Space-Enabled Solutions for Resilient Grids

Key Features

ESA invites proposals for services addressing selected challenges relevant to the resilience and operational continuity of European electricity transmission systems.

Programme:     European Space Agency

Award:     Share of up to €600,000

Opens: 2nd Nov 2026

Closes: 29th Jan 2027

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Grant Overview

The European Space Agency in collaboration with ENTSO-E will fund up to 50% of activity costs for UK applicants with up to €600,000 per project for proof-of-concept studies.

Grant Scope

The European Space Agency invites proposals for Proof-of-concept Studies and Pilot Projects for services addressing challenges relevant to the resilience and operational continuity of European electricity transmission systems.

Projects can include:

  • growing physical, cyber, and climate-related risks​ to energy infrastructure
  • increasingly extreme weather events (such as wildfires, floods, storms, heatwaves) affecting grid operations​
  • increasing dependency on secure infrastructure​ for digitalisation and interconnected power systems, and
  • economic, societal, and national security impacts from disruption to energy systems

This competition will have 2 themes, opening one after the other:

Theme 1 – Situational Awareness for Critical Events opens 7 November 2026 and closes 29 January 2027.

Theme 2 – Strengthening Operational Resilience for the Grid opens 1 February 2027 and closes 30 April 2027.

Eligibility Criteria

Businesses from any sector can apply for this competition. ESA look for motivated teams with an established business, financial and technical expertise who can address our focus areas with market-ready concepts. To be eligible for funding, teams must be based in an ESA member state: this includes the UK.

Potential Tenderers are strongly advised to contact the National Delegation(s) of the countries where their industrial partners (Prime and Subcontractors) are located as soon as possible.  A Written Authorisation for ESA funding from the National Delegation(s) is required for the Full Proposal. Contact details for the UK National Delegation are available here.

What’s on offer

ESA are offering zero-equity co-funding of up to 50–80% of activity costs, depending on SME status and Member State approval. ESA are also offering Technical and commercial guidance, access to network, partners and Taskforce members and ESA brand credibility.

For further information on this competition, please see full details.

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