The nomination deadline for the Earth Observation Australia Awards has been extended until Sunday, 18 October.

The Earth Observation Australia (EOA) Awards aim to highlight and celebrate individuals and organisations building the Australian Earth observation community and its capabilities.

This includes all types of industry, government, university, education, non-government, and community/social enterprises.

Nominations are welcomed for individuals and organisations who show outstanding performance, leadership, and achievements relating to Earth observation, including but not limited to:

• technical capability
• management and leadership
• administration
• mentoring
• research
• education and training; and
• national and international collaboration.

The EOA Awards winners will be announced at the 2026 Advancing Earth Observation Forum, to be held from 9 to 12 November 2026 in Hobart.

Award winners will also be invited to participate in future EOA activities to further showcase their work in the coming year.

Expanding recognition of Earth observation achievements

The EOA Awards are continuing to grow, with the number of categories expanding from three to five this year.

• Significant contribution to the development of the Australian Earth observation community, for an individual who has made a significant and sustained contribution to activities that have enhanced and promoted the Australian EO community and/or its capabilities.
• Early-Career contribution to the development of the Australian Earth observation community, for an individual who has worked in Earth observation for no more than five years, whose contributions have developed, or have significant potential to be developed and deployed and/or shape or change Australian EO.
• Postgraduate student award, for a recent PhD or Masters graduate who has completed research that makes a substantial contribution to EO concepts and theory, technology, methods, and/or applications. Nominees must have completed their research at an Australian higher education institution within the past two years.
• Innovation in Earth observation made by a group, company, or organisation, awarded for innovation in Earth observation by a group, company, or organisation for a project, product, initiative, or activity conducted within the past two years that has made a significant contribution to Australian Earth observation capabilities and/or community.
• Innovation in Earth observation with cross organisational collaboration, awarded for an EO project, program, product, or activity that has successfully involved collaborations or partnerships between organisations and/or personnel from different sectors.

Each Award has its own eligibility and selection criteria, with a corresponding request-for-information to be provided by the nominator.

Full details on the process can be found on the EOA Awards 2026 webpage: https://www.eoa.org.au/eoa-awards-2026.

For all Awards, the process will include completing the specified request for information, adding any supporting documents outlined, and emailing a PDF nomination to communications@eoa.org.au.