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UK Space Agency Webinar for General Summer Call 2025 - Slides

Updated 4 July 2025

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UK Space Agency General Summer 2025 Call Webinar ARTES Competitiveness & Growth Tuesday 01 July 2025

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Agenda Timings, Topic, Speaker 1500 to 1505, Introduction, Tatum Burgess, UK Space Agency 1505 to 1520, UK Space Agency Application Process, Victor Solagbade, UK Space Agency 1520 to 1530, ESA Application Process, Barnaby OSbourne, ESA 1320 to 1330, Q and A Session, Victor Solagbade, UK Space Agency

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Overview Title of the Call is General Summer 2025 Call
Call Envelope €15,000,000 No upper or lower limit for individual projects Deadline for Expression(s) of Interest is 12 noon BST, 31 July 2025

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Scope The call invites proposals for the development of technologies, products or services in Satellite Telecommunications Proposals may target any part of the Space, ground or Network segments and can include work on Components, Systems, Service Innovation or any combination of these There is no set upper or lower funding limit for individual projects? Projects must include matched funding to be eligible

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Eligibility Must utilise Telecommunications infrastructure Prime must be a UK-based entity RTOs and Academia are not eligible to prime Details of non-UK partners and/or suppliers must be provided in EOI Different funding levels for LBs and SMEs UK will not fund licensing or regulatory compliance activities Proposals must be at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 or above ARTES programme is a R&D programme. UK will not fund marketing activities or undeclared miscellaneous costs Large Businesses or non-SMEs up to 50% SMEs up to 75%

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Criteria All applications are considered in competition with others received and are assessed against the following five assessment criteria Approach and Methodology Financial Return Innovation Supply Chain Wider Benefits

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Application Timeline Deadline for completing UK Space Agency Expression of Interest Form, 31 July 2025, 12:00pm Notification of Expression of Interest Outcomes, w/c 4 August 2025 Deadline for completing UK Space Agency Cover Sheet Form, 4 September 2025, 12 noon BST Notification of UK Space Agency Cover Sheet Outcomes, 6 October 2025 Deadline for Outline Proposal, 7th November 2025 Notification of Outline Proposal Outcomes, w/c 17 November 2025 Deadline for Full Proposal submission to UK Space Agency, 2 February 2026 TBC UK Space Agency Review and Authorisation of Funding Letter, w/c 13 February 2026 TBC

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Expressions of Interest EOI First stage in the application process All applicants must complete the online EOI form - link to form Summary of your project – what are you proposing? Deadline for Call: Thursday 31st July 2025, 12:00pm BST

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Summary €15,000,000 funding envelope no upper or lower limits for individual projects Deadline for Expressions of Interest 31 July 2025, 12:00pm BST Prime must be a UK entity – RTOs and Academia are not eligible to prime activities Different funding levels for Large Businesses up to 50% and SMEs up to 75%

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Overview of the ESA ARTES Process

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ARTES Competitiveness and Growth – ARTES C&G
Competitiveness and Growth

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ARTES C&G Outline and Full Proposals Outline Proposal (OP) Overview company, planning, cost, deliverables
Product definition, development and verification
Business plan
Outline proposal allows ESA to assess eligibility, feasibility, and validity of the activity ESA assesses OP and potentially invites industry to submit FP Full proposal (FP)
Modular structure
1 cover letter 2 business plan
3 technical
4 management
5 implementation
6 financial
7 contractual
5 and 6 dedicated proposal element required for subsequent phases

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ARTES C&G standard process ESA Outline Proposal (OP), Industry
Under 2 weeks
OP feedback
Gate x-1, announcement of FP submission
Around 4 Weeks
Gate X, full proposal (FP) submission Under 5 weeks
Evaluation and feedback
Clarification and negotiation Contract
National delegation, industry consults delegation, authorisation of funding

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ARTES Standard and ARTES AGILE+ Activities with ESA price up to €500K, Agile+ Activities with ESA price higher than €500K, ARTES standard Standard ARTES 4.0 Call for Proposals
Duration, As proposed CCN, Possible
AC/IPC, Applicable
Max ESA price, Not limited
Prior work/IKC, Allowed under defined conditions
Expenditure outside MS, Above €100K (AC) and €200K (IPC) approval
Outline proposal, standard template on CSC website
Full proposal, Standard FP templates on ESA Star and CSC website Template content, Detailed
Contract and negotiation, draft contract proposed by ESA and negotiated
Milestone payments, depending on proposal and complexity (to be negotiated) Payments per milestone, to be negotiated ARTES AGILE+ Duration, Typically under or about 12 months CCN, Possible
AC/IPC, Not Applicable
Max ESA price, 500K
Prior work/IKC, Allowed under defined conditions
Expenditure outside MS, Above €100K not allowed
Outline proposal, Dedicated template on CSC website
Full proposal, Dedicated AGILE+ FP template on ESA STAR and CSC website Template content, Simplified Contract and negotiation, ESA contract accepted at FP submission (not negotiable) Milestone payments, Fixed (MTR, FR)
Payments per milestone, 60% MTR, 40% FR

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Q&A

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