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ESA funding and advice for space services

ESA funding and advice for space services is a zero-equity grant, from €60,000 per activity depending on the type of call, for UK businesses developing services that use satellite communications, earth observation, satellite navigation or other space technologies. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by ESA Business Applications · funded by European Space Agency (ESA)

Checked against the official page (business.esa.int) on 1 Nov 2026.

ESA Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) gives zero-equity funding, technical and business support to businesses developing services that use satellite communications, earth observation, satellite navigation or other space technologies. Its open calls take ideas at any time, and themed calls with closing dates open through the year.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

Zero-equity funding from €60,000 to over €3 million per activity, depending on the type of call.

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Who can apply

Businesses in the UK developing a service that uses satellite communications, earth observation, satellite navigation or other space technologies. Businesses from any sector can apply to the open calls; each call's page sets its own rules.

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Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses

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Sectors

tourism

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How to apply

Read ESA Business Applications' How to apply page, then follow the application process for the open call that fits (Kick-starts, or Proof-of-concept Studies and Pilot Projects). Themed calls are applied for through the esa-star link on each call's page.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Amount of funding and closing date not stated on this page

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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 (business.esa.int) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with ESA Business Applications before you apply.

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