Since 2011, the annual Copernicus Masters competition awards prizes to outstanding ideas, applications, and business concepts that utilise Earth observation data for commercial purposes and socially relevant projects. Participants can choose from various topic-specific challenges that are awarded by an array of prominent partners. Along with cash prizes, the winners receive technical support in realising their ideas, access to satellite data, and startup support from a prize pool worth a total of more than EUR 300,000. Geared primarily towards startups and other companies, researchers, and students, the competition requires entrants to submit their applications from 15 April to 18 July 2016 at www.copernicus-masters.com.
