ESA title
  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO10316
  • Activity Feasibility Study
  • Opening date 13-07-2020
  • Closing date 30-09-2020

Space Systems for Safety and Security (4S) User Studies

Satellite applications for Public Safety

OPPORTUNITY

Funding Calls: Space in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

ESA Space Solutions helping to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak

Through the different elements of the ARTES Programme dedicated to the development and validation of new Applications and Services in the downstream sector,  ESA has been active for several years in the forefront of promoting the utilisation of space technologies and know-how to support the improvement and development of solutions for the Health sector.

To respond to the unprecedented effort to contain and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemics, a number of initiatives in ESA Business Applications, which is part of ESA Space Solutions, have been launched or are under preparation.

This page provides a simple orientation portal to inform about the different opportunities.

The opportunities listed below are ordered by status of advancement (newer on the bottom):

  1. AO10314  - Space in response to COVID-19 outbreak (targeted to Italy)
    Developed in cooperation with the Italian Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitization (MID) and with ASI. This call is now closed, it was open from 31/03/2020 to 20/04/2020
    Information Page
  2. AO10336  - Space helping UK on COVID-19 and other pandemics (targeted to UK)
    Developed in cooperation with UKSA. Open Call for Proposals is open until 15/01/2021.
    Information Page
  3. AO10377  - Space based services-applications addressing COVID-19 outbreak
    Open Call for Proposals - Opening date on 14/05/2020 closing on 15/11/2020
    Information Page
  4. AO29224 - Path to post COVID-19 recovery
    Feasibility Study: this call is now closed.
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To respond to the unprecedented effort to contain and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemics, a number of initiatives in ESA Business Applications, which is part of ESA Space Solutions, have been launched or are under preparation.

  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO10314
  • Activity Demonstration Project
  • Opening date 31-03-2020
  • Closing date 20-04-2020

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the number of recorded cases was more than 118,000 in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives.  Moreover, the alarming levels of spread and severity has led WHO to characterise the COVID-19 as a pandemic outbreak.

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