Deadline: 30-Jun-2020
DLR is looking for innovative solutions that use Earth observation (EO) data to support sustainable management of our limited natural resources and foster human well-being.
In the light of global change, pandemics as well as climate change a sustainable management of our planets resources is more important than ever. DLR is looking for innovative solutions to achieve this goal. Areas of particular interest to DLR are:
- Environmental Management: Identifying environmental issues and managing natural resources
- Sustainable Resource Management: Monitoring and improving the use of natural resources, as well as generation, distribution, or consumption of energy
- Health Promotion: Identifying, monitoring and / or providing solutions avoiding negative environmental factors affecting human health or mitigating epidemic impacts.
Besides using EO satellite data from Copernicus and DLR missions, participants are encouraged to supplement their ideas with other sources of data, such as information generated by crowd-sourcing, social media or in-situ measurements. Solutions should support professionals working in these areas, inform the public, or empower public authorities to take action and solve issues on a local, national, or global scale.
Prize Information
- Cash Prize: EUR 5,000
- 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 EC)
- Extra EUR 10,000 Cash Prize if your concept gets selected as Copernicus Masters 2020 Overall Winner
Criteria
Submissions to DLR Environment, Energy & Health Challenge will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Benefit for society: Does the idea foster human wellbeing, health and/or sustainable resource management?
- Copernicus Relevance: How significant is the use of sentinel satellite data for realisation of the idea?
- Innovation: What is in particular new about the idea?
- User acceptance: Is the idea of practical use to users or the general public? Would they use it?
- Feasibility: Is the idea technically feasible?
For more information, visit https://copernicus-masters.com/prize/dlr-challenge/