Opportunities
What We Have Here for You
We have curated for you a list of job vacancies and funding opportunities in planetary sciences.
Europlanet Society Funding opportunities
Europlanet Public Engagement Funding Scheme (Open to all).
Europlanet Society Committee Funding Scheme (Open to Members).
Information on EC, ESA and other planetary-related calls (Accessible by Members).
Planetary-related EC calls
Early Career Job Opportunities
Please consult the Early Careers Training and Education Portal.
Demonstration Projects dedicated to the implementation of pre-operational demonstration services
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Funded participation is open to any company and/or organisation, be it as group of users, public body or non-governmental organisation, residing in any of the ESA Member States that are participating to the programme as specified in the Letter of Invitation in EMITS. More info here.
ESA Feasibility Studies
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Feasibility Studies provide the preparatory framework to identify, analyse and define new potentially sustainable applications and services within the ESA Business Applications programme. They have to comply with the following requirements: they are user-driven, they benefit from the integrated use of one or more space assets and the tenderer intends to pursue a demonstration project after successful completion of the feasibility study. More info here.
Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) Applications
Closing date: 31 December 2025
For 4S activities, companies registered in the following Member States will be eligible to apply: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. More info here.
ESA Business Applications’ for Zero Equity Funding (Direct Negotiation)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Feasibility Studies provide the clear potential to become e preparatory framework to identify, analyse and define new potentially sustainable applications and services within the ESA Business Applications programme. They have to be compliant witj the following requirements: they are user driven, they benefit from the utilisation of one or more space assets ans the tenderer intends to pursue a Demonstration Project after successful completion of the Feasibility Study. Demonstration Projects are dedicated to the implementation of pre-operational demonstration services within the ESA Business Applications programme, which therefore comply with the following requirements: they are user drive, (including user involment and contribution), they benefit from the utilisation of one or more space assets, with clear potential to become commercially viable in the post project phase.
ESA BIC Greece Permanent Open Call
Deadline: 30 September 2025
The purpose of this Call is to select projects and ideas for business incubation in the ESA BIC Greece for a maximum period of 24 months. Download the Open Call Package here. Corallia, a Unit of the Research Center Athena is entrusted by ESA with the setup, administration and implementation of the ESA BIC Greece call.