El ganador se llevará un premio de 15.000 €.
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The best idea will win up to 21,000 €.
What is the Air Traffic Management business ideas contest?
ENAIRE, through its research center, CRIDA, launches this year the 3rd edition of the Air Traffic Management business ideas contest.
The objective of the contest is to promote entrepreneurial initiative and promote the transformation of business ideas into real companies. To this end, this contest aims to promote and develop ideas in their initial stages.
The contest is divided into three phases:
What is ENAIRE?
In Spain, all aircraft that take off, land or transit through its airspace receive communications, navigation and surveillance services through a modern and complete network of facilities operated by ENAIRE.
In the following infographic they show how air traffic control services are provided, according to the phases of a flight.
Some of Enaire's areas of interest include:
Who can apply?
Undergraduate/master's degree students, graduates, doctoral students and potential entrepreneurs who have an idea related to the activity that ENAIRE performs. Anyone with a great idea can participate.
The ideas can come from any sector as long as they are potentially developed in the Air Traffic Management environment.
The ideas submitted must be innovative and must not have been launched at the time of submitting the application.
Awards
This competition will offer three types of financial awards depending on the stage of the contest.
Of the five ideas selected, the best three will receive an award based on the score obtained by the selection committee.
First Winner
Second Winner
Third Winner
At the end of the incubation phase, the Selection Committee will analyze the business plans of each of the five finalist ideas and will give each one a score in order for the Jury to choose the winning idea of the contest.
Award for the best Business Plan.
It offers the opportunity to materialize the winning idea and demonstrate its potential in a real environment, developing a prototype of the proposed product or service, which will facilitate the validation of its operation and attractiveness in the market.
Award associated with the best proof of concept.
What does incubation consist of?
The five selected ideas will receive personalized support in order to improve their business proposals during the contest.
The incubation will take place between March and May 2025. The following activities will be carried out:
What does proof of concept consist of?
This stage will allow the development of a prototype or initial version of the proposed product or service, which will facilitate the validation of its performance and attractiveness in the market.
The execution of the proof of concept will take place between July and October 2025.
The following activities will be carried out:
Calendar
End of programme registrations
Announcement of the 5 selected ideas and presentation of prizes to the 3 best ideas presented
Sessions with the 5 selected ideas
The jury will decide which of the five ideas is the winner of phase 2.
Development of the demostration that validates the viability the of the product or service provided from the business plan.
Open call
Frequently Asked Questions
ENAIRE is the main provider of air navigation and aeronautical information services in Spain. It provides communications, navigation and surveillance services throughout the Spanish airspace and in the airports of the Aena network, with implications in the following areas:
Students and future entrepreneurs who have not yet launched their idea can apply, but the program is open to anyone who is not an ENAIRE employee.
In the case of a natural person, they must be at least 18 years of age on the closing date of registration for the competition.
In the case of a legal person, it must be considered a microenterprise according to Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of the European Commission.
The purpose of this business ideas contest is to encourage the generation of ideas which, potentially, will crystallize in the creation of innovative companies in ENAIRE’s field of activity.
Ideas that take advantage of business opportunities in any sector of activity are welcome, as long as they focus on the provision of air traffic/air transport services.
Therefore, the business idea competition will be a success if it serves to expand the innovative ecosystem of air navigation.
The participants of the contest will be responsible for their idea and will maintain at all times the intellectual or industrial property of their ideas presented.
For its part, ENAIRE, for its activities within the framework of the provision of Air Navigation Services, could decide to continue with the maturation in its development and subsequent exploitation of the winning idea of the second phase of the bidding.
However, if the winner of the tender decides not to undertake this task together with ENAIRE, after two years from the date of the winner’s announcement, ENAIRE shall have the right to do so by its own means.
The deadline for registration is January 31, 2025 at 23:59h CET (UTC+1), although the organization reserves the right to extend the deadline.
Participants must submit their applications using the form that includes the questions of the “Business Model Canvas” available on the contest website
The ideas submitted will be evaluated based on the information provided in the registration form, “Business Model Canvas”, according to the following criteria:
Participants may choose to enter only the first phase of the competition to win one of the three prizes for the best idea (5,000 €, 3,000 € and 1,000 €).
The representative of the idea that has created the most viable and interesting business model for CRIDA will be invited to develop a proof of concept, after the incubation phase.
The development of the proof of concept is associated with an economic endowment of 6,000 €. This idea can be any of the five selected in the previous phase.
The idea that moves forward with the development of the proof of concept, the best business plan will be eligible for an additional prize of 10,000 € , does need to participate in the incubation.
The incubation phase is a period of learning and development in which the 5 selected ideas will receive personalized support to improve and consolidate their business proposals.
During this stage, participants will have the opportunity to transform their initial ideas into complete business models, based on the Business Model Canvas tool.
The main objective of this phase is to help participants evolve from a value proposition and an initial definition of their customers to a comprehensive business model.
Incubation will take place between March and May 2025.
The Selection Committee will analyze all the proposals received and will verify that they meet the criteria for admission to the competition. A sufficient number of interviews will be held with the participants with the best ideas in order to facilitate the selection by the Jury.
The Jury will choose which 5 ideas will participate in the incubation program and which 3 will receive cash prizes.
The award for the three best ideas will be announced on February 28, 2025 and the award for the best business plan will be announced in July 2025.
All prizes will be awarded by the UTE AD-SILO by bank transfer, on behalf of CRIDA, and their amounts will be subject to withholding, the responsibility of the representative of each winning idea.
The prizes may be declared void if the Jury so decides.