EDITO serves as the public infrastructure of the European Digital Twin Ocean, funded by the European Union. Our mission is to make ocean knowledge available to all, empowering decision-makers, researchers, innovators and citizens to access a wealth of ocean insights and tools, grow our shared knowledge, and act for the future.
Apply to onboard mature data, models or applications by 11 May 2026.
In our shared mission to grow the European Digital Twin Ocean platform and community, EDITO will offer €2 million in grants to third parties between 2026-2028. Our first Call is still open, offering support to selected European, national, regional or local projects to enhance the EDITO ecosystem and help build the European Digital Twin Ocean, together.
Read on to see who can apply, and how to set your application up for success.
Call #1 focuses on existing (final or close to final) applications, models and datasets that are ready to be integrated into the EDITO platform.
Projects developing interoperable applications or models that are relevant to ocean and coastal challenges – such as biodiversity modelling, ecosystem assessment and climate-related scenario modelling – are encouraged to apply.
EDITO previously hosted an information session about the Call, providing more details on eligibility, assessment criteria, and how to apply. Watch the replay below!
Questions? Get answers using the Call’s dedicated support channel.
We strongly encourage you to start your application well ahead of the deadline (11 May, 2026 at 12PM Central European Time). Click below to get started!
EDITO partners will be present at the following events. Come and ask us about funding and other opportunities!
EGU26 General Assembly
Vienna, Austria & Online | 3–8 May 2026
European Maritime Days
Limassol, Cyprus | 21-22 May 2026
EU Space Days
Nicosia, Cyprus | 26-27 May 2026
Digital Ocean Week
Brussels, Belgium | 8-12 June 2026
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Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean
DTO-BioFlow unlocks currently inaccessible marine biodiversity data and integrates it into the European Digital Twin Ocean, transforming fragmented data into accessible knowledge to support marine research and monitoring.
DTO-BioFlow brings marine biodiversity data into action within the European Digital Twin of the Ocean. Through eight policy-relevant demonstrator use cases, the project integrates harmonised biomonitoring data with AI, models, analytical tools, and high-performance computing to address key marine ecosystem and policy challenges aligned with EU biodiversity objectives. By strengthening the operational biodiversity component of EDITO, DTO-BioFlow supports evidence-based decision-making for sustainable ocean management.
The Ocean Bulletin is an open web platform that helps maritime professionals plan routes at sea factoring meteorological and oceanographic conditions into predicted arrival times, fuel consumption, and CO₂ emissions. This application is meant as an EDITO integration aimed for a global audience, allowing users to simulate voyages anywhere on the global ocean, or between specific ports, and to compare performance across multiple types of vessels.
This application simulates a water column anywhere around the world, allowing users to explore the selected water column’s response to pressures.
This application provides real-time position of the low tide bathymetry line observed from satellites, which is useful for navigability and planning maritime operations.
The Global AI-Ocean Forecasting System (GLONET) provides an on-demand, fast, configurable and interactive framework that can be activated easily and quickly everywhere in Europe and in the world Ocean.
This application provides an accurate, resource-efficient and accessible tool for seasonal prediction of chlorophyll concentration. Chlorophyll concentration is an important indicator linked to marine ecosystem health, productivity and fisheries.
This application offers a web interface with a thematic approach to data, allowing users to create maps and graphs and to apply on-the-fly processing to deliver a comprehensive picture of the ocean on a given topic and/or area.
This application aims to improve the modeling of key tuna species spatial dynamics under the influence of essential ocean variables. It uses model projections from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) to explore the future of tuna populations and their fisheries.
This application aims to support coastal and marine planning by enabling proactive responses to sargassum influxes across the Equatorial Atlantic and surrounding Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).
This application shows the impact of ocean observing systems -including in situ observations and satellites observations- on the ocean forecasts from the models. It provides access to information about observations assimilated to model (GLO12) and features to compare simulations with or without observations.
This application provides local information on people and buildings at risk in coastal areas, offering an assessment based on selected parameters, including “Shared Socioeconomic Pathways” (SSPs) scenarios, time scale and types of extreme events. This interactive experience about coastal risks and adaptation is powered by the Coastal Climate Core Service (CoCliCo) project.
Simulate the hydrodynamic impact of seagrass on coastal erosion to support coastal protection agency, decision makers and scientists to take nature-based decision. Demonstrator based on the What-if Scenario on NBS, developed by HEREON in the frame of the EDITO Model Lab project focused on the Wadden Sea (Germany) and the Songor Lagoon (Ghana).
This application simulates how limiting fisheries during certain months can lower the risk of impacting turtle populations. Harnessing turtle drift simulations developed with Copernicus Marine products, and using EDITO, the application demonstrates how ocean knowledge and modelling can be used to protect biodiversity.
This application provides information on the exposure of local regions to plastics coming from terrestrial origin, including level of exposure, origins and travel time. It provides “what-if” scenario options to examine the effect on the local exposure footprint of potential reductions of plastic emissions at (distant and local) source.
This application presents the EU infrastructures -the in situ and satellite observing systems- underpinning the development of the EU Digital Twin Ocean and the stakeholders involved.