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 $55,000 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 2,700 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 development of interagency templates for data archiving, a tool for standardizing visualizations of water-quality data, improvement of software for AI-assisted wildlife survey images, and creation of a git and software release training.  

In FY25, the CDI executive sponsors are encouraging proposals that address the following themes: 

USGS Data Strategy Goals in support of USGS Priorities   
Includes: Enhancing the data-centric culture with skill-building essential for achieving the USGS mission. 

USGS Data Strategy Goals in support of Open Science   
Includes: Increasing capacity for open science and openly sharing analysis-ready data. 

Brief statements of interest are welcomed for submission, and due by Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 5 pm ET.  

See the linked Guidance Document for more details.

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! 

David Brostuen 
Acting Associate Director, Core Science Systems, USGS  

Tim Quinn 
Associate Chief Information Officer, USGS