FIERCE 2nd Open Call for the Financial Support Programme - Financing and Innovation Ecosystems for SMEs to innovate for Raw materials and Circular Economy solutions and using downstream space technologies
European Commission · Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) · cascade funding under HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-41
Posted 8 Sept 2026 · 40 days left
In plain terms
The European Commission's FIERCE programme supports small and medium-sized enterprises in EU countries to develop space-based green solutions for raw materials and circular economy, from early ideas to market-ready products. Grants range from 25,000 to 50,000 euros depending on project stage, with 100 percent funding for approved service providers, and applications close on 9 November 2026.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
This Financial Support Programme will support SMEs to advance their space-based green solutions — from early ideas all the way to market-ready products. Each selected beneficiary can receive up to 50,000 EUR to implement its project.
There are three types of projects to account for the different technological maturity stages of the solutions:
● Ideation projects: up to 25,000 EUR
● Scale-Up projects: up to 50,000 EUR
● Commercialisation projects: up to 25,000 EUR
The projects will be implemented with the support of External Service Providers and 100% of the financial support will be allocated to them (no extra costs are reimbursed). The eligible services and a list of External Service Providers (not exhaustive) can be found in the Guide for Applicants here: https://2nd-financing.project-fierce.eu/
Each beneficiary can receive as many services as needed, as long as they do not surpass the maximum amount they are allowed to spend on service providers i.e. 50,000 EUR.
Beneficiaries supported under the First Financial Support Program can apply to the FIERCE 2nd Open Call for Financing, as long as they do not exceed the maximum financial support available per beneficiary (50,000…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- eu_only
Who can apply
- private_company