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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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.
NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge
🇺🇸NASA Flight Opportunities · United States
Funds developers of payloads that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit with cash prizes and a hosted orbital flight test.
Navy SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Funds United States naval small-business ideas for ship, aviation, undersea, and autonomy-related feasibility studies.
Navy SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸Navy · United States
Supports United States naval innovation teams transitioning validated concepts into stronger prototypes and mission-ready solutions.
'Proof of market' to improve valorisation and commercialisation of Horizon generated R&I results
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays up to 25 small consortia EUR 200,000 each to test the commercial exploitation potential of results that already came out of earlier Horizon Europe or Horizon 2020 Cluster 4 projects.
5G/6G Services Kick-Start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays companies up to 60,000 EUR to test space-enabled 5G/6G service ideas.
6G NTN-TN Unification/Integration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on core technologies that let satellite (non-terrestrial) and terrestrial 6G networks operate as one seamless system.
AEA Ignite — Next (seed)
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Supports Australian university researchers in early commercialisation by advancing proof-of-concept work toward market application.
AEA Ignite Round 3
🇦🇺Dept of Education AU · Australia
Provides research teams and institutions for AEA Ignite in artificial intelligence, agriculture innovation, and materials science.
AFWERX SpaceWERX STRATFI Space
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Supports Space Force technology graduates with matching investment for private sector scale-up.
Ageing Population Kick-Start
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled service ideas for Europe's ageing population.
AI Earth Intelligence for Public Decisions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI tools that combine Earth observation and socioeconomic data for environmental policy, resilience and competitiveness.
Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies that use satellites to support safe, sustainable Arctic development.
Artificial Intelligence Kick-Start
🇮🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies that combine artificial intelligence with space data.
ASCA EDT P2ISR — Persistent and Pervasive Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
🇦🇺Defence AU · Australia
Funds Australian companies and universities developing sensing, edge processing, and ISR technologies for persistent Defence situational awareness.
Asia-Pacific Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies that bring space-enabled services to the Asia-Pacific region.
Automated Road Transport
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies on satellite-enabled automated and connected road vehicles.
BASS — Digitalisation of the Water Sector
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds water resilience projects using space-enabled data and digital tools.
BASS — Sustainable Wetlands
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled wetland and biodiversity projects that strengthen climate adaptation and ecosystem care.
BASS — University of Tomorrow
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports educational institutions developing space-enabled learning applications and innovation pilots.
Biodiversity Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled biodiversity products and services.
Bioengineering in the Space Environment
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 200,000 euros to study bioengineering business ideas that use microgravity.
Blockchain Kick-Start
🇩🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds Kick-start studies pairing blockchain with satellite navigation, comms or Earth data.