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
2008 NSDI CAP
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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/