Projects in receipt of funding (2023 to 2024)
Updated 22 November 2023
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European Space Agency (ESA) via UKSA - £41.71 million
FutureEO - ESA’s Earth Observation research and development programme and lays the foundation for new technologies and mission ideas in Earth Observation (EO). By investing in this programme, the UK EO sector will have influence and access to opportunities across the entire EO value chain, including the building and testing of new satellites. This can also help secure UK leadership roles in future EO missions.
TRUTHS - provides climate data that is 10 times more accurate than is currently possible and will be a ‘standards laboratory in space’, setting the ‘gold standard’ reference for climate measurements. Our investment in TRUTHS will enable UK industry to deliver key components of the programme.
InCubed-2 – this programme funds the development of innovative commercial products and services that generate and exploit the value of Earth Observation imagery and datasets. By investing, UK academia and industry can apply for funding to develop exciting projects from building satellites to ground applications or to develop new EO business models.
Global Development Assistance (GDA) - GDA is part of ESA’s Earth Watch and implements new EO products and services that are required to meet geo-information needs of International Financing Institutions (IFIs) development assistance/aid projects.
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - £0.09 million
SENSE Centre for Doctoral Training Programme for EO - The Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE) Centre will train the next generation of earth observation leaders, with the expertise and knowledge to address earth system challenges. This funding will increase the level of EO enrichment activities undertaken this year.
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - £1 million
UK/Australia EO AgroClimate Programme - will fund projects that use EO data and technology to address the national and global challenge of optimising agricultural productivity in a changing climate. The projects will bring together the best researchers from the UK and Australia to develop EO solutions optimising and monitoring agriculture productivity and climate change.