The Geospatial Modeling Grant is a competitive NOAA Grant administered by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS). The FY 2023 Competition solicited projects that modernize and improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and advance the science of geodesy in the United States. The program priorities under the FY2023 competition include:
The primary objective of the FY 2023 Competition was to modernize and improve the NSRS and address emerging research problems in the field of geodesy.
The secondary objective of the FY 2023 Competition was to support a Geodesy Community of Practice in collaboration with federal and nonfederal stakeholders to address the nationwide deficiency of geodesists and improve the coordination and use of geospatial data.
These objectives also align with the current common challenges identified within the Geodesy Community of Practice The current federal agencies members in the Geodesy Community of Practice include: NOAA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Geo-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the US Geological Survey (USGS).
For the FY2023 - FY2028 funding cycle, 22 applications were submitted from which the following four proposals were awarded:
Project proposal title: “NSRS Modernization and Geodetic Workforce Development”
Principal Investigator: Chris Parrish
Project Activities:
Research - The three key research tasks include:
Education - Undergraduate Geodesy Degree Program by developing and training the next generation of geodesists, surveyors and geospatial professionals and broadening participation in these fields.
Outreach - Focus on Alaska native communities by improving the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission’s, and the Yurok Tribe’s hydrodynamic models of the Columbia and Klamath Rivers through use of the modernized NSRS.
Subrecipients:Project proposal title: “Software Tools and Education for Enhancing Geodetic Infrastructure”
Principal Investigator: Jeff Freymueller
Project Activities:
Research - The key task will be to develop a Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Dashboard that will support a continuous process of monitoring and validation of the CORS network.
Education - Creating a formal geodesy program in support of the nationwide deficiency of geodesists. This will be a graduate Geodesy Degree Program.
Subrecipients:
Project proposal title: “NSRS Intra-Frame Deformation Model and New SIO Geodesy Program”
Principal Investigator: Yehuda Bock
Project Activities:
Research - The two key research tasks include:
Education - Creating a formal Geodesy Program and expanded curriculum at SIO. This will be a graduate Geodesy Degree Program. Through this effort, an additional five graduate students will be supported in order to enhance the nation’s pool of geodetic scientists.
Project proposal title: “Developing a Fully Kinematic, Backwards-Compatible Reference Frame for the Continental United States of America and Canada”
Principal Investigator: Demián Gomez
Project Activities:
Research - The four key research tasks include:
Education - Expanding the existing Graduate Geodesy Degree Program.