This annual GBIF Challenge celebrates innovation of new and existing tools that leverage biodiversity data from the GBIF network to advance open science, research and policy. Winners will be selected by an expert jury to share a prize pool of up to €20,000 and will be announced at the 33rd GBIF Governing Board meeting in Oslo, Norway in September.
What does the Challenge entail?
The Challenge encourages entrants to focus on being able to answer the following questions for their submission:
- What is the submission?
- How does it work?
- Why should it matter to the GBIF community?
The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is intentionally open-ended. Entrants have a wide remit to create and improve tools and techniques that advance open science and improve the access, quality and usefulness of GBIF-mediated data.
It is expected that successful entries provide practical, pragmatic solutions for the GBIF network while advancing biodiversity informatics and biodiversity data management, particularly in alignment with the GBIF strategic framework.
Submission deadline
Friday 26 June 2026
Find out more, along with eligibility criteria and submission requirements, on the GBIF website.