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Space for Sustainable Industry and Digital Business Transformation Contest

The Space for Sustainable Industry and Digital Business Transformation Contest is a competition for companies developing space-enabled services that respond to published industry challenges, open to teams based in the United Kingdom. Open, closes 4 November 2026.

Run by ESA Business Applications

Checked against the official page (business.esa.int) on 16 Oct 2026.

A BASS contest connecting companies developing space-enabled services with leading industry challenge owners.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 4 November 2026 (3 days)

As stated: Closing date 04-11-2026

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

We could not find how much it offers

Who can apply

Companies developing space-enabled services can apply, provided the team is based in one of the listed countries (including the United Kingdom) and responds to one of the published challenges directly, with written authorisation from its National Delegation.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

Sectors

industry

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How to apply

Click through to the contest page for details.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Opening date 22-09-2026 is before today; current status not stated
  • Amount of funding and closing date not stated

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (business.esa.int) on 16 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 21 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with ESA Business Applications before you apply.

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