR/STTR awards through CSIT direct grants.
One NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Incentive Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds North Carolina small businesses preparing and submitting Phase I SBIR or STTR proposals to federal agencies.
One NC SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Funds
🇺🇸NC BSTI · United States
Funds North Carolina small businesses that have received a federal SBIR or STTR Phase I award with matching grants to bridge the gap to Phase II.
PRODEX Space Instrumentation
🇨🇭SERI · Switzerland
Supports Swiss research institutes through SERI and the Swiss Space Office to build scientific instruments for space missions.
Proof-of-Concept Studies and Pilot Projects for Space-Enabled Applications
🇪🇺ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds businesses building commercial services on top of space assets.
R&D Tax Relief — Merged RDEC (Scheme)
🇬🇧HMRC · United Kingdom
Administers United Kingdom tax-research support claims through HMRC filing workflows connected to corporate innovation activity.
RedIA — AI & Deep-Tech R&D Grants
🇪🇸Red.es · Spain
Funds advanced artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IoT, and robotics development in Spain through regional research support.