Apply by 1pm, February 10
UK-based users are invited to submit an Expression of Interest to access the Earth Observation DataHub (EODH) free of charge until the end of March 2026.
The EO DataHub provides a national gateway and platform for Earth Observation (EO) and model datasets and is led by the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO). It is funded by NERC through the Department of Science Innovation and Technology Earth Observation Investment programme.
Users can access UK and global commercial and research satellite data; workflows for processing; and applications displaying surface temperature and land change.
The initiative aims to lower barriers to entry and enable users to explore the full potential of the EODH and its data offerings within a limited, no-cost access period.
NCEO are looking for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) in two areas:
1 Standard EODH access requests – Free access to EODH for interrogation of open data, commercial and simple processing with Jupyter notebooks. For explorers of data or applications, for data download users, for analysts who have a straightforward workflow or set of tasks. A short-feedback will be requested of you if access is granted.
2 EODH Project requests – Implementation and test projects with higher levels of processing demand and coding/workflow support.
Apply by February 10 for free access, processing and support to integrate your EO data access and processing on the EODH. EODH will provide financial and technical support (typically £ 5,000 (plus VAT) is available per project) to up to five projects to be completed and reported by March 31, 2026.
What is the Earth Observation DataHub?
The EO DataHub is a central platform for commercial and open data discovery, enabling users – whether from research, industry or policy – to search for Earth Observation data from many sources, from a single point of access. It also allows users to process data in an AWS environment.
It offers access to STAC-compatible commercial data using your existing or procured API key; Sentinel-1 and 2 Analysis-Ready data for the UK, and long-term research datasets (UK and global) from the UK EO Climate Information Service. There are also applications allowing users to interrogate surface temperature and land cover change. Explore the EODH catalogue to see what is available.
Explorers level
For Explorers – non-expert users and data explorers – the EODH provides no-code discovery of EO data and open-access downloads of climate and Sentinel data, to support data discovery and download, standard processing tasks, use case development and EO adoption at your organisation:
• Open-access downloads for EO (climate data and sentinels) available to all
• No-code discovery of EO data
• Standard processing tools and GIS interface through QGIS
• Use case development tool for EO adoption at your organisation
Analysts level
For Analysts, the EODH facilitates fitness-for-purpose assessments comparing open and commercial EO data to fit your needs, and collective purchasing and sharing of high-resolution imagery at your organisation. The opportunity to use Jupyter notebooks to bring your own analyses to the platforms:
• Fitness-for-purpose data assessments (open vs. commercial)
• Processing environment, collective purchasing and sharing of high-resolution commercial imagery for your organisation
• Science examples and training materials to help you get started
Groups selected through the Analyst EoI will be offered free compute until the end of March 2026, subject to an initial feasibility assessment of system load. In addition, where project support is required, EODH will provide workflow portability support delivered by an interdisciplinary team of EO specialists and software engineers.
Developers level
Developers can access:
• An AWS based processing environment
• API-based access to the data, and the EODH functionalities
• pyeodh, a Python API client to search and download EO data programmatically
• Dedicated technical support team
Learn more about the EODH and its approach to enabling unified access to EO data in this on this blog post from S4C members Sparkgeo ‘Beyond Fragmented Catalogues’.
How to Apply
- Standard Access Requests Explorer and expert UK-based users requiring only help desk support and small amounts of compute. This is a rolling call without specific deadline.
Please complete the Google application form as soon as possible.
You will need to provide your name, organisation, organisation type (government / business / research), contact details, a brief description of what you want to do on the system (access to data or applications, tasks), what you intend to achieve by March 31, an estimate of how much disk space or processing you expect to use.
Users granted access will be expected to provide simple feedback on their progress and the EODH system by March 25. - EODH User Project Requests
These are for analysts, developers or other users with more demanding cases who would like to participate in a funded EODH project to be completed by March 31 and undertaking a substantive implementation. A small number of successful projects will be awarded £5,000 plus VAT (if applicable) from which you can pay staff or order commercial data beyond the test data that will also be available to you (Airbus and Open Cosmos). The deadline for this call is February 10 at 13.00.
Please complete by Google application form at (by the deadline).
You will need to provide your name, organisation, organisation type (government / business / research), a brief description of what you want to do as a project, what you will achieve by March 31, how you intend to utilise the money including staff time allocated, what project support you will need including software tools etc., what disk storage and/or processing you will require.
Applicants awarded an EODH-user project will have to complete a report and a case study on project implementation and submit a first version by March 25. The case study will be led by the EODH user support, and we will ask the participants to engage with the user support team in terms of interviews and interactive sessions.
Support
The Hub supports the ability to integrate your own existing license from Airbus or PlanetLabs. There may also be opportunities to gain complimentary access to a range of high-quality Earth Observation data, including datasets from Airbus and OpenCosmos.
This opportunity is designed to support experimentation, development, and validation of Earth observation use cases across research, commercial, and operational domains.
All users will have access to helpdesk support. In addition to data access, the selected funded participants will also benefit from dedicated support, including:
• Software engineering support to assist with data integration and effective use of the platform
• Integrated User support to maximise the value of EODH services and tools
• Access to commercial Earth Observation experts to support the effective integration and exploitation of commercial data within your workflow.
For further information on EO Data Hub, please visit https://eodatahub.org.uk/
For queries about the EoI, please contact enquiries@eodatahub.org.uk