2026 European House for Sustainability Award is now open for daring concepts

The European Space for Sustainability Award, created to foster daring concepts about sustainability within the house sector, is now accepting submissions. Competing for the award is a good likelihood to hitch the sustainability dialog and get your concepts heard on the worldwide stage.

Do you or somebody have an concept about house and sustainability? Please register and unfold the information. The competition is open to any scholar or skilled between the ages of 18 and 30 who resides in Europe, or in an ESA Member or Cooperating State. Learn more about your eligibility to participate.

“Successful the ES4S Award 2025 was a defining second in my analysis profession,” mentioned Dennis Jöckel, who gained first prize in 2025. “It gave my work on sustainable re-entry supplies the visibility it deserves, and helped me win assist and funding that may form our analysis for years to come back.”

The method

Based in 2012, the award goals to lift consciousness and promote inventive concepts. The European House Company, the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC), and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) sponsor the award as a part of their efforts to search out new methods to lighten the house trade’s footprint on Earth, in orbit and past.

You possibly can take part as a person or a small staff of as much as 4 individuals. Candidates should submit posters that summarise their mission concepts by 3 Could 2026. A board of specialists will choose a shortlist to proceed. If a mission concept advances to the second spherical, the submitters shall be requested to share a brief report detailing their proposal by 21 June 2026.

First place and particular point out prizes

• First place and particular point out winners shall be invited to current their mission concepts on the European Interparliamentary House Convention in September this yr in Madrid, Spain
• The primary place winner will get to develop their mission via a devoted mentorship programme
• First place and particular point out winners may have the chance to spend a day discovering the European Astronaut Centre in Germany and probably meet an astronaut
• The primary place winner may also get the possibility to spend two to 4 weeks as a visiting researcher at ESPI in Vienna, Austria

The deadline for the candidates to submit a poster summarising their mission concept is 3 Could 2026. You are able to do this via the registration page on the award’s web site.

The profitable mission concepts shall be introduced in Madrid, Spain, on the September 2026 plenary session of the European Interparliamentary House Convention, the place winners will current their concepts.

“Presenting in entrance of European Members of Parliament from 11 nations was an expertise no lecture corridor can put together you for,” Dennis mentioned. To see his mission, “Sustainable Re-entry Supplies,” or another first-place or particular point out concepts, visit this page. 

For extra data, go to the Space for Sustainability website or contact marion.mirailles@ext.esa.int.