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Grants

ESA Business Incubation Centre France

ESA BIC Nord France and ESA BIC Sud France

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€50,000

ESA network page: EUR 50k equity-free funding for product and IP development, plus up to two years of incubation, technical support, business coaching, legal/IPR advice and fundraising guidance. ESA BIC Sud France itself advertises a EUR 25k grant, so the amount varies by centre.

Funder

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

ppp · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Each local ESA BIC sets its own cut-off dates. ESA BIC Sud France 2026 deadlines were 16 March and 1 June 2026 (selection committees 8-9 April and 25-26 June 2026); no later date shown. Contact the local centre for the next call.

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

Business must use space-based systems, apply space technology in a non-space domain, or develop products and services for the space sector. ESA BIC Sud France: company created less than 5 years ago, proven link to the space industry, eligible for a public subsidy of at least EUR 25k, located in the Sud France territory and supported by an incubator.

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 France before signing the incubation contract

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · SIREN and SIRET numbers, explained

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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