ESA Spark Funding (technology transfer / Technology Broker Network)
ESA Spark Funding
Status not published
Run by national ESA Technology Brokers with their own periodic calls; availability depends on whether your country funds a Spark Funding line.
Small, fast, equity-free grants for non-space companies to adapt and apply a space technology to a terrestrial market. Amounts are set by each national Technology Broker and typically sit in the low tens of thousands of euro per project, often with a co-funding requirement.
European Space Agency Technology Transfer Programme, delivered by national Technology Brokers
public · supranational
Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Run by national ESA Technology Brokers with their own periodic calls; availability depends on whether your country funds a Spark Funding line.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: space, deeptech, manufacturing
- Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
- Locally registered entity required
Company registered in an ESA Member State that operates a Spark Funding scheme. The project must transfer an existing space technology into a non-space application.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://technology.esa.int/page/technology-transfer · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: technology.esa.int
Similar programmes
European Innovation Council Pathfinder
Open continuouslyEuropean Innovation Council (European Commission / EISMEA)
European Innovation Council Accelerator
Closes in 36 daysEuropean Innovation Council (European Commission / EISMEA)
EIC Accelerator Challenges (thematic calls)
Closes in 36 daysEuropean Innovation Council (EISMEA) / European Commission
ESA Space Solutions Kick-Start activities
Status not publishedEuropean Space Agency, Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement
ESA Space Solutions Kick-start Activity
Open continuouslyEuropean Space Agency (ESA Space Solutions / Business Applications)
Creative Europe MEDIA Innovative Tools and Business Models
Open continuouslyEuropean Commission / EACEA
Free
Get deadline alerts for European Union programmes
One email when a programme in your country closes in 2 weeks or 3 days, or newly opens. No spam, one click to stop. Covers every programme in the country you pick. Free covers one country; a paid plan can watch as many as you like.
Paid, separate from Unclaimed
Want a human to review your application?
Involve Consulting can help — a paid expert-review service run by the same person behind Unclaimed, entirely separate from this free check. A flat fee, agreed up front; never a cut of what you receive.
Talk to Involve Consulting