DevelopSpace Grant Program 2025 (up to $2,500) – YOA

Deadline: September 20, 2025

Applications are open for the DevelopSpace Grant Program 2025. DevelopSpace is initiating a grants program to assist initiatives working in related science and engineering areas that share their outcomes and strategies in an open method.

The first spherical of grants is concentrated on work that contributes to the human exploration and growth of Mars, together with science and engineering work related to Mars floor assets and operations. Work that’s related to each Mars and the Moon, and probably a broader set of locations, can be supported.

In common, they’re focused on supporting work that can have ongoing worth and that may be constructed upon additional after the grant effort. Work might be novel analysis or take the type of reviewing and summarizing prior work and offering info in a kind that may be leveraged by different efforts shifting ahead. Developing and publishing related instruments and databases can be supported. Education-focused actions ought to have ongoing worth past the grant interval, together with for individuals who weren’t straight engaged within the supported effort.

Grant

• DevelopSpace anticipates preliminary funding shall be between $500 and $2,500 per grant, with the award quantity depending on the dimensions of the exercise and ongoing worth of the fabric developed by means of the course of the trouble. 
• In addition to financial assist, quite a lot of in-sort contributions can probably be offered by DevelopSpace in collaboration with the venture. Examples might embrace knowledge storage and computing assets, technical and scientific evaluate and recommendation, and help with broader fundraising and venture administration actions. Non-monetary assist might be made obtainable to initiatives not chosen for funding, which might assist put together a venture for subsequent funding rounds. You can also contact them for details about potential advisory assist throughout idea formulation and proposal preparation.

Eligibility

• Proposals are inspired globally, though US Government rules could restrict what entities might be supported. Support for non-US entities could require extra time to coordinate switch of funds if chosen.
• They encourage purposes from areas exterior of conventional aerospace and planetary science fields, together with these wanting to apply terrestrial applied sciences in direction of Mars floor growth. DevelopSpace can present advisory assist on applicability of specific approaches in direction of Mars exploration and growth, and key questions to handle.
• Student- and volunteer-led efforts are welcome and inspired.

Application

Applications are due by September 20, 2025 at 8pm US CDT (GMT-05) so as to be thought of for the present spherical. Earlier purposes are inspired.

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For extra info, go to DevelopSpace Grant Program.