Call for proposals 2025 – Services & Data coming from satellites (HORIZON-EUSPA-2026-SPACE) 

Objectives

The call Services & Data coming from satellites aims to make the best use of EGNSS and Copernicus capacities for EU citizens, companies and society. Research and innovation will foster the development of EGNSS and Copernicus downstream applications and promote their adoption in the EU and worldwide.

The Space Data Economy topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to overcoming sectorial demand fragmentation and support scale up of the space data use, increasing the wider uptake and mass adoption of the EU space data in selected priority areas that are strategic for Europe. Proposals should focus on the development of innovative solutions, tailored to the specific needs of downstream industries and verticals and addressing inherent sectorial demand fragmentation issues. Projects should leverage the existing relevant sectorial regulations and policies, and support the integration of EU Space data and services into vertical market segments, focusing on areas such as energy, climate adaptation and environmental footprint reduction, green financing and insurance, and liveable cities. Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7–9 by the end of the project and include commercial exploitation plans.

The second topic seeks innovative space-based applications enhancing capabilities for a resilient Europe. Results are expected to foster the development and validation of integrated synergistic space technologies that support the operational work of crisis and security practitioners, improve, operationalize and mainstream EGNSS-based and possibly Earth observation-based services that enhance the resiliency and security of the EU, and improve the wide uptake and penetration of EU Space Programme data and services, in particular EGNSS differentiators (OSNMA, HAS, RLS, EWSS). Both topics require the use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS; international cooperation is encouraged.

Actions

This call covers the following topics:

HORIZON-EUSPA-2026-SPACE-02-51: Space Data Economy

HORIZON-EUSPA-2026-SPACE-02-52: Innovative space-based applications enhancing capabilities for a resilient Europe