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Kick-Start Activity

The pulp and paper industry is a sector which could benefit from the application of space-based data and technology. ESA-BA are currently running a kick-start opportunity for businesses looking to add value to the industry through applied space technology. Find out more about the opportunity and topics of relevance below.

  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO8872
  • Activity Kick-start Activity
  • Opening date 20-04-2018
  • Closing date 01-06-2018

The European Space Agency’s Social Inclusion Kick-Start Activity offers support and funding to companies looking to develop space empowered services to support social inclusion activities anywhere on Earth.

  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO8872
  • Activity Kick-start Activity
  • Opening date 24-01-2018
  • Closing date 07-03-2018

The European Space Agency’s Industry 4.0 and High Value Manufacturing Kick-Start Activities offers support and funding for companies looking to develop space empowered services for smart factories. Below, you can find information on the potential uses of satellite-derived information in high value manufacturing and the opportunities this presents. You can also find vital information on the Kick-Start funding opportunity. 

  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO9072
  • Activity Kick-start Activity
  • Opening date 24-11-2017
  • Closing date 16-01-2018

The 5th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, finalised in 2014, is the most comprehensive compendium of world-leading climate change research, aiming to inform policy makers around the globe of climate change, its likely effects and its probable causes. The report states with certainty that climate change is man-made and that without fast action on the part of governments around the world, the effects of climate change may become irreversible.

  • ESA-STAR REFERENCE AO9072
  • Activity Kick-start Activity
  • Opening date 12-10-2017
  • Closing date 23-11-2017

The current global economic demand for resources and the shrinkage of the ice coverage measured recently is starting to bring international attention to the Arctic. The Arctic is considered to host vast natural resources, including oil, gas, minerals, fresh water, fish and forest resources.

The Arctic region is an area where, given the harsh environment and isolation status, space assets are among the important tools that support, and will support more, the development of the activities in the area, and in particular the sustainability and security and safety of those activities.