PPPA – Prize Game-changing innovations for European launch solutions – 2025

Objectives

• To bring about novel ways
• To improve the competitiveness of the European space industry, particularly for preparing the next generation of innovative solutions for cheaper, more sustainable, agile, and resilient access to space
• To support the development of game-changing innovations that have the potential to revolutionise the future of access to space and improve the competitiveness of the European space industry

Priorities

• Priority 1: To award prizes to innovators that deliver new solutions to the challenge of resilient and competitive EU access to space
• Priority 2: To focus on ambitious innovations that are not yet available and go beyond the state of the art for access to space
• Priority 3: To contribute to the access to space domain, except for complete launch solutions

Among financed actions

• Innovations related to access to space that are game-changing and have revolutionary potential
• Concepts
• Technologies
• Products
• Processes
• Digital solutions

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the EU Member States considering that decision-making centre and activities related to research, development, manufacturing, and operations are located in territories of Member States of the EU
• Not be subject to restrictions originating from Member States outside of the EU

Additional information

• Contact: GAME-CHANGING-LAUNCH-INNOVATIONS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 5.000.000 euros
• Prize Amount: 950.000 euros per winner (for the first five ranked)