Guidance

Enabling Technologies Programme

Find out about the Enabling Technologies Programme (ETP) and its funding opportunities from the UK Space Agency.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Published: 26 September 2022
• Last updated: 23 May 2024 — See all updates

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Details about the Enabling Technologies Programme

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Indicative timeline for ETP funding calls

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Enabling Technology Programme Funded Projects (2023 – ongoing)

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Details

The Enabling Technologies Programme is a national funding programme providing opportunities to the UK space industry for emerging and innovative space technology research and development across the UK.

Funding opportunities

Proposals are sought for projects in areas including innovation; innovative technology proof of concept that could result in a significant technological step-change; new technology developments; establishing new academic/industrial research collaborations and feasibility studies targeting emerging disruptive technologies.

Enabling Technologies Programme - Call One

This call has now closed.

Enabling Technologies Programme - Call Two

This call has now closed.

Enabling Technologies Programme - Call Three

This call has now closed.

Enabling Technologies Programme - Call Four

This call has now closed.

Enabling Technologies Programme calls five and six have been rolled into the National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) Kickstarter.

Published 26 September 2022
Last updated 23 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 May 2024

   Added information on ETP Call 4 projects.

2. 22 January 2024

   Enabling Technology Programme Funded Projects (2023 – ongoing) added to show previous projects funded by the programme.

3. 11 October 2023

   ETP Call four closed today, 10 October, so the body text field has been updated to remove the CTA to apply from the call four section, replaced with 'This call is now closed'. Also, a line has been added saying the ETP has been rolled into NSIP kickstarter with a link.

4. 29 August 2023

   ETP Call 4 opened.

5. 28 June 2023

   Updated ETP Call 4.

6. 13 June 2023

   Closed Call 3.

7. 27 April 2023

   Added Call Three information.

8. 18 April 2023

   Updated indicative timetable.

9. 11 April 2023

   Indicative timeline for ETP funding calls dates updated.

10. 23 February 2023

    Call 2 has now closed.

11. 23 February 2023

    Updated timelines for ETP 3.

12. 21 November 2022

    Information added that ETP call one has now closed.

13. 4 November 2022

    Added link to ETP Call Two.

14. 10 October 2022

    Added information about ETP Call 02.

15. 6 October 2022

    Added indicative timeline for ETP funding calls.

16. 26 September 2022

    First published.