News

We aim to update our news with funding opportunities, SPAN activities and those of our members.

08 December 2020

Major funding successes for innovative UK Space Scientists

21 UK organisations have been awarded a share of over £7 million funding from the UK Space Agency to put UK at the forefront of advances in space innovation. 13 of these are either led or supported by UK space scientists. The cash injection is going to high-risk, high-reward projects proposed by universities, research organisations […]

24 September 2020

National Space Innovation Programme – International

A webinar is being organised on Tuesday the 29th of September to engage with the scientific community. To register please follow the link.

22 July 2020

National Space Innovation Programme

The call for proposals is open and accessible on the gov.uk website. Expressions of interest must be made by the 17th of August and the deadline for proposals is the 2nd of September. Link

29 June 2020

UKSA / SPAN Seminar – National Space Innovation Programme and the International Space Programme

UKSA / SPAN online meeting is planned for the 1st of July from 3pm to 4pm. To participate, contact info@span.ac.uk

05 June 2020

UK SPACE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS COVID-19 SURVEY – Round 3

Academic institutions and research labs in the UK are invited to complete the survey which will be repeated on a two week cycle. The current survey runs until 11:30 pm on the 14th of June.

04 June 2020

SPAN-UKSA Academic COVID-19 Webinar

More than 70 attendees joined the webinar on the 2nd of June to hear from UKSA and SPAN what impacts the UK’s space research organisations have been reporting in COVID-19 surveys. A recording of the webinar is available here and the questions and answers covered by the panellists are available here.