Horizon Europe – EU Space Research Call 2025: 25 new projects ready for launch after completing Grant Agreement preparations

Source: European Union 2   Published on: 2026-06-22

The call HORIZON-CL4-2025-02 (SPACE-HADEA) closed on 25 September 2025 and received 93 proposals. Following evaluations, 27 proposals were selected to receive a total EU contribution of €138.6 million.

HaDEA’s Space Research unit has now completed Grant Agreement preparations with the following 25 projects:

Heading 1 – Accessing Space

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-11: CSA on access to European spaceports

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-12: Digital solutions for autonomy for space transportation systems, design and simulation tools – Digital enablers and building blocks

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-13: Digital solutions for autonomy for space transportation systems, design and simulation tools – targeting demonstration

Heading 2 – Acting in Space

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-21: ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – Servicing component

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-22: ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – HOST

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-23: ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – Logistics component

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-24: ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – satAPPs component

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Heading 3 – Using Space on Earth – Telecommunications and Earth Observation

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-31: Digital enablers and building blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-32: Preparing demonstration missions for collaborative Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions

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Heading 4 – Using Space on Earth – Earth Observation

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-41: Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) evolution: new and innovative processing and methods for future Sentinels and other satellites for reanalyses 

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-42: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) evolution: improved soil-vegetation-atmosphere modelling and data assimilation of atmospheric constituents

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-43: Copernicus Anthropogenic CO₂ Emissions Monitoring & Verification Support (CO2MVS) capacity: new and innovative methods to estimate the impact of fires on vegetation and related carbon fluxes

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-44: Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) evolution: new and innovative ocean data assimilation techniques

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-45: Supporting the AI/ML digital transition of Copernicus Services

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-46: Innovative Earth observation services in support of maritime litter detection and ship source pollution policies

Heading 8 – Boosting Space through non-dependence of the EU for key critical space technologies

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-71: Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence – RISC-V Microprocessor on 7nm

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-72: Space Critical Equipment and Related Technologies for EU non-dependence – Chip Scale Atomic Clocks and Solar Cells**

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Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-73: Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence – Connectors

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-74: Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence – Advanced Packages and Memories***

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Heading 9 – Boosting Space through international cooperation

Topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-81: EU-Japan cooperation on the exploitation of Quantum Space Gravimetry data

** For topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-72, the Grant Agreement preparation with one additional project is currently still ongoing.

*** For topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-74, the Grant Agreement preparation with one additional project is currently still ongoing.

New call open for submission

The new Horizon Europe EU Space Research call 2026 (HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03) opened on 10 March 2026. With a total budget of €90.97 million, the call offers a wide range of new collaboration opportunities for the space community. The call submission deadline is 3 September 2026 (17:00:00 Brussels time).

EU Space Research aims to foster a cost-effective, competitive, and innovative space industry and research community. Under Horizon Europe Cluster 4 – Space (Destination 5), HaDEA is funding projects that prepare future evolutions of the EU Space Programme components, foster the EU space sector’s competitiveness, reinforce its independent capacity to access space, and secure its autonomy of supply for critical technologies.

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• Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Space