Space Data Economy
Funds EUR 1.5-2.5 million innovation projects that turn Copernicus and Galileo space data into commercial downstream services for energy, climate, green finance or smart-city markets.
Space Data Economy is a EUSPA (European Union Agency for the Space Programme) grant that pays EUR 1.5-2.5 million to innovation projects turning Copernicus and Galileo space data into commercial downstream services for energy, climate, green finance or smart-city markets. A consortium submits a single-stage Innovation Action proposal, funded as a lump sum, addressing exactly one of the four priori…
This call backs innovative solutions that scale up commercial use of EU space data (Copernicus and Galileo/EGNOS) in one of four priority areas: energy infrastructure and efficiency, climate adaptation and environmental footprint reduction, green financing and insurance, or liveable cities of the future. Each proposal must pick exactly one area and include a business plan aimed at commercial exploitation.
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