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Overview of ARTESco-funding opportunities

Alan Brunström

ESA Liaison Officer

Alan.Brunstrom@esa.int

Harwell, UK, 22nd March 2017

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Inauguration of ECSAT, July 2015ESA’s first UK centre (but we’ve been here since 2009)

NB: We are not an EU agency but have 23 European Member States including Norway & Switzerland, plus a cooperation agreement with Canada

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ECSAT: European Centre for Space Applications & Telecommunications, Harwell near Oxford

HQ of ESA’s Directorate of Telecommunications and Integrated applications;

Leads ESA’s promotion of commercial down-to-earth applications (in which the

UK has the largest stake of any Member State);

ESA teams also work on climate change, exploration and disruptive technologies;

Cooperates with the Harwell Space Cluster and acts as a gateway between the

UK space sector and the global space industry.

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ARTES Programme (Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems): Stakeholders and their roles

National Delegates e.g. InnovateUK authorise funding (c €500M/annum)

Industry & institutions from ESA Member States develop technology, products, services & applications

ESA manages the contracts and activities

Industry brings the end result to market & retains IP

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Key points for engaging with ESA/ARTES

Industry, academia or government entities from ESA Member

States (including Canada) can apply for co-funding.

IP essentially remains with industry (prime contractor).

Single country proposals are welcome (no need for complex

multi-national consortia).

Partnerships are possible with entities from non Member

States, if they fully fund any work done in their country.

Generally speaking, users from any country are welcome to

participate, especially in demonstration activities.

ESA staff will be delighted to answer questions and discuss

opportunities to work together.

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Recent examples of products/applications

MERCURY: Development of a

Next Generation Ka-band VSAT Transceiver

URDA: Ultra Rapid Deployable Antenna

JANUS: Bi-Band maritime antenna system

Engineering Model of the MEMS-based Satellite Propellant Gauging System 5.1

Smart Farming with satellites

3-D printed platinum Thruster chamber

Dual feed sub-reflector

assembly

Source: http://artes.esa.int

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Development Demo Content Deployment OperationStudy

ARTES Competitiveness & Growth: example of a support programme for developing Satcom products & services

Preparations100% funded

Competitiveness75%

...& Growth50%

ESA driven (100% funded)Industry driven(co-funded, business case)

Atlas50%

TRL 7,8,9PFM, FM

Space proven, heritage

TRL 6EQM, Qualification model

TRL 3,4,5BBs, EMs, Prototypes

TRL 0-2Tech. gaps identified

Feasibility studies

Technology100%

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ARTES Competitiveness & GrowthAn evolution from ARTES 3-4 and 5

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ARTES Competitiveness & Growth:The Four Development Phases

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ARTES Competitiveness & Growth Process for the Full Proposal covering one or more Development Phases

Outline Proposal (OP)

FullProposal (FP)

Clarification & Negotiation

Contract

Consult Delegation

Idea

10 days: OP feedback

from ESA

Authorisation of Funding

FP Evaluation

by ESA

Consultancy

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ARTES AT •Breadboard•Engineering Model

Always open

ESA Call for Ideas

AnnualWorkplan

Invitation to Tender (ITT)

ESA awards 1 contract

ARTES AT - 100% funded

ARTES Advanced Technology (AT):ESA-initiated activities – open competition

Authorisation of Funding from National Delegation

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ARTES Entry (ex Newcomers’ Initiative)

1. Part of ARTES Competitiveness and Growth

Covers all participating states.

2. New and improved funding levels (75%)

Technology, Product and Demonstration Phase.

Limit of 250K Euro across all phases.

3. Supports SMEs who have not worked with ESA within the last

10 years (Not just with TIA or ARTES).

4. Its own Call for Proposals with limited requirements.

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How do you engage with us & what do we look for?

1. Talk to us: by phone, email, website – or here in person.

2. Register on esa-star: https://esastar-emr.sso.esa.int/

3. Iterative process: most activities evolve from an informal

discussion initiated by you and are nurtured via an Outline Proposal

into a Full Proposal.

4. Proposal Templates & requirements are available on our

websites: https://artes.esa.int and https://artes-apps.esa.int

5. Competitions and Calls: some activities (e.g. Advanced

Technology and IAP Competitions) involve bidding against specific

calls or workplans issued by ESA on our websites.

6. Consider our newcomer initiative, ARTES Entry.

7. What we look for in a proposal: clear market opportunity or user

need and involvement; plus added value or innovation.

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Integrated Applications (IAP)(using space assets like Satcom,

Satnav, Earth Observation)

Satcom Applications(Capacity Building, Distance Learning,

B2B/B2C, Telemedicine, etc.)

The aim is to establish operational and

economically sustainable services

ESA funding is mostly 50%:

industry and users contribute the other 50%,

which helps ensure the services are

sustainable.

ARTES Applications programmes for developing applications and services

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New Opportunity: Kick-start activity on Automated Road Transport

• Call open 13th March to 24th April.

• Submit 15-20 pages, fast evaluation, then contract in 6 weeks.

• Not just one winner: multiple contracts anticipated.

• ESA funds up to 75%, to a maximum of €60k.

• Supported by InnovateUK.

• Webinar can be downloaded from website below.

• Kick-start call on Ageing Population opens late April• Kick-start call on Food Security opens late May• See https://artes-apps.esa.int for details

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We aim to increase support for SMEs (& others) at ALL stages in the process

Concept Development

Feasibility Study

Demonstration Project

SeedCapital

Start-upCapital

DevelopmentCapital

CompanyCreation

ServiceIncubation

Investment & rollout readiness

Funding Stream (ESA up to Demo)

Business Support Stream

Funding/Resource

Cliff

Project/companies identify other ongoing support

New ways of supportingProject/companies e.g.

Seraphim Fund

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https://artes.esa.int (website for telecoms)https://artes-apps.esa.int (website for applications)