GeoConnections Canada CGDI Funding Opportunities

21 June 2007, 10:22am

GeoConnections Announcement of Opportunity
for Canadian Organizations 2007 Announcement of Opportunity for CGDI User Communities

WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY?

The objective of this announcement of opportunity (AO) is to solicit letters of intent for projects that will ultimately account for, build and draw upon distributed sources of geospatial information over the Internet. Projects will address specific issues within one of four priority areas: public health, public safety and security, environment and sustainable development, and matters of importance to Aboriginal People. Projects should assess and make use of the policies, standards, technologies, services and datasets that comprise the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and facilitate information sharing in support of decision making. Furthermore, projects funded through this announcement of opportunity will build capacity within user groups, and also promote, expand, and increase the use of the CGDI.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Proposals will be accepted from end-users or enablers. Suppliers and developers are encouraged to collaborate with end-users and enablers to complete projects. Suppliers of authoritative data may also be eligible for applying, depending upon the type of project.

WHAT CAN BE APPLIED FOR?

GeoConnections is soliciting letters of intent for initiatives comprised of one or more of the following projects:

Category 1 - Strategic Planning:

Projects funded under this category support the development of strategic and business plans for the use of sustainable, collaborative geomatics strategies that leverage the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI).

Category 2 - Capacity Building:

Projects funded under this category support the building of internal, sustainable capacity (e.g. hardware/software, data, training) to use geomatics for decision-making within regional partnerships and support preparations to take advantage of the CGDI.

Category 3 - User Needs Assessments:

Projects funded under this category support the research of users’ needs for data, geospatial decision support systems, and regional atlases that make use of standards endorsed by GeoConnections and technologies that form part of the CGDI.

Category 4 - Publishing Thematic Data:

Projects funded under this category support the publishing of geospatial data online through the CGDI by closest to source data suppliers. Projects must make use of standards endorsed by GeoConnections.

Category 5 - Thematic Data Standards:

Projects funded under this category support thematic geospatial data content standards through the development of best practice guides, data exchange guides and/or data models


Category 6 - Regional Atlases for Community Awareness:

Projects funded under this category support the collaborative development of online atlases that use the CGDI to enable access to integrated, distributed, regional-scale, inter-jurisdictional geospatial information as thematic views, relevant to specific end-users. Regional atlases will increase community awareness, and support the decision-making needs of actively engaged end-user communities.

Category 7 - Geospatial Decision Support Systems:

Projects funded under this category support the development of Geospatial Decision Support Systems that process and analyze essential data and information, including geospatial data and information that is required by decision makers. The systems must make use of standards endorsed by GeoConnections, and technologies which form part of the CGDI.

Note that the letters of intent may request funding for multiple linked projects. For example a letter of intent may request funding for a user needs assessment, followed by development of a regional atlas with thematic data publishing linked to content within the regional atlas. Or, a letter of intent may request funding for a strategic planning project followed by a capacity building project.

Projects must support specific issues within one of the following priority areas:


* Public Health: Facilitating Population Health Surveillance or Health Emergency Response and Inter-Emergency Planning

* Public Safety and Security: Facilitating Critical Infrastructure Identification or Situational Awareness & Management of Consequences

* Environment and Sustainable Development: Facilitating Land-Use Planning or Environmental Assessment within a context of Integrated Ecosystem Management

* Matters of Importance to Aboriginal People: Facilitating Land and Resource Management/Community Planning.


HOW MUCH CAN BE APPLIED FOR?

GeoConnections funding and project length varies depending on the type of project(s) applied for. The maximum funding per project is as follows.

* Category1 - Strategic Planning: $40,000
* Category 2 - Capacity Building: $70,000
* Category 3 - User Needs Assessments: $40,000
* Category 4 - Publishing Thematic Data: $75,000
* Category 5 - Thematic Data Standards: $75,000
* Category 6 - Regional Atlases for Community Awareness: $100,000
* Category 7 - Geospatial Decision Support Systems: $150,000

Full announcement and application details can be found at:

http://www.geoconnections.org/en/opportunities/fa=IAO7.xxxxx1

www.geoconnections.org

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