Applications open for the 13th edition of the Ruralapps Awards

The call for the Ruralapps Award, organised by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, reaches its 13th edition this year. The award aims to promote the application of technology for the benefit of the agri-food, forestry and rural sectors and to raise the profile of tools available on the information and communication technology (ICT) market that provide technological solutions for professionals in these sectors.

The award, granted by the Department of Agriculture, is open to individuals or organisations that have developed functional software for the agri-food, forestry and/or rural sectors, whether newly created or already on the market. It has two categories:

• Ruralapps-professional: recognises innovative technological solutions for professionals and companies to improve production and management processes, internal efficiency, safety, traceability, marketing, information or market positioning. These may cover anything from the production process to marketing. 
• Ruralapps-citizen science: rewards solutions that make information more accessible to the public in the agri-food, forestry and rural fields. 

The total prize fund for the 2026 call is 14,000 euros. Each category has a 5,000-euro prize for the winning entries and a 2,000-euro nomination for the finalists. The jury will be made up of 3 members of the Department of Agriculture and 3 members of the EURECAT Technology Centre of Catalonia foundation, which collaborates in promoting and publicising the award.

Since the first edition, the Ruralapps Awards have received a total of 296 entries, 166 in the professional category and 130 in citizen science. In the most recent edition, in 2025, the winning projects were AGRINPULSE 2024, with the autonomous electric AG-X robot to cut costs and address the shortage of farm labour (professional category), and Satelio IoT Services, with a nanosatellite system guaranteeing global coverage in areas without terrestrial networks (citizen science category). Nominations also went to KPSDRONS, for forest inventory using LiDAR technology, and PROPPOS, for reducing food waste.

The technological innovations submitted across all these editions span a wide range of fields: applications supporting product marketing or improving agricultural, forestry and rural management, among others.

The deadline for submitting entries to the Ruralapps Award 2026 is 29 June 2026 and applications can be made through this link.