16 października 2018 Komisja Europejska ogłosiła kolejne konkursy w obszarze Przestrzeń kosmiczna w programie Horyzont 2020. Budżet konkursów SPACE na 2019 r. przekracza 121 milionów euro. Termin składania wniosków projektowych przypada na 5 lub 12 marca 2019, w zależności od zagadnienia.
W ramach otwartych konkursów można składać wnioski projektowe, które dotyczą m.in. następujących zagadnień:
Call Space 2018-2020:
- DT-SPACE-01-EO-2018-2020: Copernicus market uptake
- LC-SPACE-04-EO-2019-2020: Copernicus evolution – Research activities in support of cross-cutting applications between Copernicus services
- LC-SPACE-05-EO-2019: Copernicus evolution –a gap analysis to prepare future activities for Copernicus data and information validation and quality enhancement
- DT-SPACE-06-EO-2019: International Cooperation Copernicus – Designing EO downstream applications with international partners
- DT-SPACE-09-BIZ-2019: Space hubs (support to start-ups)
- SPACE-10-TEC-2018-2020: Technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness
- SPACE-13-TEC-2019: SRC – In-Space electrical propulsion and station keeping
- LC-SPACE-14-TEC-2018-2019: Earth observation technologies
- SPACE-17-TEC-2019: Access to space
- SU-SPACE-22-SEC-2019: Space Weather
- SU-SPACE-23-SEC-2019: Advanced research in Near Earth Objects (NEOs) and new payload technologies for planetary defence
- SU-SPACE-31-SEC-2019: Research and innovation network of governmental users of secure satellite communications
Call EGNSS market uptake 2019-2020
- LC-SPACE-EGNSS-1-2019-2020: EGNSS applications fostering green, safe and smart mobility
- DT-SPACE-EGNSS-2-2019-2020: EGNSS applications fostering digitisation
- SU-SPACE-EGNSS-3-2019-2020: EGNSS applications fostering societal resilience and protecting the environment
- SPACE-EGNSS-4-2019: Awareness Raising and capacity building
Beyond the Space Part of Horizon 2020
- SME Instrument: EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
Supports high-risk, high-potential small and medium enterprises (SME) with global ambition to develop and bring new products to the market.
- Fast Track to Innovation (FTI): EIC-FTI-2018-2020
Test, demonstrate and validate innovative products in a pan-European consortium of industries and research institutes. - EIC Horizon Prize for ‘European Low-Cost Space Launch’: Space-EICPrize-2019
Develop a European technologically non-dependent solution for launching light satellites (up to 400 Kg) into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), which will enable dedicated low-cost launches with committed schedule and orbit.