Opportunity Information: Apply for 20 520
EarthCube is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity focused on modernizing and strengthening the cyberinfrastructure that supports academic geoscience research. It is explicitly framed as a community-driven effort, meaning NSF expects geoscientists and related technical communities to help shape what gets built, why it matters, and how it should evolve over time. The program is jointly sponsored by NSF's Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), reflecting its dual emphasis on Earth science needs and advanced computing, data systems, and interoperability.
The central goal of EarthCube is to create a more connected, easy-to-use environment for sharing geoscience data and knowledge in ways that are open, transparent, and inclusive. In practical terms, the opportunity targets the persistent problems that slow down Earth system research: fragmented datasets, incompatible formats and standards, barriers to discovery and access, and limited pathways to combine data, models, tools, and workflows across subdisciplines. By improving how information is shared and reused, EarthCube is meant to speed up scientific progress and improve the community's ability to understand and predict Earth system behavior.
A defining feature of the opportunity is its emphasis on long-term, ongoing dialogue between NSF and the relevant communities. Rather than a one-time build, EarthCube is presented as a continuing portfolio that adapts as scientific priorities, technologies, and cultural practices change. The solicitation highlights support for "new avenues" to gather community requirements and priorities, which signals that proposals may be expected to demonstrate strong community engagement, mechanisms for collecting and refining user needs, and plans for aligning technology choices with real research workflows. The program is also oriented toward capturing and applying the best available technologies to meet both current demands and anticipated future needs in geosciences.
EarthCube funding is described as a portfolio of interconnected projects and activities that bring together geosciences, cyberinfrastructure, computer science, and associated communities. That portfolio language implies NSF is looking for efforts that can interoperate rather than operate as isolated tools, and that can contribute components, standards, services, governance approaches, or community processes that fit into a broader ecosystem. Over time, NSF expects the mix of funded activities and specific opportunities to evolve based on progress within EarthCube and the shifting scientific and cultural needs of the geosciences community.
From the provided source details, the opportunity is an NSF discretionary grant program (Funding Opportunity Number 20-520) in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, associated with CFDA numbers 47.050 and 47.070. The solicitation anticipated approximately 12 awards, with an award ceiling listed as 0 (which typically indicates the ceiling is not specified in the excerpt rather than that awards have no limit). Eligibility is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," meaning applicants would need to consult the full solicitation to confirm which organization types and project teams qualify. The original closing date shown is March 12, 2020, and the creation date is November 28, 2019, indicating this specific posting is time-bound to that cycle, even though the broader EarthCube effort is described as evolving across multiple years and funding iterations.Apply for 20 520
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "EarthCube" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.050, 47.070.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 28, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 12, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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