Space grants in Germany
Explore Space grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for launch, satellites, earth observation, in-orbit services and space science from German innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Germany, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Space in Germany come first.
Showing 49-72 of 331 grants
5G/6G Services Kick-Start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays companies up to 60,000 EUR to test space-enabled 5G/6G service ideas.
6G NTN-TN Unification/Integration
🇪🇺SNS JU · European Union
Funds research on core technologies that let satellite (non-terrestrial) and terrestrial 6G networks operate as one seamless system.
AI Earth Intelligence for Public Decisions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds AI tools that combine Earth observation and socioeconomic data for environmental policy, resilience and competitiveness.
Automated Road Transport
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies on satellite-enabled automated and connected road vehicles.
BASS — Digitalisation of the Water Sector
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds water resilience projects using space-enabled data and digital tools.
BASS — Sustainable Wetlands
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled wetland and biodiversity projects that strengthen climate adaptation and ecosystem care.
BASS — University of Tomorrow
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Supports educational institutions developing space-enabled learning applications and innovation pilots.
Bioengineering in the Space Environment
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 200,000 euros to study bioengineering business ideas that use microgravity.
Blue Capital
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% of a 6-month feasibility study, up to 60,000 euros, for 'Blue Natural Capital' services.
CASSINI Challenges 2026
🇪🇺EUSPA · European Union
Pays EU space startups €100,000 each to turn Galileo, Copernicus or GOVSATCOM data into products.
CASSINI Challenges Prize Contest 2026
🇪🇺EUSPA · European Union
Pays a fixed €100,000 prize to each of 12 winning EU space-tech applicants.
Circular Economy Kick-Start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% of a 6-month study, up to 60,000 euros, for circular-economy ideas using space data.
Connected Agriculture Kick-Start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays 75% of a 6-month study, up to 60,000 euros, for satellite-connected farming services.
Connected Rural Communities Kick-Start
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Pays up to 64,000 euros for satellite-enabled services connecting rural communities.
Coordinated access to European spaceports
🇪🇺HaDEA · European Union
Funds a study that proposes common rules and best practices so European launch providers can access any European spaceport more easily.
Coordination for Cross-Sector Nuclear Technologies
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds coordination of European nuclear research platforms across energy, medicine, space, maritime uses and radiation protection.
Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) evolution: new and innovative processing and methods for future Sentinels and other satellites for reanalyses
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one research project up to EUR 10 million to improve how the Copernicus Climate Change Service turns satellite and historical data into long-run climate reanalyses.
Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds teams scaling up AI-powered Earth-observation products toward real commercial or public-service use in areas like agriculture, water and disaster response.
Digital enablers and building blocks for autonomous space transportation systems
🇪🇺HaDEA · European Union
Funds early-stage digital technology — health monitoring, smart avionics, AI data processing — that makes future launch systems more autonomous.
Digital enablers and building blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three research projects, worth as much as EUR 5 million each, to build digital technologies that make European satellite communication and Earth observation systems work better and connect to terrestrial networks.
Digital solutions for space transportation autonomy — targeting demonstration
🇪🇺HaDEA · European Union
Funds on-ground or in-orbit demonstration of structural-damage detection and thermo-mechanical monitoring for reusable launch systems.
Digital Supply Chain
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Backs space-enabled digital solutions for tracking sensitive and food supply chains.
Digitising Water Resilience - Acting on Water Stress in Basins
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Zero-equity co-funding for space-enabled water-resilience monitoring in stressed river basins.
EDF Development Actions
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds defence technology validation and prototype demonstration across digital transformation, air defence, and space integration.