Access to space technologies for application in non-space sectors and to technology transfer funding opportunities through the ESA Commercialisation Gateway ...
A network of Technology Brokers was put in place by the European Space Agency to create added value for and boost European industry through joint collaboration between a space organization and a non-space industry. Créaction operates as the ESA Technology Broker for Luxembourg (2023-2026), working closely with ESA Commercialisation Gateway (https://commercialisation.esa.int) and LSA - Luxembourg Space Agency (https://space-agency.public.lu/en.html).
We take a market-led approach that focuses on assessing the needs of non-space industries and subsequently matching their needs with technologies, know-how and other assets developed throughout the entire European space industry in order to create technology solutions enabled by Space. Space applications cover an array of specialities, including satellite navigation and communication, earth observation, hard- and software, sensors and measuring technologies, robotics and automation, medical technology, energy, mechanical components, optoelectronics and optics, as well as new materials.
If you have an Innovation Challenge - an existing problem for which you have no well-defined solution – we can help you examine it from a technical and commercial perspective and source a space technology capable of providing a potential solution.
If you have a Technology Request – i.e. you have already clearly defined the problem and drafted technical specifications – we can help identify and assess space technologies capable of providing a potential solution.
In both scenarios, we collaborate with the ESA BIC, Broker And Φ-labNET Network to search and source a matching technology across all ESA member states. We also make regular use of ESA’s extensive patent database which is accessible at https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Patents
A further important aspect of our service offer is to signpost you to appropriate ESA funding mechanisms, in particular
the ESA Spark Funding Luxembourg Open Call (offering 8 grants of €75 000 over 3 years to implement a technology transfer feasibility study involving the space industry – spin-in or spin-off) and
the ESA IP for Commercialisation Luxembourg Open Call (offering 9 grants of €10 000 over 3 years to manage, protect and commercially exploit space-generated intellectual property).
