Grant Awards

SEARF Grant Awards

To date, the Texas Space Commission has awarded $135.3 million for 23 projects. A $14.7 million balance remains available in the Space Exploration & Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) for future awards.

Listing of Grant Recipients
Award Date	Eligible Entity	Amount (UP TO)	Location
1/24/2025	Concho Valley Council of Governments	$500,000 View LBB letter Press Release	San Angelo, TX
1/24/2025	El Paso County	$800,000 View LBB letter Press Release	El Paso, TX
1/24/2025	South Plains Assoc. of Governments	$500,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Lubbock, TX
2/10/2025	Blue Origin	$7,000,000	Van Horn, TX
2/10/2025	Firefly Aerospace	$8,200,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Cedar Park, TX
2/10/2025	Intuitive Machines	$10,000,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
2/10/2025	Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	$7,500,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Brownsville, TX
2/10/2025	Starlab Space	$15,000,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
4/16/2025	Aegis Aerospace, Inc.	$10,000,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
4/16/2025	ICON Technology, Inc.	$694,350 View LBB letter Press Release	Austin, TX
4/16/2025	Interlune Corporation	$4,840,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
4/16/2025	KULR Technology Group, Inc.	$6,703,500 View LBB letter Press Release	Webster, TX
4/16/2025	Venus Aerospace Corporation	$3,900,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
5/22/2025	Aldrin Family Foundation of Texas	$4,707,457 View LBB letter Press Release	Southlake, TX
5/22/2025	Axiom Space, Inc.	$5,500,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
5/22/2025	CesiumAstro Inc.	$10,000,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Austin, TX
5/22/2025	FluxWorks, Inc.	$347,196 View LBB letter Press Release	Conroe, TX
5/22/2025	West Central Texas Council of Governments	$175,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Abilene, TX
7/25/2025	City of Midland	$5,000,000	Midland, TX
7/25/2025	ILC Aerospace	$4,494,354	Houston, TX
7/25/2025	SylLab Systems, Inc.	$250,000	Plano, TX
12/19/2025	The Borderplex Alliance	$19,758,376 View LBB letter	El Paso, TX
12/19/2025	The University of Texas at Austin	$9,270,000	Austin, TX

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