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ESA Space Solutions Kick-start Activity

ESA Business Applications Kick-start Activity

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€75,000

Kick-start Activities fund a short feasibility study of a commercial service using space assets, historically up to EUR 75,000 per company at up to 80% funding. Successful Kick-starts can progress to a larger Demonstration Project.

You must co-fund 20%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

European Space Agency (ESA Space Solutions / Business Applications)

public · supranational

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — ESA publishes themed Kick-start calls several times a year, each with its own closing date, plus a continuously open 'Open Call' for Demonstration Projects.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 20% yourself.

Who can apply

Applicant must be registered in an ESA Member State that subscribes to the Business Applications programme, and the national delegation must endorse the activity.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://business.esa.int/funding · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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