2008 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program

FGDC Coordination Group MeetingMarch 4, 2008

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2008 NSDI CAP

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Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance

Category Lead – Sharon ShinUp to $25,000 per project, 4 projects

Northern Arizona University, Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research

Metadata Training and Outreach for Tribal Environmental Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau

Sonoma Ecology Center University Metadata Training and Regional Outreach

Innovate!, Inc. EPA and Partners Geospatial Metadata Implementation Project

George Mason University Metadata Training for Earth Science and Cyberinfrastructure Communities

2008 NSDI CAP

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Category 2: Best Practices in Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Category Lead – Doug NebertUp to $100,000 per project, 3 projects

CubeWerx USA Role-based Access Control - Best Practices for Geospatial

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)Indiana University

Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture for Flood Inundation Mapping and Hazard Assessment

Image Matters, LLC Documenting Best Practices in Geospatial SOA through the

Development of a Wetlands Permitting Solution

2008 NSDI CAP

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Category 3: Fifty States Initiative

Category Lead – Milo RobinsonUp to $50,000 per project, 8

projects

Colorado GeorgiaHawai'iIdahoNebraskaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaU.S. Virgin Islands

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Category 5: Building Data Stewardship for The National Map and the NSDI

Category Lead – Paul WieseUp to $50,000 per project, 4 awards

Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) Building Stewardship Capacity for Structures and Transportation

Geodata within the Iowa Geospatial InfrastructureWest Virginia University Research Corporation

Building Stewardship of Integrated Statewide Structure and Transportation Geospatial Databases in West Virginia

Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC) Minnesota Structures Collaborative – An Initiative to Support the

National Map and NSDITowson University

Structures Data Themes for Maryland and the National Capital Region

2008 NSDI CAP

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Category 6: FGDC-Endorsed Standards Implementation Assistance and Outreach (excluding Metadata Standards)

Category Lead – Julie Binder MaitraUp to $50,000 per project, 4 awards

Coordinate Solutions The National Vegetation Classification Standard: Implementation and

Outreach for the State of OklahomaDelta State University

A Proposed Course and Modular Curriculum For FGDC Standards Adoption and Implementation

North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (CGIA) Implementing the Standard for the U.S. National Grid

University of Montana Outreach and training on the National Vegetation Classification

system to support framework layer development in Montana

2008 NSDI CAP

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The next NSDI CAP season

The 2009 NSDI CAP will be open for applications in October 2008.

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For more information about

the NSDI CAP go to

http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/