International Bilateral Fund - Call 3
Funding for UK-led space projects with international partners.
The International Bilateral Fund supports projects that strengthen the UK space sector’s international partnerships. Projects must demonstrate how the partnership supports both UK and partner country space priorities.
The project must be led by a UK organisation receiving a grant from the UK Space Agency. This can be any type of UK organisation, including university-led academic research proposal…
Proposals are welcome on any area of the UK space economy. Priority subsectors are Satellite Communications, Assured Access to Space, In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), and Space Domain Awareness (SDA). Projects cannot work in areas that are in active conflict.
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