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Call for Participation

Show how you use DestinE

Now that the Destination Earth (DestinE) Platform has been providing services, datasets and digital twin data to registered users for eighteen months, we would like to hear from Master’s students, PhD candidates, post-doc and early-career researchers keen to showcase how they use DestinE tools and data in their work. DestinE is launching a Call for Participation to engage the next generation of researchers in highlighting real-world applications of its tools and capabilities.

Are you working with DestinE tools and services? We would love you to share your story with us. We will feature your research in interviews, articles and communication materials across DestinE channels.

This is for you if you if are:

Master’s students
PhD candidates
Post-docs
and early-career researchers

who actively use, analyse, or apply DestinE digital twins, datasets, modelling tools, or platform functionalities. Applicants are invited to share how DestinE contributes to their research methods, data analysis, modelling, or workflows. The main goal of the Call for Participation is to collect first-hand insights, practical examples, and case studies that illustrate how DestinE is applied in real research contexts and the value it brings to scientific work.

Why apply?

If selected, your research will be featured on official DestinE communication channels, including a dedicated article and potentially a short video teasers. It’s a chance to gain greater visibility and reach new scientific and policy-oriented audiences beyond your immediate field.

You will also be strengthening your professional profile as a researcher working with digital twin technologies – and helping shape how other scientists discover and use DestinE. Your experience can inspire peers, demonstrate practical applications, and support the growth of a research community around DestinE.

Timeline and Important dates:

Call for Participation launch: 23 February 2026
ApplicationAn action, information product, or service (including consul More deadline: 23 March 2026
Evaluation and selection: March-April 2026
Interviews: April-May 2026
Output: May-June 2026

What happens if you’re selected?

We will get in touch to arrange an online interview lasting about an hour. We will ask you to sign a consent form for audio and video recording and data-sharing for the interview. We may also use snippets of the interview to produce video teasers to promote the DestinE initiative, unless you explicitly request otherwise.

How your interview will be used

After the interview:

We will transcribe the conversation.
We will draft a written article highlighting your work.
The final materials will be published across DestinE communication channels throughout 2026.

Our goal is to showcase authentic research stories and practical applications of DestinE tools in academic contexts.

How to apply

Complete an online application form before 23 March 2026.

The evaluation board will review applications within three weeks of the deadline. If you’re selected, we’ll contact you by email to schedule your interview.

Please note, the Call for Participation follows the principles of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. Applications are welcome from all eligible candidates, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, disability or any other personal characteristic.

What we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from researchers who are actively using DestinE tools, digital twins, datasets or platform functionalities in their academic or scientific work. We want to know how DestinE supports your research objectives and what it has meant for your work.

Who will select researchers?

An evaluation board of technical experts from organisations involved in DestinE, together with communications specialists, will review each application. They will be looking for researchers whose work demonstrates meaningful engagement with DestinE – clear, relatable stories about how the platform fits into your research, along with any insights or practical examples that others could learn from. Diversity across disciplines, research areas and backgrounds will also be considered.

Please note:

Participation is voluntary.
The interviews do not form part of any recruitment process, and selection does not imply any form of employment or formal affiliation with ESAEuropean Space Agency, ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts More, EUMETSATEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological, SERCO or any other entity associated with DestinE.
No financial compensation will be provided.

Apply now!

Personal information

Name

First

Last

Affiliation

Current occupation

Research focus

Research field

Can you briefly describe your research topic and objectives? (max. 150 words)

What scientific question or problem are you addressing? (max. 150 words)

Engagement with DestinE

Which DestinE tools, datasets, or services are you currently using and how? (max. 150 words)

What results have you obtained thanks to using DestinE tools? (150 words)

Do you have any figures, visualisations or screenshots from your research using DestinE that you could share? (OPTIONAL)

Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload You can upload up to 3 files.

Any other materials you'd like to share? (Publications, website, works, etc.) (OPTIONAL)

Newsletter, Terms and Privacy

Newsletter

I wish to subscribe to the DestinE newsletter to receive regular updates on News & Events related to Destination Earth. (OPTIONAL)

I have read and acknowledge the website's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Participation

I acknowledge that my participation in this initiative is entirely voluntary. I understand that the interviews are not part of any recruitment process, and that selection does not imply employment, formal affiliation, or any contractual relationship with ESAEuropean Space Agency, ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts More, EUMETSATEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological, SERCO, or other DestinE-related organisations. I also understand that no financial compensation or remuneration will be provided.

Privacy you addressing?

IPR

I confirm that all information and data I share with the Destination Earth initiative through this process are entirely my own or in the public domain, that I hold the relevant intellectual property rights over them, and that I am fully entitled to share them. I also confirm that this material is ready for public disclosure and may be communicated, published and disseminated online. No confidential or sensitive information is being disclosed.

Can I apply as part of a research team?

Yes, you can apply for the Call for Participation in case you are part of a research team. In that case, we might interview one-two people from the same research team. However, the research conducted must be one per team.

Will I have to write anything?

Only the application form. If you’re selected, communications specialists will draft an article based on your interview and your research – you won’t need to write it yourself.

Will I see the article before it goes live?

Yes – you’ll be involved throughout the editorial process to make sure the article and any video materials are accurate.

Will the interview be public?

The interview itself won’t be made public. However, if you authorise the usage of the recordings for the creation of the video trailers, we may use excerpts to create promotional videos or teasers, which will be public. If you would prefer not to be part of the video-teasers, you’ll still be featured in the written article.