Valencian Community / Spain Challenge

PRIZE 2018

The regional winner of the 2018 Valencian Community Challenge will be offered a complete 12-month incubation programme at any of the five Valencian Science Parks.

This will include the following services*:

Access to office and facilities at a reduced rate
Business coaching and training
IPR and patent consulting
Support for market and feasibility studies
Technical support
Access to testing facilities
Marketing support
Assistance in product and prototype development
Access to experts
Access to public funding or venture capital
Software licenses

The prize also includes travel and accommodation for the Galileo Masters Awards Ceremony 2018 in line with a major European space conference. Furthermore, the winner can access additional tailored E-GNSS Accelerator business support worth EUR 62,000 (if eligible).

In addition, the first and second runners-up will also receive a complete six-month incubation programme at any of the five Valencian Science Parks.

An extra EUR 10,000 cash prize will be allocated to the ESNC 2018 Overall Winner.

* Exact services are subject to local or temporary availabilities.

PARTNERS

Region
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community navigates with you towards success in the space market.
Its three provinces – Valencia, Castellon, and Alicante – offer a wide range of exciting business opportunities. With a competitive communications network, modern infrastructure, quality industrial land, skilled entrepreneurs, and a proactive workforce, the Valencian Community is the ideal place for companies to settle and develop. The region also occupies a key geostrategic position for commercial interconnections: As an intermodal logistics platform, it serves as the freight gateway to the Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean countries, and the rest of Europe.
The Valencian Community boasts many characteristics attractive to investors. Its prime location, for example, features an exceptional Mediterranean climate and unique natural advantages. The high-speed railway also provides connections to the capital of Spain and the port that handles half of all the containers involved in the country’s foreign trade. The region’s modern economy, meanwhile, generates 64% of its added value in the service sector. Along with transport, logistics, and trade, tourism is also a primary activity in the Valencian Community, which welcomed seven million visitors to its pristine beaches and rich interior landscapes in 2013 alone.
Finally, the region is home to numerous universities, bilingual and international schools, and technology centres and science parks offering advanced services in R&D. Having experienced an enormous boom over the last 15 years, the Valencian Community plans to keep on growing and becoming even more open and appealing to the rest of the world. www.comunitatvalenciana.com
Regional Organiser
Val Space Consortium
Val Space Consortium (Consorcio Espacial Valenciano) was created in March 2010 with the aim of combining all of Valencia's efforts in the space sector in order to increase their impact and international competitiveness.
Composed of Generalitat Valenciana, the city administration of Valencia, Universitat Politècnica de València, and Universitat de València Estudi General, Val Space Consortium carries out scientific research and technological development services in any field related to the space sector, including in increasing safety and quality in the production of space systems. Through its collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and other Spanish and international institutions, Val Space Consortium seeks to promote activities and provide services to facilitate Europe’s economic and social development in the space sector. More: www.val-space.com/?lang=en
Regional Partners
Valencian Science Parks
The Valencian Science Parks are tasked with fostering the creation of clusters of public and private companies in order to promote the generation of scientific and technological knowledge, boost technology transfer towards the business sector, and provide added-value services to the companies linked to their ecosystem of innovation.
They are situated in urban areas used exclusively by specialised entities committed to research. The Valencian Community is home to five Science Parks that comprise the Valencian Science and Technology Parks network (repCV repcv.net). These parks are involved in the European Satellite Navigation Competition in collaboration with Val Space Consortium:
Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación - Universitat Politècnica de València
Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación – Universitat Politècnica de València
cpi.upv.es
Parc Científic - Universitat de València
The Science Park of Universitat de València.
www.pcuv.es/en/home
ESPAITEC - Parc Científic, Tecnològic i Empresarial - Universitat Jaume I de Castelló
The Science Park of Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.
www.espaitec.uji.es
Parque Científico - Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
The Science Park of Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche.
www.parquecientificoumh.es/en
Parque Científico de Alicante
The Science Park of Universidad de Alicante.
uaparc.ua.es/en/uaparc.html
E-GNSS Accelerator Partner
European Commission
The prize pool is co-financed by the European Commission’s DG Grow. The aim of the “E-GNSS Accelerator” is to foster the market uptake of Galileo/EGNOS and high technologies in EU28, the EEA and ENP countries.
The prize pool is co-financed by the European Commission’s DG Grow. The aim of the “E-GNSS Accelerator” is to foster the market uptake of Galileo/EGNOS and high technologies in EU28, the EEA and ENP countries.