Guidance

Indicative timeline for ETP funding calls

Updated 23 May 2024

Thematic areas relevant to each call will be made available online ahead of the call being launched.

1. ETP 01:

Launch Call: September 2022

Close Call: 21 November 2022

Kick Off: Early Feb 2023

Close Out: End August 2024

Duration: 18 months maximum

2. ETP 02:

Launch Call: October 2022

Close Call: December 2022

Kick Off: Early April 2023

Close Out: End May 2024

Duration: 12 months maximum

Thematic areas are:

  • innovative and/or emerging technology research and development – proof of concept, feasibility studies targeting emerging disruptive technologies

  • detectors – new ideas for photon capture, at any wavelength, to enabling new science from space instrumentation

  • robotics – enabling remote / autonomous operation of science instrumentation

  • instrumentation/techniques to meet Planetary Protection Protocols for outgoing missions and returned samples; space weather instruments

3. ETP 03:

Launch Call: 25 April 2023

Close Call: 6 of June 2023

Kick Off: August 2023

Close Out: Feb 2025

Duration: 18 months maximum

Sustainability in Space Technology. 

Example of acceptable activities are; 

  • innovative and/or emerging technology research and development – proof of concept, feasibility studies targeting emerging disruptive technologies 
  • Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM) 
  • Space debris mitigation technologies 
  • Earth Observation for sustainable practices (agriculture, climate monitoring, disaster risk reduction)

4. ETP 04: Open Call for Space Technology

Launch Call: August 2023

Close Call: September 2023

Kick Off: November 2023

Close Out: December 2024

Duration: 12 months maximum

5. ETP 05:

Launch Call: TBC

Close Call: TBC

Kick Off: TBC

Close Out: TBC

Duration: 12 months maximum

6. ETP 06:

Launch Call: TBC

Close Call: TBC

Kick Off: TBC

Close Out: TBC

Duration: 12 months maximum