Project Grant 2411033

Award Date 8/15/24
Completion Date 7/31/28
Dollars Obligated $1.1M
Federal Grant Program
47.070
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
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  1. Designing and implementing an affordable, open-source hardware and firmware system for uniform data acquisition in geomorphology labs worldwide.
  2. Developing a community-backed data standard to promote and simplify data sharing among geomorphology researchers.
  3. Creating a flexible, interoperable data analysis software library to mitigate algorithm drift across different research teams and projects.
  4. Establishing a sustainable community of practice to facilitate the reuse and contribution of algorithms to the SANDPIPER toolchain.

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