Please join the Community for Data Integration (CDI) in developing the next advances in USGS data integration and management!

Our annual proposal process showcases and selects ideas to solve data challenges and implement new technological innovations. Project teams may be awarded up to \$60,000 per project.

The CDI Request for Proposals provides a forum for communicating, collaborating, and learning from peers across disciplinary and organizational boundaries. 

The CDI continues in its second decade as a vibrant community, now with more than 3,000 members from all USGS mission areas and regions, as well as other government agencies, universities, non-profit organizations, and industry. Participants collaborate to increase their skills in working with data and to deliver breakthrough methods and tools. 

CDI projects improve our collective knowledge about creating better, longer lasting, and more accessible science products by leveraging the tools, methods, and datasets available to the USGS science communities. Projects that build capabilities with the potential to scale to broader audiences are especially encouraged to apply.

Recent examples include an app for standardizing water-quality data visualizations, a framework for working with geospatial datasets, a tool for evaluating and exporting eDNA data, training materials on data quality control, and training materials on git & software release.

• R2X (Research to Technology, Application, Operations, or other specialized use)
• USGS Data Strategy goals in support of USGS and Department of the Interior priorities

CDI activities benefit science data integration capabilities across the USGS by providing an open forum for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Come see what it’s all about by joining the community.

For additional information, contact CDI coordinator, Leslie Hsu, at lhsu@usgs.gov.

We hope that you will join us for this innovative and productive RFP process!