Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Funding is available for research to develop advanced GeoAI-enabled data systems to improve sharing of hydrology and elevation data, through a partnership with the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Funder: Geological Survey
Due Dates: July 5, 2026: Full application deadline (electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM ET on this date)
Funding Amounts: Total program funding: $49,995 | One award anticipated | Project duration: 1 year
Summary: Supports research by a North Atlantic Coast CESU partner to develop next-generation, semantically enriched GeoAI-enabled data infrastructures for hydrology and elevation data.
Key Information: Eligibility limited to current partners of the North Atlantic Coast CESU.
Description
This opportunity from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seeks a partner from the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) to conduct research on developing authoritative, semantically enriched GeoAI-enabled data infrastructures. The focus is on advancing ontologies, knowledge graphs, and semantic characterization for the sharing and integration of hydrology and elevation data. The project aims to support federal scientific infrastructure, improve geospatial data quality, and enhance the discoverability and analytical utility of USGS datasets such as The National Map.
Key research objectives include:
- Developing and integrating ontologies to provide explicit, computer-interpretable semantics for hydrology and elevation data.
- Linking vocabularies across multiple USGS datasets, including surface and subsurface hydrology, watersheds, and digital elevation data.
- Validating ontologies using knowledge graph frameworks to enable advanced querying and reasoning.
The work aligns with multiple recent Executive Orders related to artificial intelligence, geospatial data, scientific integrity, hazard response, and resource management.
