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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.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

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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