The UK Space Agency invites proposals for the Unlocking Space for
Business: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions Grant Call.
Unlocking Space for Business:
Environmental Intelligence and Emissions Grant Call
Annex A: Porposed Milestone
Table
Annex B: Project Cost
Breakdown
Annex C: National Security
Questionnaire
Details
Unlocking Space for Business
The UK Space Agency's Unlocking Space for Business (USB)
programme is seeking to accelerate the adoption of space-enabled
data and services to address environmental intelligence and
emissions challenges across the UK economy.
This challenge-led competition is designed to support projects
that demonstrate how space-enabled data, technologies and
services can help organisations improve environmental monitoring,
emissions measurement, reporting and verification, and wider
environmental decision-making. The competition aims to stimulate
greater collaboration between end users, data integrators and
space-sector suppliers, while supporting the development of
solutions with credible pathways to future operational adoption.
Who can apply
This competition is open to UK-registered end-user businesses,
including SMEs, leading a consortium with at least one UK space
supplier and any additional integrator or delivery partner
organisations required to support project delivery.
For the purposes of this competition, end-user businesses are
organisations that use space-enabled products, services or
insights to address operational challenges, improve
decision-making, manage risk or deliver commercial outcomes.
The competition is particularly aimed at end-user organisations
operating in sectors including financial services, insurance,
asset management, energy, utilities, infrastructure, agriculture,
land management and environmental services.
Applications from organisations in other sectors are also
welcome, provided they can demonstrate a clear environmental
intelligence or emissions-related use case aligned with the
competition objectives.
The UK Space Agency invites applications from end-user-led
consortia comprising:
- An An end-user organisation seeking to address one of the
competition's environmental intelligence or emissions challenge
statements
- At least one supplier of space-enabled data, products or
services; and
- Any additional delivery partners or integrators required to
support successful project delivery.
Applicant webinar
The UK Space Agency will host an applicant webinar on 3 November
202, 11:00 GMT to provide an overview of the competition, explain
the challenge statements, outline the application process and
answer participant questions. Interested organisations are
strongly encouraged to attend. Details of how to register can be
found Unlocking
Space for Business: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions
Grant Call Briefing Webinar.
Funding available
The UK Space Agency intends to award up to £2 million through
this competition.
Applicants may request up to £400,000 grant funding per project.
Total project costs may be higher where match funding is provided
by consortium partners.
In exceptional circumstances, the UK Space Agency reserves the
right to adjust the total funding available, the number of
projects funded, or the value of individual awards.
Project duration
Projects are expected to start in January 2027 and run for
approximately 9 months.
Projects must be sufficiently mature to demonstrate operational
value within the funded period and deliver measurable outcomes by
the end of the project.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted through the Flexigrant portal by
16:00 GMT on 11 December 2026.
Applicants must complete all required sections of the online
application form and upload the required supporting documentation
through the Flexigrant platform which can be accessed here:
Flexigrant . Applications
submitted by email will not be accepted.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Your application must include:
- A completed application form;
- Annex A: Proposed Milestone Table
- Annex B: Project Cost Breakdown
- Annex C: National Security Questionnaire (where required)
- Any additional supporting documentation requested within the
application process.
Applicants should read the full competition guidance before
submitting an application.
