Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
USGS is funding a partner to research and develop GeoAI technology and knowledge infrastructure for enhancing the Intelligent National Map.
Funder: Geological Survey
Due Dates: July 5, 2026: Full application submission deadline
Funding Amounts: Up to $49,995 total for a one-year cooperative agreement; one award expected.
Summary: Supports research by a CESU partner to develop authoritative knowledge infrastructure for GeoAI to advance the Intelligent National Map.
Key Information: Applicants must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU.
Description
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers a cooperative agreement opportunity for an affiliated partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The funded research will develop authoritative knowledge infrastructure for the GeoAI: Application, deploying agentic technology to support the Intelligent National Map (INM). The project aims to advance natural language query capabilities, enable integration across diverse authoritative geospatial datasets, and provide actionable outputs (reports, analyses, charts) in response to user queries. The work supports multiple federal priorities, including geospatial AI, elevation data quality, hazard analysis, and resource management, aligning with several recent Executive Orders.
