CASSINI Challenges Prize Contest 2026
Pays a fixed €100,000 prize to each of 12 winning EU space-tech applicants.
Each application is a single package submitted through the CASSINI Challenges platform: an application form that also asks about prior EU funding for the same MVP, a signed declaration of ownership over the MVP, an identification form with supporting documents for everyone involved, and a video of up to three minutes presenting the MVP and team, with only the first three minutes reviewed if it run…
Open to natural or legal persons (economic operators) building space-tech solutions that leverage EU Galileo, Copernicus, GOVSATCOM or Space Surveillance and Tracking data and services -- alone or combined with technologies like quantum and AI -- to solve a pressing commercial, social or environmental challenge. Solutions must reach Commercial Readiness Level 4 or higher and Technology Readiness Level 5.
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