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National Space Innovation Programme - Call 3
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Money per project£150,000 – £2,000,000
Deadline12 Nov 202613 days left
How they chooseCompetition
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1Does it fit you
5 conditions
Countries that may apply: United Kingdom
Consortium: you may apply alone
Who may apply: a commercial company may apply
Company size stated by the funder: SME
Field of work, in the funder’s own words: satellite communications technology
The call documents do not state what kind of work this call funds.
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2Money and deadline
£150,000 – £2,000,000
Deadline 12 Nov 2026 · 13 days left. One deadline for everyone — all applications are compared with each other.
Amount one applicant receives: £150,000 – £2,000,000 · ≈ €175,166 – €2,335,548 (our conversion · ECB daily reference rates, 2026-08-03)
How applications are chosen: competitive
3What you will need to give
8 short checks · about 4 minutes
8 short checks · about 4 minutes
· Do you have a patent, a patent application or your own technology?
· Do you already have paying customers?
· Is your business registered in the UK?
· Will a partner or subcontractor help deliver this project?
· Is your innovation based on cutting-edge science or technology?
· How many people work with you on this project?
4The application
4 questions
«Respondents must also provide a 1-page diagram summarising how this proposal sits within the route to commercialisation/exploitation.»
Limit taken from 3.1_NSIP_Call_3_Assessment_Criteria_Outline_Proposal.xlsx
5After you get the money
1 condition
«"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."»