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Support for student rocketry

The Aerospace Development Grants helped student teams pay for materials, propellant, electronics, and testing. The round was supported by the Musk Foundation. All funds have been awarded, and applications are closed.

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A student-built rocket engine hotfire on a desert test stand
$175KTotal distributed
50Teams awarded
16Countries
280Applicants
Where it went

50 teams in 16 countries

Funded teams include groups in Lisbon, Budapest, Bangkok, and Sydney. Explore the map to see where the grants went.

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London, UK — Project Svarog — Imperial College London; UCL RocketDaytona Beach, Florida — Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab (ERPL); Icarus Sounding Rocket ProgramAtlanta, Georgia — Propulsive Landers @ Georgia Tech; Yellow Jacket Space ProgramPrescott, Arizona — KISS — Rocket Development Lab; Rocket Development Lab / Redline Racing DivisionBerkeley, California — Space Enterprise at Berkeley; TIME II — Space Technologies at CalPune, India — STES RocketryKraków, Poland — AGH Space Systems Rocket TeamThessaloniki, Greece — Aristotle Space and Aeronautics Team (ASAT)Budapest, Hungary — BME SuborbitalsCardiff, UK — Cardiff Rocket LabsDurham, UK — Durham University Spaceflight SocietyGlasgow, UK — Glasgow University RocketryIvry-sur-Seine, France — Innovative Propulsion Laboratory (IPL)Guildford, UK — Peryton Electric PropulsionLisbon, Portugal — RED — Rocket Experiment DivisionMadrid, Spain — STAR UC3MSouthampton, UK — SUSF StarworksLimerick, Ireland — ULAS HiPRTerrassa, Spain — UPC Space ProgramStockholm, Sweden — ÆSIRSão Paulo, Brazil — Projeto JupiterManchester, New Hampshire — AIAA SNHU ChapterNew York, New York — Columbia Space Initiative — RocketsOrlando, Florida — Knights Experimental RocketryRaleigh, North Carolina — Liquid Rocketry LabMayagüez, Puerto Rico — Loxodon-1: Liquid Propulsion TeamAnn Arbor, Michigan — Michigan Aeronautical Science AssociationCambridge, Massachusetts — MIT Rocket TeamNeedham, Massachusetts — Olin B.A.D.West Lafayette, Indiana — PURPL — Purdue Undergraduate Rocket Propulsion LabTerre Haute, Indiana — Rose RocketryCollege Station, Texas — Texas A&M Rocket Engine DesignGrand Forks, North Dakota — The Advanced Rocketry ClubEdwards AFB, California — Desert JrSr High School rocketryRiverside, California — Highlander Space ProgramPomona, California — KROXPasadena, California — PARSEC — CaltechSan Diego, California — Riptide — SEDS UCSDIrvine, California — UCI Rocket Project — LiquidsSydney, Australia — UNSW independent hybrid rocket teamLos Angeles, California — USC Liquid Propulsion LabSeattle, Washington — UW SARP — Throttleable Bipropellant EngineTucson, Arizona — Wildcat Rocket Engineering ClubPenang, Malaysia — USM Rocket TeamBangkok, Thailand — Astronautics and Rocketry Club
From the teams

The teams and their work

Photos from every team’s grant update: engines on the stand, electronics on the bench, composites in the layup, and the people building it all. Tap a team to see all of its photos.

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