The National Science Foundation has funded the development of EarthCube through individual EarthCube awards since 2013. In 2019, NSF awarded 10 new EarthCube activities, for a total of 73 awards, categorized into:
- Building Blocks (BBs), to develop novel infrastructure capabilities and demonstrate their value in a science context;
- Research Coordination Networks (RCNs), to engage the science community around joint goals;
- Conceptual Designs (CDs), to develop broad architecture design and explore integrative systems;
- Integrative Activities (IAs), to explore concepts for the design of an enterprise architecture;
- Data Infrastructures (DIs), to lay the groundwork for shared data; and
- Science-Enabling Data Capabiities (DCs), to enable geosciences data use and reuse interoperable with emerging standards and resources.
For more information on this solicitation, please see the NSF EarthCube Website and program solicitation. To see a full listing of NSF EarthCube Awards, click here.