UK Space Agency is offering up to £500,000 in total through Commercial Climate Services Call 4, with grants of up to £85,000 for UK-led services using satellite Earth observation data in markets including agriculture, health, water, urban heat and wildfire.
The call was published on 25 June 2026 and updated on 8 July 2026. Notification to apply is due on 31 July 2026 and full applications close on 7 August 2026, making this one of the most immediate downstream funding opportunities currently open to UK EO companies.
For BARSC readers, the real story is that public funding is being tied to near-term commercial climate applications rather than abstract capability-building. The strongest opportunities are likely to be services that can show a credible route to customers quickly, particularly where satellite data can support operational decisions on heat risk, water stress, wildfire resilience or land use.
There is also a wider market lesson here. The immediate public opportunity is in practical climate-risk products and repeatable service delivery, not simply in building new technology without a clear buyer.
Key dates
- Call published: 25 June 2026
- Call updated: 8 July 2026
- Notification deadline: 31 July 2026
- Application deadline: 7 August 2026
Primary source: Commercial Climate Services Call 4