These institutions supported the foundation of the COPERNICUS Alliance in 2010 by donating an extra sponsorship: 

• University of Graz, Austria
• University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria
• University of Technology Graz, Austria
• WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
• Aalborg University, Denmark
• Leuphana University Luneburg, Germany
• Open Universiteit in the Netherlands, The Netherlands
• London South Bank University, UK
• University of Gloucestershire, UK