Business Incubation
ESA's Business Incubation Centres (ESA BICs) help entrepreneurs to get their technology transfer projects off the ground and assist their development into viable businesses.
Twelve ESA BICs with four more to open soon throughout Europe are coordinated by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) and provide technical expertise and business-development support.
Each BIC offers technical expertise in several fields, as well as advice and support with business development.
ESA offers business incubation at:
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ESA BIC Noordwijk located in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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ESA BIC Darmstadt located in Darmstadt, Germany.
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ESA BIC Lazio located in Rome, Italy.
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ESA BIC Bavaria located in Oberpfaffenhofen, Nürnberg, Berchtesgadener Land and Ottobrunn, Germany.
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ESA BIC Harwell located at Harwell in Oxfordshire, UK.
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ESA BIC Wallonie Redu located in Redu, Belgium.
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ESA BIC Flanders located in Geel and Mol, Belgium.
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ESA BIC Sud France located in Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in the south of the France.
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ESA BIC Barcelona in Spain.
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ESA BIC Portugal.
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ESA BIC Madrid Region in Spain.
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ESA BIC Sweden.
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ESA BIC Prague in Czech Republic.
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ESA BIC Austria.
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ESA BIC Ireland.
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ESA BIC Switzerland.
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ESA BIC Estonia - to open.
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ESA BIC Finland - to open.
Each BIC offers technical expertise in several fields, as well as advice and support with business development.
Who can apply?
ESA's Business Incubation Centres are open for entrepreneurs and start-up companies with innovative ideas for using space technology, applications and services in a non-space environment.
Specific conditions apply to the different centres and are specified in the application procedures for each centre.
More information
For more information about the different business incubation centres visit the dedicated webpage for each ESA BIC.
