Copernicus Masters invites you to apply for ESA Challenge- Digital Twin Earth 2021! Apply now!
The Copernicus Masters is organized under an ESA contract by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen (“the Organiser”) and is supported by various prize-awarding partners (“the Partners”). It is designed to support the development of Copernicus-related entrepreneurship by eliciting and rewarding projects and business ideas that make use of Earth observation data primarily generated under the Copernicus program. The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. To contribute to the success of Copernicus, ESA is exploiting its 35 years of expertise in space programme development and management.
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The ESA Digital Twin Earth Challenge seeks to stimulate entries that can help visualize, monitor and forecast natural, societal, economic and industrial activities and trends on the planet, paving the way for the carbon neutral economy and reinforcing Europe’s commitment to the Green Deal. A digital twin is a virtual replica or a simulation of a physical system or system components. The ESA Digital Twin Earth Challenge (ESA DTE Challenge) aims to stimulate applications that can demonstrate how to derive granular and reliable information about past, present and future changes in the Earth system using Earth observation data in combination with state-of-the-art technologies such as Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Cloud Computing. Submissions are welcome addressing key societal challenges, including:
- Resilient Blue & Green Infrastructures
- Food Security
- Climate Adaptation
- Health and Well Being
- Pollution Monitoring and Prevention
Evaluation Criteria:
The submissions to this challenge will be evaluated based on the potential for technological feasibility combining these different technologies, rather than their maturity, and addressing key building blocks of the DTE. Submissions to the ESA Copernicus Digital Twin Earth Challenge will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Innovation
- Copernicus Relevance
- Technical Feasibility
- Market Viability Index
- Impact Index
Benefits
- Cash Prize: The winner will receive a cash prize worth EUR 10,000
- Satellite Data: Possibility to access EUR 10,000 worth of commercial datasets from the Copernicus Contributing Missions in the Copernicus Data Warehouse (financial support by the European Commission)
- Overall Winner: EUR 10,000 if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2021 Overall Winner
Eligibilities
- All innovators –Enterprises, scientific institutions
- Individuals of minimum 18 years of age, consortia or legal entities
- Universities, start-ups, SMEs and bigger companies, research organizations and associates from all around the globe are invited to join
- Applications will be accepted from anywhere in the world, except for the Copernicus Master European Commission (COM) Challenges and the Copernicus Prizes.
- To participate in those, any applicant must be a natural or a legal person of an EU Member State or EEA, ENP, South/East countries or other countries with which the EU has space dialogues and cooperation: USA, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Gulf Cooperation Countries, Kazahstan, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand.
Eligible Regions: Open for all
Application Process
- Register to their secure database by clicking on Apply Now
- Choose your partner challenge and enter all your details into the database
- Choose a Copernicus Prize. You can pick the Prize that best supports your business case, even if that is not your country of residence.
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Application Deadline: July 19, 2021
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