Go back

Cabinet offers €22.2m for Dutch space sector

 Image: Esa

Investment aims to modernise ESTEC and enhance prospects for space startups, researchers, students and suppliers

The Dutch caretaker cabinet has promised an extra €22.2 million to support research and innovation in space technologies, on top of the €500m in public funding allocated up until 2025.

The cabinet’s focus is on strengthening scientific and business infrastructures associated with the country’s aerospace sector. The money is mainly intended to allow the modernisation of ESTEC, the technical heart of the European Space Agency (ESA), located in the Dutch coastal town of Noordwijk (pictured).

This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.

Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link

Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.