Opportunities Round-up: Sept. 7

🌄 🌞 A new day, a new chance to learn or otherwise engage with the EO community! Take a minute to skim this week’s Opportunities Round-up.

📅 Deadlines

⭐Registration open. Hackathon. NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026 (14-15 November). NASA. www.spaceappschallenge.org/2026/

15 September. Call for Proposals for Copernicus-powered Drought Risk & Agricultural Exposure Assessment for Brazil. Evenflow/EU Agency for the Space Programme. evenflow.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EUSPA_MKD3_SC5_PoC-2-call_v1.pdf

18 September. Application deadline. Student travel grants to attend the American Meteorological Society 2027 meeting in Denver, USA. annual.ametsoc.org/2027/attend/students/student-travel-grants/

21 September. Call for Lightning Talk and Poster Proposals: Geography 2050: Africa Shaping Tomorrow. American Geographical Society fall symposium (19-20 November, New York City.) www.geography2050.org/

⭐1 October. Registration deadline. Third United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress. UN-GGIM. registration.3unwgic.org/

3 November. Abstract deadline. Hydrospace 2027. Toulouse, France. CNES, ESA, NASA, GEWEX. www.hydrospace2027.org/

1 December. Masters degree scholarship application deadline. Various programs for international students with targeted resources for African and other developing country students. Wageningen University & Research. www.wur.nl/en/education/master/study-expenses-masters/scholarships

🧠 Training, webinars and events

⭐8 September. Webinar. Learning from Extreme Flooding Events in Europe. Water Europe. watereurope.eu/event/learning-from-extreme-flood-events-from-recovery-to-future-preparedness/

8 September. Webinar. Background on the International Bilateral Fund Call 3. UK Space Agency. lnkd.in/p/ecXz29Qn

⭐10 September. Webinar. Observing the Earth in Many Colors: Active and Passive Remote Sensing. IEEE GRSS. www.linkedin.com/events/7498789011830894592/

⭐16 September. Online and in-person conference. CDSE User Summit 2026. Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem. dataspace.copernicus.eu/events/cdse-user-summit-intergeo-2026

⭐16-30 September. Online course. AI for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems. UNDRR. www.linkedin.com/events/7500104852530708482/

16/17 September. Regional Community of Practice Meet-ups. El Niño Preparedness. EOTEC DevNet. eotecdev.net/save-the-date-regional-communities-to-explore-el-nino-preparedness-sept-16-17/.

21-25 September. Curso. Remediación, monitoreo y gestión de cuencas antropizadas: Lecciones aprendidas de la teledetección. Instituto Gulich/CONAE. ig.conae.unc.edu.ar/escuela-de-primavera-2026/

⭐22-23 September. Workshop. GDA Goes Earth Action. ESA Global Development Assistance. gda.esa.int/2026/08/gda-goes-earth-action/

⭐23 September. Webinar. Scientific Advances on the Use of ASCAT Soil Moisture Observations for Rainfall and Drought Monitoring. EO AFRICA R&D Facility. www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar23

⭐23 September. Webinar. Improving our understanding of aerosol–cloud interactions with SATACI. ESA EO Data Users. https://www.linkedin.com/events/7500111478285381632/ 

22-23 September. Workshop. GDA Goes Earth Action. ESA Global Development Assistance. gda.esa.int/2026/08/gda-goes-earth-action/

23 September. Webinar. Scientific Advances on the Use of ASCAT Soil Moisture Observations for Rainfall and Drought Monitoring. EO AFRICA R&D Facility. www.eoafrica-rd.org/space-academy/webinars/#webinar23

24-29 September. Online course. Agricultural Flash Drought Detection using Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) and Soil Moisture Data. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/agricultural-flash-drought-detection-using-solar-induced-fluorescence-sif-soil

⭐28-30 September. In-person workshop. Earth Observation Architectural Challenges 2040-2060. ESTEC-ERASMUS. indico.esa.int/event/664/

⭐28 September-1 October. In-person training. Machine Learning for Earth System Modeling: The Anemoi Framework. Barcelona Supercomputing Center. bsc-aifactory.eu/training/machine-learning-for-earth-system-modeling-the-anemoi-framework/

⭐29 September. Webinar. Invasive Species GIS Training. Native American Fish & Wildlife Society. lnkd.in/p/gs3XhvTs

29 September. In-person workshop (Salt Lake City, Utah). Remote Sensing and Critical Mineral Discovery. NASA, USGS, NSF, EPA & University of Utah. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/events/workshop-remote-sensing-critical-mineral-discovery

6 October-25 May, 2027. Online course. Big Data for Agri-Food: Principles and Tools. Wageningen University & Research. e-academy.wur.nl/courses/course-v1:WUR+AIN90010+2026_10/about

13 & 15 October. Online course. Geostationary Remote Sensing of Aerosols for Air Quality Applications in North America. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/geostationary-remote-sensing-aerosols-air-quality-applications-north-america

20 & 27 October. Online course in English and Spanish. Monitoring Surface Water with SAR for Water Resource Management. NASA ARSET. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/trainings/monitoring-surface-water-sar-water-resource-management

23 November. Webinar. Improving Global Flood and Drought Forecasting for Early Warning, Preparedness and Operational Decision-making. SEED-FD. lnkd.in/p/e4mUVJhw

⭐Self-paced training. Economic assessment of drought risk management. FAO. www.preventionweb.net/resource/training-course/economic-assessment-drought-risk-management

⭐Self-paced training. Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) e-Learning Course. UNDRR. www.preventionweb.net/resource/training-course/disability-inclusive-disaster-risk-reduct

🌍 Community announcements & resources

⭐Funding proposal call open. Kick-start Activities. ESA Space Solutions. business.esa.int/funding/open-call-for-proposals-kick-starts

⭐New Use Case. How Copernicus satellite altimetry powers the Fast Lake and River Level Viewer. Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. land.copernicus.eu/en/use-cases/a-window-on-changing-waters-how-copernicus-satellite-altimetry-powers-the-fast-lake-and-river-level-viewer/a-window-on-changing-waters-how-copernicus-satellite-altimetry-powers-the-fast-lake-and-river-level-viewer

Save the date. AmeriGEO 2026. 30 November-05 December. www.amerigeo.org/

Abstract submission open. Pacific GIS & Remote Sensing Conference, 30 November-4 December. Suva, Fiji. pgrsc.org/pacific-gis-rs-users-conference/

Student Internships. Indian Space Research Organization. For Indian Nationals. iirs.gov.in/content/external-student-internship