NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – Point Cloud City

The NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program is seeking applications from U.S. state, local and tribal governments to create a model ‘Point Cloud City’. Successful applicants will receive funding to generate an extensive catalog of annotated 3D indoor point clouds that can be used by industry, academia, and government to advance research and development in the areas of indoor mapping, localization and navigation for public safety, as well as to demonstrate the potential value of ubiquitous indoor positioning and location-based information. Recipients will also participate in the NIST Global Cities Team Challenge initiative as the lead for an Action Cluster.

All awards listed in this NOFO are open to U.S. state, local and tribal governments and their official public safety organizations. Institutions of higher education and campus public safety departments are not eligible to apply. However, an eligible organization may propose to work individually or to include proposed sub-awardees, contractors or other collaborators to include institutions of higher education and their public safety departments, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and hospitals. Public-private partnerships are encouraged. Although Federal entities are not eligible to receive funding under this NOFO, they may participate as unfunded collaborators.

Christopher Hunton Management and Program Analyst Phone 301-975-5718