First Call For Innovative Apps in the environmental and social domains

The challenge

The MYGEOSS project launched on March 18th an open call for innovative applications using open data, or crowd-generated data in different domains that address citizens’ needs. The call closed on April 30th and was a resounding success with 58 applications received from 13 countries: 63% from SMEs, 27% from universities and research centres.

The International Panel

The submissions were reviewed by an international panel composed by members of staff of the European Commission, European Environment Agency, European Space Agency, the private sector (OGC and Epsylon-Italia), and the European Network of Living Labs and the European Citizen Science Association.

And the winners are….

CALIOPE by Barcelona Super Computing Centre Air quality forecast over next 24 hours of major air pollutants
Loss of the Night by Interactive Scape GmBH & GFZ App to allow citizen scientists all over the world to collect quantitative information on the changing nighttime environment.
MySeasons by Friedrich-Schiller University A vegetation phenology analysis using satellite data and data collected by citizens
IASTracker by IC5Team An app to locate Invasive Alien Species using crowd-source data from citizens.
Geo-MAHA by GAP Consult Ltd. An hazard alerts app to provide and collect information about flood, fire and other hazard related events or signals.
E-SOL by Untold Rubies Game for 6-12 ears old to raise awareness on air pollution
ScoobaSat by Proambiente S.C.R.L. Divers info on water quality, transparency, temperature, fish abundance and current intensity.
Know Your City! by UbikGS Social, economical and environmental indicators presented on a map-based view as a quiz
Dust Storm Monitoring by University of Rome La Sapienza Near Real Time Dust Storms monitoring and impact assessment

The Awards

The 11 winning applications  will be awarded contracts by the JRC for a maximum of €13 500 to further develop the applications, and take them to the stage of first public release within three months of signing the contracts. The winners will also be invited to present their applications at a special side event on Citizen Science at the GEO Plenary meeting in Mexico City on the  9-13 November 2015. This will give visibility to the winning teams as the GEO Plenary and Ministerial Conference will be attended by senior representatives from 97 countries, 87 international organisations and the private sector. Travel and daily allowance will be supported by the European Commission for one person from each winning team.

The next Competitions

MYGEOSS will launch two additional competitions in November 2015 and March 2016 with a view to show the results at the 2016 GEO Plenary.

Point of contact: Massimo.Craglia@jrc.ec.europa.eu