Integrated Applications Promotion Explained

ARTES 20 Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) was a European Space Agency programme that supported the development of services utilizing space assets, such as satellite navigation, communication or earth observation, with terrestrial systems. Many successful projects and studies created user-driven applications around solving particular problems or opportunities instead of creating technological solutions.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Integrated Applications Promotion Programme was approved on ESA ministerial conference in November 2008 as a new branch of the Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme.^[4] The ambassadors platform was initiated in May 2010 aiming to further expand awareness of the programme in Eastern and Central Europe.^[5] Even after its restructuring, ESA IAP supported over 2,000 projects to deliver across over 100 socio-economic goals and SDG indicator.^[6]

Activities

IAP programme was divided between three types of activities:^[7]

Open Competitions

Standard procedure of placing contracts with ESA focused on particular ESA's needs or collaborating institutions while working with a fixed budget and time schedule. Projects cover Feasibility Studies and Demonstrations.^[8]

Calls for Proposals

Projects working with no fixed budget or closing date co-funded by ESA up to 50% in case of commercial applications and up to 100% in case of research institutions and universities. Calls of Proposals are divided into 3 major categories.^[9]

• Feasibility Studies for identification, analyzation and a definition of sustainable applications and services by utilization of a multiple space data.
• Fast Track Feasibility Studies are focusing on a few selected critical elements of a feasibility studies while being limited in funding and duration.
• Demonstration Projects for pre-operational services with commercial and environmental stainability perspective and access to private funding.^[10]

Awareness Activities

Special awards on selected topics and a calls for ideas including these opetoor everyone interested, with no additional requirements.

See also

• ARTES
• European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT)

External links

• IAP website
• ARTES 20 Projects list

Notes and References

1. Web site: ARTES 20 IAP Overview. ESA. 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904093028/http://artes-apps.esa.int/artes-20-overview. 4 September 2014. dead.
2. Web site: Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) in the UK. Science and Technology Facilities Council. Prof. A. Ginati, ESA. 3 September 2014.
3. Web site: ESA Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) Funding Opportunities. PDF. Ian Downey. 13 December 2013. 3 September 2014.
4. Web site: Member states approve the new ARTES 20 IAP programme. ESA. 25 November 2008. 3 September 2014.
5. Web site: Ambassador Platform for IAP in Central & Eastern European Region portal is now on line!. ESA. 3 May 2010. 3 September 2014.
6. Web site: Montanari . Elias . 2 September 2020 . ESA Space Solutions / Business Application/ IAP: Socio-Economic Impact Analysis of NEWSPACE . 3 September 2020 . IAF Astro . IAF.
7. Web site: Working with ARTES 20 IAP. ESA. 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904100010/http://artes-apps.esa.int/artes-20-working. 4 September 2014. dead.
8. Web site: Call for Proposals on ARTES 20 IAP. ESA. 3 September 2014.
9. Web site: Opportunities. ESA. 3 September 2014.
10. Web site: Ginati . Amnon . 26 April 2016 . Innovative Funding Opportunities Presentation . ESA Business Applications.