Welcome to the ESA Business Applications Programme!
We’re here to turn your innovative ideas into reality. Share your commercially viable idea involving space tech or data, and let’s turn them into success stories.
From kick-starters to feasibility studies and demonstration projects, ESA offers funding across sectors leveraging space technology. We support your journey to develop new commercial services, whether it’s satellite navigation, Earth observation, satellite telecommunication, space weather, space technologies.
Applications are open year-round, and we’ll guide you through the entire process. It’s time to grow your business with ESA funding.
Don’t wait any longer, get started now!
Why participate?
Notable alumni from the programme!

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Upcoming Activities
Tenders

Open Calls (Direct Negotiation)
Open calls are open all year long and generally do not have a specific thematic. Companies can propose services/ applications in any sector. Proposals are assessed on their own merit on a case-by-case basis
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Competitive Calls
Competitive calls are focused on imposed problems/opportunities identified by ESA. These calls are not permanently open. Instead, all proposals are received during a given period and are all assessed at the same time against one another.
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Kick start activities
Focused on start-ups and SMEs, Kick-start calls have as objective to facilitate and accelerate the application process for a feasibility study. In essence, these calls are a small competitive call with rapid review times.
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Meet the team
Supported by
(The European Space Agency)
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(Belgian Science Policy Office)