Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Prize Business Plan Competition 2027
National Space Society
📌About the Event
The Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement Business Plan Competition 2027 invites innovators, entrepreneurs, students, researchers, and space enthusiasts to develop commercially viable business plans that can help make permanent human settlement beyond Earth possible within our lifetime. Rather than accepting only conceptual ideas, the competition requires participants to present a complete preliminary business plan explaining how their proposed venture could become a sustainable and prosperous business while supporting the development of space settlements.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Organiser: National Space Society
- Competition type: International space entrepreneurship and business-plan competition
- Theme: Developing profitable businesses, technologies, services or financial models that can advance human settlement in space
- Submission mode: Online
- Submission format: Business plans must be submitted in PDF format.
- Final round: Three finalist teams will be invited to present their plans at the International Space Development Conference 2027.
📅 Important Dates
- Competition status: Open for entries
- Business-plan submission deadline: February 15, 2027
- Final presentations: During the International Space Development Conference 2027
- ISDC 2027 dates: May 27–30, 2027
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Who can participate:
- The competition is open to participants from countries around the world.
- People of any age may participate, subject to local laws and restrictions.
- Students, researchers, academicians, entrepreneurs, start-ups and members of the wider space community may submit entries.
- Participants should be capable of developing a detailed business plan connected to space settlement.
- Indian students and entrepreneurs can participate because the competition accepts international entries.
- The organiser refers to finalist entries as teams; participants should consult the official guidelines to confirm team-size requirements and whether individual entries are accepted under the 2027 rules.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- First prize: USD 20,000
- Second prize: USD 8,000
- Third prize: USD 4,000
- Total prize value: USD 32,000
- Three finalist teams will receive an opportunity to present their ideas at the National Space Society’s flagship International Space Development Conference.
- Travel and hotel expenses will be paid for one representative from each finalist team.
- Finalists will gain international exposure before members of the global space, research and entrepreneurship community.