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ESA Space Solutions Programme

ESA Business Incubation Centre Ireland

Applying Space Tech to New Applications

What is on Offer? 

There are two open calls for funding on offer for start-ups, researchers and SME's

ESA Business Incubation Centre - Open Call

How ESA BIC Ireland and NovaUCD help your start-up?

  • €50,000 ESA BIC funding for start-ups
  • Access to additional funding opportunities
  • Business support through our partners and ESA BIC network
  • Easy access to ESA technical expertise
  • Become part of the ESA brand
  • Membership of a comprehensive European-wide network of 400 ESA BIC companies

 

ESA Spark Funding - Open Call

Are you a researcher, start-up or SME working on projects that support the transfer of space technology to terrestrial applications? Is there a strong commercial or societal benefit to your project?

ESA Spark Funding is designed to accelerate the product development process of a company that is integrating space technology, in areas such as 

  • Prototyping
  • Product development
  • Demonstration with customer
  • Manufacturing simulation
  • Commercialisation roadmapping

How can ESA BIC Ireland and NovaUCD Support Space Technology Projects?

  • €40,000 funding
  • Access to a variety of additional funding opportunities
  • Business support through our partners and ESA BIC network
  • Easy access to ESA technical expertise
  • Become part of the ESA brand
  • Membership of a comprehensive European-wide network of 400 ESA BIC companies

Find out more

 

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ESA BIC Clients

OCE Technology
Proveye

michelle_doyle

Contact Us

For further information contact

Michelle Doyle
Senior Manager, Strategic Innovation Partnerships

Register here
michelle.doyle@ucd.ie

Consortium Partners and Supporters

Enterprise Ireland
Tyndall
TUS

NovaUCD

Belfield Innovation Park, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 3700 | E: innovation@ucd.ie