ESA Business Incubation Centre United Kingdom
The ESA Business Incubation Centre is a support programme for start-ups and small businesses under five years old that have a clear connection to space technology or the space sector, based in the UK. This scheme has closed.
Run by ESA BIC UK
Checked against the official page (esa-bic.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.
This scheme has closed
It closed on 28 August 2026. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds. We do not know where it was open, so these are for the whole North.
Business incubation support for UK-registered companies less than 5 years old with a demonstrable connection to space technology or the space sector.
Status and deadline
Status
Confirmed on the official page
Deadline
As stated: The next application deadline is 12:00 on Friday 28 August 2026.
Confirmed on the official page
How much
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
Not confirmed on the official page
Sectors
How to apply
Confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: UK-wide
Confirmed on the official page
Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.
- Confirmed on the official page
- Uncertain, or sources disagree
- Important, but we could not find it
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (esa-bic.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with ESA BIC UK before you apply.
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- growthplatform.org/programmes/via Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region): programmes and funding, read 29 Oct 2026
- esa-bic.org.uk/apply/the official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- growthplatform.org/programme/esa-business-incubation-centre-united-kingdom/via Growth Platform (Liverpool City Region): programmes and funding, read 5 Oct 2026