The prize pool of this year's ESNC has a total value of about EUR 1 million, which includes business incubation, patent consulting, testing and marketing support, access to customer markets, and cash prizes. Every entrant will need to choose the region in which they wish to participate from among our more than 20 partner regions, each of which will eventually select a winner. Take a look at the Regional Prizes to see which is best suited to your plans for realising your idea.

Once you have chosen your region, why not find out what our research and industry partners can offer you? In addition to the regional prizes, participants can submit their idea for one of the Special Prizes. A winner will be chosen in each prize category.

Finally, the overall winner - the Galileo Master - will be selected from among all the regional and special prize winners by a panel of experts. If you submit your idea for a special prize in addition to the prize of the region you select, you'll thus double your chances of becoming the Galileo Master and receiving an additional cash prize of EUR 20,000.

You can also submit a summary of your idea to be voted on by the public in this year's Audience Award.

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