Grant Awards

SEARF Grant Awards

To date, the Texas Space Commission has awarded $150 million for 24 projects. The initial state appropriation from the Texas Legislature in 2023 is now fully committed.

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 View LBB letter Press Release	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 Astrospace	$4,494,354 View LBB letter Press Release	Houston, TX
7/25/2025	SylLab Systems, Inc.	$250,000 View LBB letter Press Release	Plano, TX
12/19/2025	The Borderplex Alliance	$19,758,376 View LBB letter Press Release	El Paso, TX
12/19/2025	The University of Texas at Austin	$9,270,000	Austin, TX
2/17/2026	Rice University	$14,154,767	Houston, TX

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