GOBEYOND

Innovation Prize Open Call

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Submissions Start: 09 December 2024 at 08:00 CET
Submissions Deadline: 31 January 2025 at 17:00 CET

We are excited to announce the launch of the GOBEYOND Innovation Prize!

We invite university groups, innovation and technological centres and technological small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to submit innovative proposals aimed to enhance the MR-IEWS currently being developed by the GOBEYOND consortium. Selected participants will be awarded up to €50,000 to cover the work to integrate their solution into the GOBEYOND platforms and execute the plan described in the proposal.

What is the Innovation Prize Open Call?

It is a competition looking for innovative ideas/solutions to complement the Multi-Risk Impact-based Early Warning System (MR-IEWS) developed in GOBEYOND and its services.

Timeline

09-Dec-24

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Open call

31-Jan-24

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Close call

Feb-25

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Evaluation

01-Mar-25

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Announce finalists

20-Mar-25

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Pitch presentation

21-Mar-25

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Announce winner

What is the prize?

The winning proposal will receive €50,000. This prize is intended to be used to integrate the winning solution into the GOBEYOND platforms and to execute the proposed plan. The funding should cover the technical development, implementation, and any necessary adjustments to ensure that the solution works effectively within the GOBEYOND framework.

Who Can Apply?

We are looking for individual applications from:

Innovation and Technological Centres

Technological small and medium sized enterprises

Academic
Institutions

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LOGIN OR REGISTER TO THE GOBEYOND PLATFORM

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Fill in the online submission form. Attach the Application Template.

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Submit your proposal through the online submission form.

How to apply?

We highly recommend you read the GOBEYOND Guide for Applicants thoroughly before filling in your Application Form.

We will only evaluate proposals submitted through the online form and before the deadline (31th January 2025 at 17:00 CET).

Downloadable Files

Template to guide your proposal submission

Detailed instructions for preparing your proposal

Document affirming the truthfulness and accuracy of the information provided.

Contact Information and Support

Contact Email: innovation_gobeyond@crahi.upc.edu

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the open call and submission process.

University groups, innovation and technological centres and technological small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from the EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories, and Horizon Europe Associated Countries are eligible to apply. Applicants cannot be GOBEYOND partners, affiliates, or employees.

The GOBEYOND Innovation Prize requires applicants to be legally established entities. Individual freelancers or informal groups that are not legally recognized (e.g., unregistered startups) would not be eligible. Freelancers or individuals without formal legal status must partner with an eligible entity to apply.

The submission deadline is January 31, 2025, at 17:00 CET.

No, applicants are limited to submitting one proposal only. If more than one proposal from the same applicant is identified, only the last proposal which has been submitted in order of time will be evaluated. Different research groups within the same university are eligible to apply.

Proposals will undergo an evaluation where 3 evaluators will assess them based on quality, alignment with the project, and implementation feasibility. Every application will be evaluated using a standard scoring scale. After completing individual assessments, the experts' scores will be averaged to produce a preliminary ranking, identifying the top-performing applications. Finalists will pitch their solutions at the 1st GOBEYOND Workshop, where partners will vote on the winner.

Your proposal should directly contribute to the development or enhancement of Multi-Risk Impact-based Early Warning Systems (MR-IEWS). It should focus on providing actionable, data-driven solutions that improve decision making for geo- and weather-related hazards, supporting Civil Protection Authorities and first responders.

Your implementation plan should outline the estimated effort required to integrate your solution with the existing MR-IEWS, enabling a real-time demonstration on the pilot site demonstrations throughout the project’s duration. The selected winner will need to work closely with GOBEYOND’s technical team to ensure seamless integration, addressing any technical challenges, and adapting your solution to the various pilot sites and operational environments.

By submitting a proposal to the GOBEYOND Innovation Prize, you retain full intellectual property rights (IPR) to your solution. You must ensure that your submission does not infringe on third-party IP rights. All the IPRs of development platforms belong to GOBEYOND Consortium Partners or third parties that have made all the necessary license and user rights agreements.

If access to specific data is essential to your proposal, you must outline how you intend to gain access to the necessary data. This could include partnerships with data providers, agreements with government bodies, or utilizing publicly available datasets. The feasibility of obtaining this data will be a factor in the evaluation of your proposal.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation under grant agreement No. 101121135.

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