The Network of Resources (NoR) is an ESA initiative allowing you to submit a sponsorship request for your project and get a chance to receive a voucher covering – totally or partially – the costs of the EarthConsole® service you have selected.
In principle any user can apply for ESA sponsoring through the NoR, for:
The ESA Network of Resources (NoR) aims to support research, educational and development and pre-commercial users to innovate their working practices, by facilitating the use of cloud environments for the exploitation of Earth Observation data.
The NoR provides an informative portal featuring a portfolio of innovative operational platforms and cloud services, including EarthConsole®.
Via the NoR portal, you can easily apply for a sponsorship giving you the chance to receive a voucher (up to 5.000 EUR for non-ESA projects) that can be utilized for the selected EarthConsole® service.
Vouchers must not be used to support any commercial revenue flows.
Please register and request the desired service via the EarthConsole® WebApp. Following the service request, you will have two options:
a. You can skip the steps described below: after our assessment we will prepare the NoR Sponsorship form for your review and approval (Strongly recommended);
or
b. In alternative, after our assessment, you can request the NoR Sponsorship on the NoR Discovery Portal by yourself as explained in the following Steps 1-5.
In case you need any support, we encourage you to let us know at info@earthconsole.eu.
Please visit the NoR Discovery Portal and look for Progressive Systems Srl – EarthConsole®.
Fill-in the Pricing Wizard Form providing the requested information about your project.
Once filled-in the form with the requested information, please review it carefully. Afterwards please select Export Sponsoring Request to download a PDF attachment, sign it and email it to nor-sponsorship-requests@esa.int and put support@earthconsole.eu and info@earthconsole.eu in cc.
For ESA projects only: please ask the technical officer to sign the document as well.
Please also attach any other information you believe can support your sponsorship request.
ESA will review your sponsoring request. You will be informed by email with the outcome of the evaluation (acceptance/rejection or request for modifications).
In case of acceptance, we will contact you to activate the EarthConsole® service you requested.
