Indicative timeline for ETP funding calls
Updated 22 January 2024
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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:
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innovative and/or emerging technology research and development – proof of concept, feasibility studies targeting emerging disruptive technologies
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detectors – new ideas for photon capture, at any wavelength, to enabling new science from space instrumentation
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robotics – enabling remote / autonomous operation of science instrumentation
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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