The UK Space Agency has awarded £3.5 million across 23 projects in the second round of its International Bilateral Fund, backing UK companies and universities to collaborate with partners in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania and the USA to advance space innovation and national capabilities.
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The £3.5m awards across 23 projects directly fund UK companies and universities to build international R&D links and develop national space capabilities with eight partner countries.
The IBF round complements the government’s larger industrial and defence commitments, including a £250m, five‑year defence fund to grow the nation’s space sector (details).
It follows other targeted UK Space Agency R&D grants—such as recent funding for satellite 5G/6G projects—highlighting continued policy emphasis on commercialisation and telecom-enabled satellite technologies (details).
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