CAP '09 on Grants.gov

The announcement for the 2009 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program has been posted on Grants.gov. A summary of this year's categories and a link to the full 2009 NSDI CAP announcement can be found on the CAP site. All proposals need to be submitted via the Grants.gov Web site, and are due January 6, 2009.

Categories this year are:

• Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance. Up to 4 cooperative agreements of up to $25,000 each.

• Category 2: Behind the Portal - Use of GOS Map and Data Services. Up to 4 cooperative agreements of up to $40,000 per project.

• Category 3: Fifty States Initiative: Strategic and Business Plan Development in Support of the NSDI Future Directions Fifty States Initiative. Up to seven cooperative agreements of up to $50,000 each.

• Category 4: Enabling Use of Government Tabular Data in a Geographic Context. One cooperative agreement of up to $150,000.

• Category 5: Building Data Stewardship for The National Map and the NSDI. Up to four cooperative agreements of up to $50,000 each.

• Category 6: FGDC Standards Development and Implementation Assistance and Outreach (excluding Metadata Standards). Up to two cooperative agreements of up to $25,000 each.

• Category 7: Demonstration of Geospatial Data Partnerships across Local, State and Federal Government. Up to four cooperative agreements of up to $75,000 each.
  

The Cooperative Agreements Program has been very good to NSGIC members over the years, so we strongly encourage you to apply!

(Thanks to Tony Spicci from Missouri for getting the word out on the announcement.)