Copernicus Masters
The Copernicus Masters is the global innovation competition to foster the user uptake of Copernicus applications. It was launched by AZO in 2011 on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and with world-class partners coming from industry and governmental institutions alike. The success reached by previous winners has demonstrated the Copernicus Masters’ ability to boost the development of businesses in the downstream sector of EO data. Many domains of our society, from infrastructures to agriculture, ecosystem preservation and green energies, benefit from it. With a prize pool of EUR 531,000 in 2022, the Copernicus Masters awards innovators showcasing the benefit of Copernicus services in their solutions.
Why participating in the Copernicus Masters? If you have a brilliant idea on how to use Earth observation data to tackle global challenges, from pandemic outbreaks to climate change, from green energies to Big Data analytics, the Copernicus Masters is the right place for you to get support and further develop your solution. Seize this opportunity now!
About Copernicus
Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS are at the heart of the EU Space programme. All three help tackle today’s most pressing societal and economic challenges. Hence, the Copernicus Masters also promotes synergies with Galileo and EGNOS for the creation of new applications and services. The European Commission’s Challenges within the Copernicus Masters explicitly focus on solutions using EU Space data in all domains. The pre-existing close collaboration between Europe’s leading space innovation competitions for Copernicus and Galileo – the Copernicus Masters and the Galileo Masters – is therefore beneficial for society and all citizens.
1 year
The total prize pool is €531,000. Each challenge has a different prize:
- ESA Copernicus Frontier Tech Challenge: The winner will receive a cash prize worth €10,000.
- ESA Copernicus SpaceLeap Challenge: The TOP 3 solutions will receive a cash prize worth €5,000 each.
- DLR Environment, Energy & Health Challenge: The winner will receive a cash prize worth €5,000.
- BMDV Digital Transport & Mobility Challenge: The winner will receive a cash prize worth €5,000.
- BayWa Smart Farming Challenge: The winner will receive a cash prize worth €5,000.
- Portugal Space Copernicus Blue Challenge: €10.000 cash prize for the development of your winning idea in Portugal.
- UP42 Sustainable Urban Planning Challenge:
- OneAtlas Prize: Voucher to access commercial satellite data from Airbus (worth €80,000).
- UP42 Prize: Voucher to access all types of geospatial data and algorithms from the UP42 marketplace (worth €20,000).
Additional Reward for the Overall Winner 2022: EUR 10,000 if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2022 Overall Winner
Enterprises, scientific institutions, and individuals of legal adult age are entitled to participate in the Copernicus Masters 2022. Applications will be accepted from anywhere in the world except for the ESA SpaceLeap Challenge. The ESA Space LeapChallenge accepts proposals only from enterprises, scientific institutions, and individuals of legal adult age having a permanent residency, their headquarters or nationality in countries that have signed a Copernicus cooperation agreement on Copernicus data access and Earth observation data exchange. Namely: the United States, Australia, Ukraine, Chile, Colombia, Serbia, African Union, India and Brazil. Plus Eastern Partnership Countries: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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