ESA Funds Open Call
Research projects are extensive in funding needs. In this sense, the distribution of the ESA innovation seed funding is done through an Open Call process.
In the case of ESA Phi-Lab Spain, it supports innovative and disruptive projects specifically focused on enhancing climate resilience, through an Open Call with several cut-off dates. This Open Call is open to companies, research organisations and startups (legal entities or consortia registered in Spain or in ESA Member States, if they provide a clear benefit to Spain and to the Spanish Phi-Lab).
This Open Call will be open until 2028 and the different cut-off dates will be announced.
ESA FUNDS OPEN CALL
The next cut-off date will be announced soon.
Your application
The application is open to enterprises, research organisations and startups (legal entities or consortiums registered in Spain or in an ESA Member State delivering a clear benefit to Spain).
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Check the requirements
Please make sure that your project meets the requirements of the call. Check the Open Call and Draft Research Contract documents. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us at: opencall-esaphilabnet-spain@ieec.cat
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Apply for our program
Fill the document Solicitud de Propuesta de Investigación and submit it before the deadline.
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Evaluation process
After the submission deadline, the proposals will be evaluated by the board of ESA Phi-LabNET Spain. The project presentations to the board will take place a few weeks after the evaluation.
Local Funds Calls
Phi-Lab Spain also has local funding (which comes from the New Space strategy of the Generalitat de Catalunya) and which will open up different funding opportunities related to the theme of climate resilience, the focus of Phi-Lab.
These local funds address not only the transfer to market for specific research lines but also the development of in-orbit demonstrators (IODs) and training activities through industrial PhDs, internships and others.
Moreover, funding is provided for strategic facilities and equipment, ground and orbital infrastructure development, as well as the user segment with access to enabling datasets. This streamlines the offered support and closes the loop with all the key elements involved in a space mission that are essential to develop innovative space-related solutions to address climate resilience.
