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ESA Business Incubation Centre Spain

ESA BIC Spain (Barcelona, Madrid and Comunitat Valenciana)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€50,000

EUR 50k equity-free funding for product and IP development, plus incubation support. Each ESA BIC runs its own cut-off dates; ESA BIC Barcelona lists its call as permanent.

Funder

European Space Agency (ESA) with the national space agency or regional co-funder

ppp · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Cut-off dates are set by each national/regional ESA BIC; ESA is tendering 3 new Spanish ESA BICs for 2026-2030 (tender evaluation stage).

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Entrepreneurs using space-based systems (navigation, Earth observation, satcom), applying space technologies in non-space domains, or building products/services for the space sector.

How to apply

  1. Contact the local ESA BIC to discuss suitability
  2. Submit application documents before the local deadline
  3. Tender Opening Board review, then presentation to the Tender Evaluation Board
  4. Register a company in Spain before signing the incubation contract

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://commercialisation.esa.int/esa-business-incubation-centres/

"€50k equity free funding for product and IP development"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: commercialisation.esa.int

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