Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and Emissions

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. Total funding: £2 million Maximum award: £400,000 Location: National Who can apply: Non-profit, Private Sector Closing date: 2026-12-11 16:00 (UK time) Eligibility All successful UK Space Agency grant proposals must follow certain mandatory requirements:The project must be led by a UK organisation who will receive a grant from the UK Space Agency. This can be any type of UK organisation including University-led academic research proposals and Industry-led commercial research proposalsGrant recipients must demonstrate the ability to effectively manage a project. Grant recipients must have a UK bank account and all grant payments will be made in UK sterling (as per grant funding agreement).As per the terms of the Grant Funding Agreement, the lead organisation will be required to put in place a Collaboration or Flow Down Agreement that ensures all terms and conditions within the Grant Funding Agreement are passed onto project partners. This should be in place with 30 days of signature. This should include provisions regarding how the results of the work, including any IPR and spinouts, will be exploited by project partners.All project members must have in place and provide evidence when requested of appropriate anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies.All project members must be able to provide evidence that they are GDPR compliant. All project members must provide evidence of a process for declaring and managing conflicts of interest.Projects cannot work in areas that are in active conflict and any travel to overseas areas must comply with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice. Projects must pass due diligence checks on company viability and national security (including financial standing assessment, governa Summary - Grant Call Title: Unlocking Space for Business Environmental Intelligence and Emissions Grant Call - Who can apply: UK registered end-user businesses including SMEs, leading a consortium with a UK space supplier and any integrator organisations. 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. - Target sectors: aimed at end-user organisations operating in sectors including financial services, insurance, asset management, energy, utilities, infrastructure, agriculture, land management and environmental services. - Total Funding Envelope: £2,000,000 grant funding available - Delivery: Projects to start January 2027 for a maximum of 9 months with first milestone delivered by 31 March 2027 - Deadline: Friday 11 December 2026, 16:00 GMT - Webinar: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 11:00 GMT, Register here https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cb4c8cd3-c348-4802-9050-23b44e3b184f@cbac7005-02c1-43eb-b497-e6492d1b2dd8?source=copyLinkLegacyShareLinkDialog The UK Space Agency's Unlocking Space for Business (USB) programme supports organisations to ado Objectives The Unlocking Space for Business programme aims to: - Stimulate Demand for UK Space Applications: identify high-value use cases across sectors and support end-user organisations to adopt space-enabled solutions; - Deliver Tangible Benefits : Deliver real-world projects that show how space data and ser