The 2006 CAP (closed on February 1, 2006) announcement is available here. $1,150,000 was granted under this year's program.

Funding Categories and Awarded Projects for the 2006 Cooperative Agreements Program

• Project List - includes status information
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Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance provides assistance to organizations with NSDI expertise knowledge and experience in assisting other organizations with the training and implementation of metadata, clearinghouse or web mapping services. Up to $20,000 per project, 5 projects.

Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Flagstaff, AZ Neil Cobb	Strategic Consulting International Tulsa, OK Eric Jones
National Biological Information Infrastructure Reston, VA and Seattle, WA Vivian Hutchison	The Virginia Geospatial Extension Program Blacksburg, VA John McGee
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Seattle, WA Bernard A. Megrey

Category 2: Framework Client Development projects will develop software clients for Framework Data Services. These services will exploit online Framework Data to support operational needs of an application community. Software will be distributed freely through an established community as an extension to an existing geographic information system or as an open-source software solution that can be integrated into specific decision- support or data management processes. Up to $75,000 per project, 3 projects.

Richland County, ND Wahpeton, ND Matt Syvertson	Carbon Project, geoLeaders Network Burlington, MA Jeff Harrison
Image Matters LLC Leesburg, VA Jeff Ehman

Category 3: Fifty States Initiative: Strategic and Business Plan Development in Support of the NSDI Future Directions Fifty States Initiative. Projects will develop and implement statewide strategic and business plans that will facilitate the coordination of programs, policies, technologies, and resources that enable the coordination, collection, documentation, discovery, distribution, exchange and maintenance of geospatial information in support of the NSDI and the objectives of the Fifty States Initiative Action Plan. Up to $50,000 per project, 11 projects. Go here for more information about this initiative.

Connecticut Mike Varney		New Hampshire Ken Gallager		West Virginia Kurt Donaldson
Louisiana Craig Johnson		North Carolina Zsolt Nagy		Wisconsin David Mockert
Maryland Matthew S. Felton		Oklahoma Mike Sharp		Wyoming Jeff Hamerlinck
Minnesota David Arbeit		Texas Michael Ouimet

Category 4: Canadian-US Spatial Data Infrastructure Project will support one collaborative project between organizations in the U.S. and Canada that have an interest in creating, maintaining, and sharing geospatial data over a common geography. This is a collaborative funding opportunity sponsored by GeoConnections Canada and the FGDC. Up to $75,000 per project, 1 project.

American Lung Association of Maine
Augusta, ME
Edward Miller

Category 5: Geographic Information Integration & Analysis category seeks to develop sustainable partnerships to integrate, maintain and provide access to current geospatial data and to develop the infrastructure needed to integrate these data and make them available through geospatial programs of the NGPO. The goal of this category is to assist organizations and consortia to work together with the NGPO to develop and provide access to geospatial information that serves community needs. Up to $50,000 per project, 5 projects.

New Jersey Office of Information Technology Trenton, NJ Andrew Rowan		Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative Ventura, CA Paul Van Zuyle
Connecticut Geospatial Information Systems Council East Hartford, CT Mike Varney		Pend Oreille County, WA Newport, WA Jim Marthaller
Benton County, AR Bentonville, AR Elizabeth Bowen

• See the CAP Project Administrative Guidance for information about correspondence, reimbursement, modifications, and reporting for CAP projects.