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ESA Business Incubation Centre Italy

ESA BIC Lazio, ESA BIC Turin and ESA BIC Brindisi

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€50,000

Up to two years of incubation plus EUR 50k equity-free funding for product and IP development.

Funder

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

ppp · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Each national ESA BIC runs its own calls with its own cut-off dates; applications are submitted to the chosen local ESA BIC.

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. Company must be registered in Italy.

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 Italy 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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