Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG)

The Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) program seeks to advance the development and adoption of innovative artificial intelligence (AI) methods to increase scientific understanding of the Earth system. The program supports projects that advance AI techniques and/or innovative uses of sophisticated or novel AI methods to enable significant breakthroughs in addressing geoscience research question(s) by building partnerships between experts in AI and Geosciences. The key characteristic of a CAIG project is its potential to both answer important geoscience questions and improve AI techniques while also bringing together experts from both the AI and geoscience fields. The program is a partnership between NSF's Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). Projects are expected to promote partnerships between geoscientists and experts in mathematical sciences or computer science, enable significant breakthroughs in geosciences research through AI advancements, and build workforce capacity for using advanced AI methods in the geosciences through educational and broadening participation activities.