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INNOspace Masters 2024
Space up your Life –
Innovations for a smarter
Earth and Space
Innovations for a smarter
Earth and Space
INNOspace Masters 2024
What is it about?
INNOspace Masters is the international innovation competition organised by the German Space Agency at DLR in cooperation with ESA, Airbus, Mercedes-Benz and OHB. Launched in 2015, it is open to companies of all sizes, start-ups, research institutions and universities, as well as individuals from all over the world.
The competition promotes ideas for the transfer of technology and expertise from other industries to the space sector (spin-ins/New Space) or from space to non-space sectors (spin-offs).
The overall theme for the 2024 round of the competition is:
Space up your Life – Innovations for a smarter Earth and Space
Under this overall theme, the competition offers six different challenges for you to participate in.
What are the rewards and benefits?
Winners of the INNOspace Masters 2024 challenges will embark on a tailored journey to turn their idea into a real innovation project or business by
- gaining direct access to capital and funding,
- receiving support from research and market specialists,
- obtaining the chance to co-innovate with world market leaders,
- and getting access to premium research and industry networks
to shape the future of space in Germany and Europe!
See how far former winners of INNOspace Masters have already come on their journey, e.g. SilentRunning, DCUBED, OKAPI:Orbits
Challenges and partners
- Challenge 1: German Space Agency at DLR – “Applied Research for Disruptive Innovation”
- Challenge 2: ESA Business Incubation Centres – “Join the New Space Economy”
- Challenge 3: ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions – “Space for every Industry”
- Challenge 4: Airbus – “Boosting responsible Commercialisation of Space”
- Challenge 5: Mercedes-Benz – “Space up your Drive”
- Challenge 6: OHB – “Shape Space for a better Future”
