The winner of the prize will have the opportunity to realise his/her idea at a suitable incubation centre of his/her choice within the EU27 for six months, with the option of an additional six months based on evaluation after the first period.*

T-Systems, supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), will assist the winner of the GMES Masters in getting the awarded project off the ground.
T-Systems will support the winner in realising an innovation project, which could lead to a longterm partnership. ESA may provide technical expertise and business development support at one of four ESA Business Incubation Centres (ESA BICs).

ESA is looking for ideas that can be implemented immediately and quickly nurtured into a profitable business with the technical and financial assistance of an ESA business incubator. Along with this extensive support package, the winner will also receive a EUR 10,000 award.

The winner will receive a voucher for five man-months of DLR services (an equivalent to EUR 50,000 value) in the further development of his idea, such as feasibility studies, concept studies, and prototype or business development. The prize, therefore, leads to direct implementation.

• A 12-month incubation programme that consists of one year of free access to NAVTEQ map data, content, and services
• The incubation programme will assist the winner of the NAVTEQ special topic prize with coaching, technical and business development support, and web promotions through NAVTEQ Network for Developers™ (NN4D)
• A personal technical consultant will assist in seeing the winning idea through to successful implementation.
• The opportunity to present the final application to NAVTEQ partners and customers, including leading handset manufacturers, platform and technology providers.
• The prize is worth in total approximately EUR 75,000.

KIS4SAT will provide 10 days of work with an individual coach to be selected by the winner from within the KIS4SAT consortium. The coach will e.g. consult on IPR issues, technological feasibility and business plan in order to prepare the application to a suitable incubation programme as offered by ESNC partner regions. In addition Awapatent AB, one of the leading IP-firms in Europe, will provide patent consulting worth EUR 8,000 aiming at filing a patent for the nominated idea. Furthermore the Universität der Bundeswehr München will sponsor a ticket for the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2011, worth EUR 650,- .
2nd prize: The Universität der Bundeswehr München will provide the first runner-up with a free-of-charge ticket for the ESA International Summer School on GNSS 2011.

The GNSS Living Lab Prize will be awarded to three winners, who will get the opportunity to conduct a “reality check trial” in a suitable Living Lab with the involvement of relevant user communities and potential future customers. The nominated innovators will thus benefit from the validation of their ideas, the user-oriented engineering of their products and services, the development of their entrepreneurial team and the intensifying of their network of industrial relationships.
In addition the three winners will receive prize money of EUR 10,000 each.