SKADS is funded jointly by the partner institutes, with the largest single contribution coming from the European Commission Sixth Framework Programme.

The total budget for SKADS is 38M€, of which 10.44M€ is provided by FP6.

SKADS participants are also active in the following FP6 projects:

• Marie Curie Conferences and Training for SKADS
• RadioNet: Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe
• EXPReS: A Production Astronomy e-VLBI Infrastructure
• AstroNet: Towards a Strategic Plan for European Astronomy
• EuroPlanet: European Planetology Network