Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
ID: 354705Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

Geological Survey (DOI-USGS1)

Award Range

$100K - $500K

Eligible Applicants

Others

Funding Category

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Funding Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes

Original Source

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/354705
Timeline
  1. 1
    Forecast Posted Not available
  2. 2
    Forecast Due Not available
  3. 3
    Posted Jun 5, 2024 12:00 AM
  4. 4
    Due Jul 15, 2024 12:00 AM
Description

The Geological Survey, under a Cooperative Agreement, is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the application of Artificial Intelligence informed by explicit semantics to the practice of scientific assessments carried out by the USGS. This opportunity aims to develop "AI scientists," intelligent agents built within a technological framework that iteratively improves through new generations of generative AI and related capabilities and trained through regular learning and adapting interactions with USGS scientists. The funding opportunity has a close date of July 15, 2024, and requires electronically submitted applications to be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Point(s) of Contact
fgraves@usgs.gov
Files
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