FGDC Announces Plans for the 2010 NSDI CAP Grants

The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has announced plans for the next round of Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) grants for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

The official solicitation is due next month, but the plans are for seven CAP grant categories in 2010:

• Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance
• Framework Data Exchange through Automated Geo-Synchronization
• Fifty States Initiative: Strategic and Business Plan Development
• Fifty States Initiative: Business Plan Development and Implementation
• Return on Investment (ROI) Methodology and Business Case Development for Multi-agency NSDI Projects
• FGDC Standards Development and Implementation Assistance and Outreach
• Demonstration of Geospatial Data Partnerships across Local, State, Tribal, and Federal Government

Grant submissions will likely be due in January, with projects to commence by September of 2010.