Ülemiste City Competition for Innovation Award Scholarship

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Ülemiste City Competition for Innovation Award Scholarship
The scholarship(s) of the Ülemiste City Competition for Innovation Award are intended for a team, who will tackle the challenge(s) or problem(s) defined by the cooperation partner.
The amount of the scholarship fund is 6000 euros. The scholarship is funded by Ülo Pärnits Scholarship Fund. The objective of the Ülo Pärnits Scholarship Fund is to support entrepreneurial education and which will highlight competition to drive and help Ülemiste City smarter. Ülo Pärnits was the long-standing head of AS Mainor and the founder of Ülemiste City. Ülo Pärnits was the long-standing head of AS Mainor and the founder of Ülemiste City.
The competition will take place in three stages: submission of the preliminary project outline, approval of the terms of reference of the competition work by the representative of Ülemiste City and submission of the competition work.
All students and supervisors from among the academic staff of the university can apply for the scholarship.
A team can consist of:
- one student;
- a student and a supervisor from among the academic staff;
- up to four students:
- up to four students and a supervisor from among the academic staff.
It is the student's or students' responsibility to find a supervisor to himself/themselves from among the academic staff.
To participate in the competition, the team shall submit a project outline for solving a challenge or problem. The project outline must include: members of the team, the person responsible (project manager), the team's competencies, the roles in the team, the description of the idea/solution (the maximum of 1 A4 page) and the consent of the academic supervisor. The project outline shall be signed digitally by all the members of the team.
Mainor AS (Ülemiste City developer) will assess the preliminary project outlines in the light of the defined challenge. Three best teams will pass to the next round. Ülemiste City will provide feedback and recommendations for project outlines.
The teams that have passed to the next round will continue their work on tackling the challenge or problem, obtain approval to the terms of reference from the representative of Ülemiste City. In the final round the applicants are expected to write a competition work. A competition work should focus on the description of the idea/solution in 3000 – 8000 words. A competition work may include drawings, sketches, charts, tables, etc. When writing a competition work you can consult Ülemiste City, who can provide feedback on the work done. A competition work shall be submitted to the Mainor AS katrin.sulg@mainor.ee.
Mainor AS shall notify of the results of assessment. The first prize is 4000 euros and others who submit competition works will receive 1000 euros. Mainor AS may make a decision to divide the prize between the participants on a different basis. Supervisory board of Mainor AS will approve the results of the competition and notify the teams of the results of the competition.
The scholarship shall be paid to the team members in accordance with the proposal of the team leader.
All potential problems related to awarding of the scholarship shall be solved by the Mainor AS.
Ülemiste City will own the intellectual property created. The team members shall be pointed out as the authors of the intellectual property. The authors shall have the right to use the created intellectual property as a reference project.
Topics and problems:
1) New business opportunities and business models relying on the data collected within the Ülemiste City campus
Today, the “Internet of Things” (IoT) is gaining more and more popularity. Ülemiste City expects new ideas for using sensor networks or other smart city solutions in Ülemiste City to create new business opportunities/business models to be implemented in a smart city based on the valuable data collected by them.
Objective of the work: To propose (ideas, visions, but also specific examples used in different districts/fields of activity):
What kind of data should be collected in Ülemiste City and why?
What technological solutions, strategies can be used for collecting the big data of Ülemiste City (using already existing and/or new analytical tools)?
What are the additional Ülemiste City services (offered within the district) that could employ the solutions and strategies proposed in the 2nd question and how could it be realised?
What would be the other economic benefits of using the data collected (by each field and activity)?
What kind of data that are important for the city of Tallinn could be collected in the campus?
2) The impact of the sharing economy on the development of the Ülemiste City campus in the next few years
According to some estimates, in 10 years the market share and volume of the traditional economy and sharing economy will be equal. People are also less interested in long-term rental relations and personal ownership of items. They are looking for flexible solutions for their living and working spaces and the accompanying new services.
Objective of the work: To propose (ideas, visions, but also specific examples used in different districts/fields of activity):
Solutions justified from the perspective of both the client and the provider to create services that are important for the community of Ülemiste City, incl. peer-to-peer matchmaking opportunities.
How does the sharing economy physically influence the infrastructure of services resulting from: shared workspace solutions, shared living solutions, education of the next generation and shared academic infrastructure from the perspective of the sharing economy, transport solutions, etc.?
New ideas for public services from the aspect of the sharing economy.
Assessment of the impact of the sharing economy on the working and personal life in Ülemiste City in a 10-year perspective.
Criteria for assessing competition entries:
- Innovativeness
- Potential for implementation
- Efficiency/profitability of the solution (compliance with the set objective)
- Relevance of the competition submission
- Visually and substantially compelling presentation
More info, please contact: Katrin Sulg, Mainor AS, katrin.sulg@mainor.ee
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