This year’s student innovation challenge addresses searchability in Research and Spatial Data Infrastructures (RDI/SDI).

Individuals or teams of two. The applicant(s) must be enrolled as a BSc, an MSc, or PhD student(s).

The application comprises

• A written proposal
• A written, signed personal declaration from each person
• Proof of immatriculation (Semsterbescheinigung/certificate of study) from each person
• A tabular CV from each person

All application documents must be submitted in digital form per email to .

The challenge is to compose a project proposal and implement a proof of concept which addresses searchability in Research and Spatial Data Infrastructures (RDI/SDI). The proposal should be approximately 5 pages (2500 words) written in English or German. The following criteria apply. It must:

• describe the problem statement in your own words
• provide a description of your concept
• describe the project goals
• describe the proposed solution – technical approach & feasibility, implementation
• include a work plan/road map/implementation plan
• include some references to software that you have worked on (e.g.,  GitHub repositories)

• running, tested and documented software
  • well-documented source code available in the 52°North GitHub repository
  • For this we need you to sign a CLA.
• project documentation
  • blog post
  • any documentation needed for running and using the software. Documentation must be provided as a GitHub README.md and include the following
    • How to install
    • How to develop
    • …

• Proposal submission deadline: April 22, 2024
• Notification of selected proposals: May 2, 2024
• Submission of final project results: August 31, 2024