Hi all,
Happy Thursday! We wanted to share an
NSF - funding opportunity related to much of the work we do in the Marine Data Cluster and at ESIP more broadly. Below is a brief synopsis:
Post Date: July 21, 2026
Due Date: November 5th, 2026
Program Title: Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets)
Synopsis of Program: This program will advance scientific community datasets to enable scientific discovery and innovation using artificial intelligence (AI) and other methods. Its goal is to increase the value that can be derived from existing scientific datasets by leveraging novel methods and artificial intelligence (AI). This will unlock new AI-driven insights. It can enable interdisciplinary research. It also enables investigations outside of the original motivation for data collection and analysis.
The program seeks to 1) apply AI-based capabilities to feature extraction and metadata generation, and the integration of multiple datasets. 2) Develop robust data pipelines necessary for automated analysis of existing datasets and similar use-cases by AI tools and systems. 3) Augment and/or harmonize existing datasets to better enable use by AI data pipelines and automated analysis.
Proposals should address dataset security and integrity. Governance and the process for scientific communities to contribute to the datasets should also be addressed. Proposals are encouraged to leverage existing resources. These may include NSF data platforms, the NSF Integrated Data Systems and Services program, the NSF-led National AI Research Resource, the Genesis Mission platform, or other national infrastructure.
- Marine Data Cluster
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