Open Call for Proposals: Kick-starts
Open Call for Proposals: Kick-starts is a grant for businesses of any size in Europe to test whether a space-enabled service is feasible and commercially viable. This scheme has closed.
Run by ESA Business Applications · funded by European Space Agency (ESA)
Checked against the official page (business.esa.int) on 21 Oct 2026.
This scheme has closed
It closed on 30 October 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.
A BASS open call to test whether a space-enabled service is technically feasible and commercially viable, and whether there is demand for it.
Status and deadline
Status
Confirmed on the official page
Deadline
As stated: 30 October 2026, 13:00 CET
Confirmed on the official page
How much
Found by our research, not on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
Not confirmed on the official page
How to apply
Not confirmed on the official page
Where it is open
Not confirmed on the official page
- 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 (business.esa.int) on 21 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with ESA Business Applications before you apply.
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- business.esa.int/funding/open-call-for-proposals-kick-startsthe official page, checked automatically, read 21 Oct 2026
- business.esa.int/fundingvia GOV.UK business finance and support finder, read 21 Oct 2026