The leading innovation competition for commercial earth observation applications

You want to fast track your solution, application, service or business concept that uses Earth observation (EO) data to solve important social and commercial challenges? Then you are just right at the Copernicus Masters! With help from the largest Earth observation community and ecosystem, you are able to take your business to the next level and win your share of a total prize pool of EUR 550,000.

The Copernicus Masters is an international competition that awards prizes to innovative solutions, developments and ideas for business and society based on Earth observation data. Big data produced by Earth observation holds huge potential for the creation of innovative products and services.  A wide variety of industries and areas of public interest stand to profit from the advances of the Copernicus programme.

Partner Challenges

The 2020 challenges offer great opportunities to solve important problems faced by business and society together with world-class partners. From smart farming to sustainable finance, there is a challenge for everyone!
Choose one out of 9 Copernicus Masters topic specific partner challenges.

Prizes

Participants have the chance to win:

• cash prizes
• business incubation
• business coaching
• technical support
• access to testing facilities
• prototype development
• publicity
• marketing support
• access to experts
• access to public funding

Select a Copernicus Prize

Choose one of the up to 13 Copernicus Prizes powered by EC from partners all across the world. Just select the Copernicus Prize which can best support your innovation, this is optional but doubles your chances to win.
Copernicus Prize Austria

Benefits

Participants benefit from:

• Business support of Europe‘s most relevant space stakeholder
• Nine Partner Challenges and up to 13 Copenicus Prizes
• Network with the international Earth observation community
• Access to significant events of Europe‘s space ecosystem (such as national kick-off events, annual Awards Ceremony)
• Extensive promotion within the international space community

Apply now at Copernicus Masters

About

AZO Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen launched the Copernicus Masters in 2011 on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) and with the strong support of world-class partners. The Copernicus Masters is an international competition with the objective to drive Copernicus User Uptake of Earth observation (EO) data and thus respective business cases. With challenge partners such as European Space Agency (ESA), The European Commission (EC), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Planet, BayWa, Airbus, sobloo, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), as well as up to 13 Copernicus prize partners, the competition awards prizes to innovative solutions for business and society. With the expansion of the Copernicus Space Component every year, new prize categories enable solutions that tackle global challenges.

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