Horizon Europe

EUSPA stimulates the market development of the EU Space downstream sector and supports the uptake of space-based solutions, through its Horizon Europe calls. EUSPA’s space calls are placed under the pillar II of Horizon Europe, where specifically Cluster 4 of the Work Programme focuses on Digital, Industry, and Space.

The EUSPA fifth Horizon Europe call

The Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027 is now published, including the description of new EUSPA fifth call (page 288). As described in the document, the fifth EUSPA Call will include the following one topic:

Galileo and Copernicus contribution to the EU Preparedness Union Strategy

This Galileo and Copernicus contribution to the EU Preparedness Union Strategy (HORIZON-2027-EUSPA-SPACE-51) topic focuses on developing innovative solutions that contribute to one or more key objectives and actions set by the EU Preparedness Union Strategy, leveraging European GNSS services and/Copernicus data and services. Specific focus shall be given to one or more of the following key objectives and actions of the aforementioned strategy, based on technologies and solutions that:

• Exploit Galileo and/or Copernicus data and services to strengthen the EU’s comprehensive risks and threats assessment, contribute to and advance “crisis dashboards” for decision makers, improve capabilities aiming to establish an EU Earth Observation Governmental Service (EOGS);
• Exploit Galileo and/or Copernicus to manage EU stockpiling. equip and support the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and the Climate Adaptation Plan.
• Improve the link between early warning systems and derived guidelines to be developed. Integrate EWSS into existing national alert systems. Seek to increase awareness about risks and threats at EU, MS, and regional level.
• Improve central and cross-sectoral crisis response coordination.

More information about these topics will be published on the Funding & Tenders portal.

The first EUSPA Horizon Europe Call with an overall budget of 32.6 million EUR is already in the implementation phase with 13 ongoing projects that foster the European Green Deal, safeguard our society from crises and underpin Europe’s digital sovereignty. The second and third EUSPA Horizon Europe Calls mobilized an overall budget of 48.1 million EUR and 34.5 million EUR consequently, building a portfolio of projects that reinforces the international reach of European companies and support space-based applications for businesses and policymaking.

Supporting the success of the European industry

While many of these projects are still in their implementation stage, some first success cases demonstrate the outcomes of this investment. The list includes beneficiaries that managed to successfully scale and/or commercialize their prototypes, and worked in critical policy or societal challenges, advancing their technology.

Discover some of the success cases 

Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus in other non-space calls

On top of the topics managed directly by EUSPA, the use of EGNSS and Copernicus is widely anchored in concrete calls and topics within the Work Programme for 2025, with many non-space topics recommending or requiring the use of Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus.

The topics range from health to cultural heritage, from climate change and resilience to fight against criminal activities, from mobility to big data; all areas that can strongly benefit from the space capabilities offered by EGNSS and Copernicus. A list of examples can be found here, while further details can be found in the Funding & tender opportunities portal.