

Next application deadline
October 1st, 2026

New incentive amount: € 80 000
Simplified application templates and no need for co-funding as a requirement
Incubation Boost*:
€ 100 000
New programme features**:
Pre-incubation
Internationalisation
ESA BIC Norway is the national incubator for startups and business ideas within spacetechnology. We are looking for entrepreneurs and companies working on technologies that:
· Use space-based technologies to create new products or services on Earth (downstream)· Develop solutions or technology to be used in space (upstream)
· Adapt innovations from other sectors for use in the space industry (spin-in)
· Have ideas of technology transfer from space technologies or space systems to terrestrial applications
*To be eligable for Incubation Boost one must be an ESA BIC incubatee and have passed Mid-Term Review. Please note that other eligibility criterias may be announced on a call to call basis.
**The pre-incubation programme and internationalisation programme has separate eligibility criterias. Contact your closest ESA BIC POC to see what can be the best fit for you.
Join one of Europe’s top 10 business incubators and accelerators, and the second bestHub-Network, as ranked by the Financial Times.
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Launch Kit
The tools included in your ESA BIC journey

€ 80 000
80 HOURS OF FREE SUPPORT
ACCESS TO EUROPEAN NETWORK
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