Geoinformatics on Hiatus for One Year
The development of cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences (Geoinformatics) has been a separately identified funding opportunity in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) beginning in 2006. A stand alone solicitation (NSF 11-581) was released in 2011. The focus of this solicitation has been on the data, software tools, and computational infrastructure that respond to the EAR community cyberinfrastructure needs. There have been significant advances in all aspects of this cyberinfrastructure development since 2011 and EAR considers it time to evaluate the progress that has been made and to determine whether any changes should be made to the goals and/or structure of the Geoinformatics Program to better address current community needs. In order to accomplish this program review, there will be a one year hiatus in submission of proposals effective immediately. A revised solicitation will be published in 2018.