Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions

Funding

Up to £400,000

Deadline

11 December 2026

Location

England

Applications

Deadline: 11 December 2026

Overview

The UK Space Agency's Unlocking Space for Business programme is funding projects that use satellite data and space technology to tackle environmental and emissions challenges. Businesses are placed at the centre of each project. Grants of up to £400,000 are available. The deadline to apply is 11 December 2026.

Requirements to check

Key requirements:

  • Projects must address environmental intelligence and emissions challenges
  • Solutions must be near market
  • End-user businesses must be central to project design and delivery

This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.

Who is this for?

This grant is for organisations that want to use satellite data, services, or technology to solve environmental intelligence and emissions challenges. End-user businesses are central to how projects are designed and delivered. It focuses on solutions that are close to market and can deliver real commercial and environmental benefits.

Regions

Full details from Department for Science Innovation and Technology

The UK Space Agency's Unlocking Space for Business (USB) programme supports organisations to adopt satellite data, services and technologies to solve real-world business challenges. The USB programme is continuing to support the commercialisation and adoption of space solutions through the USB Environmental Intelligence and Emissions Grant Call. This competition adopts a challenge-led approach, placing end-user businesses at the centre of project design and delivery. By supporting near market solutions to defined environmental intelligence and emissions challenges, it aims to accelerate adoption of space-enabled technologies and deliver measurable operational, commercial and environmental benefits.

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Last updated: 20 October 2026