The POLARIN Network, an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, has officially launched its Transnational Access (TA) Call for 2025. This presents an excellent opportunity for ESA projects and activities to access polar research infrastructures, enhancing data collection for their initiatives. POLARIN is an EU-funded project that provides researchers with integrated access …
On-Hold Temporary Please, note that the Living Planet fellowship call 2025 is on hold temporary. We are adapting the documentation to a new and more adequate collaborative framework. The updated documents and new deadline for submission of proposals will be communicated in September. With this change ESA aims at improving the process and establish a …
The Space Academy is maintained by the EO AFRICA R&D Facility to sustain capacity building actions in Africa. One of the pillars of the Academy are the Webinars, covering topics related to the use of EO to assess and monitor the state of water and food security-related spatial components. Each Webinar consists of three sections: theoretical …
The innovative online ESA educational platform edukeo is launching next week at the Living Planet Symposium, in Vienna, Austria. Supported by ESA’s EO Science for Society programme, the goal of the edukeo project is to communicate the value of Earth Observation to a broad audience, including younger generations, educators, media, and policy makers. edukeo brings …
Last 28 May 2025 marked a milestone for Earth Observation (EO) education in Europe with the inauguration of a new inter-faculties centre at Charles University in Prague, bringing together high-level representatives from the Czech Republic, Italy, and the European Space Agency (ESA). Francesco Sarti represented ESA and presented the agency’s education activities in Earth observation …
The Sentinel Users Preparation (SUP) is an initiative within the FutureEO programme of the ESA Earth Observation Programmes (EOP) Directorate. Overall, the SUP initiative will invest in a dedicated set of connected developments to ensure that European entities are optimally placed to exploit the opportunities due to the future Copernicus Sentinel Expansion and Next Generation …
The One Ocean Expedition (2025–2026) has embarked on a global voyage aboard the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, aiming to raise awareness about the ocean’s pivotal role in a sustainable future at global level. As part of this journey, the European Space Agency (ESA) organises the Advanced Ocean Synergy Training Course 2025 (#OTC25), blending satellite …
ESA’s Big Data Foundations for Earth Observation 2025 course will take place in Riga from 22-26 September 2025, offering participants foundational knowledge and practical skills in Earth Observation (EO) data and applications, big data processing, business insights, and future computing technologies. Designed as a precursor to the Big Data from Space 2025 (BiDS’25) conference, this …
Scientists from the ESA Hydrology Science Cluster gathered at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati from 25 to 27 November to enhance collaboration in Earth Observation for Hydrology and Water Cycle science. This event brought together scientists from 22 ESA and European Commission-funded projects to enhance synergies in Earth Observation (EO) for hydrology and the water cycle. The …
In July 2024 the ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility launched in collaboration with AUC a call for higher education teaching grants to develop curricula in an Earth Observation topic related to Water and Food Security. As outcome of the call, five proposals from African universities from Ethiopia, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Benin have been selected …
