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Opportunity Summary:

The 2011 National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity run through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on behalf of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Its central goal is to fund practical, innovative projects that strengthen the nation s ability to discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geospatial data. In other words, the program is aimed at improving the real world infrastructure behind geospatial information so that data can be produced more efficiently, found more easily, and reused more widely across government, academia, industry, and the public. NSDI is described broadly as the mix of technology, policy, organizational relationships, and skilled people required to support cost effective geospatial data creation and to make that data readily available and useful.

The program places emphasis on projects that move the geospatial community toward common standards and better coordination. Priority topics include documenting and implementing FGDC geospatial standards, with particular attention to metadata and related standardization work, as well as outreach that helps organizations actually adopt and apply these standards. Another major focus is expanding geographic information coordination and collaboration across different levels of organization, such as local, state, tribal, regional, and federal partners, so that geospatial efforts are not duplicated and can be shared more effectively. The opportunity also highlights promoting geospatial best practices and advancing the implementation and exchange of common geospatial data, web services, and applications, meaning projects that improve interoperability and make it easier for different systems and organizations to work together.

Awards are issued as cooperative agreements, which generally means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project compared with a traditional grant. For this funding cycle, the program anticipated making about 21 awards. Total estimated funding was $800,000, with individual awards ranging from $25,000 (floor) to $60,000 (ceiling). A cost sharing or matching requirement applies, so applicants were expected to contribute non federal resources toward the project as part of the overall budget.

Eligibility is broad but limited to U.S. based entities. Eligible applicants include state and county governments, tribal governments and tribal organizations, public and state controlled universities, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. The announcement also notes that the private sector, academia, nonprofit and tribal organizations, and consortia of organizations may apply, as long as the recipient is a U.S. entity. The intended impact of funded work is not limited to a single organization; instead, project results are expected to benefit multiple federal agencies and the broader geospatial community by improving shared data practices, standards adoption, and interoperable services.

Administratively, applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov under Funding Opportunity Number 11HQPA0011 and CFDA 15.809. The posting date was October 26, 2010, and the deadline was January 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, with late proposals explicitly not accepted. The announcement reinforces that timeliness is strict: applications received after the deadline would not be considered, and applicants would be notified if their submission was deemed late. For help accessing the full announcement, the contact listed was Desiree Santa, Grant Specialist, at 703 648 7382.

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