The National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), awarded a $270,959 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside). The award, effective from August 15, 2024 to July 31, 2028, supports the development of the "SANDPIPER" framework, an integrated toolchain to facilitate collaborative research in geomorphology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy. Key products and services to be delivered include:
Design and implementation of an affordable, open-source hardware-firmware system for data acquisition in experimental geomorphology labs across the world.
Creation of a community-backed data standard to promote and simplify data sharing among geoscientists.
Development of a flexible, interoperable data analysis software library that integrates with the established data standard.
Establishment of a sustainable community of practice to enable reuse and contribution of algorithms to the analysis library.
This award aims to break down silos between modelers, observationalists, and experimentalists in geomorphology by providing a unifying cyberinfrastructure framework to support cross-disciplinary collaboration and advance the understanding of landscape change processes.