The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) tradecraft and building a stronger GEOINT community. USGIF focuses on connecting government, industry, academia, and professional organizations involved in developing and applying GEOINT to address national security challenges. They achieve this through various programs, events like the annual GEOINT Symposium, working groups, and academic accreditation programs. USGIF partners with organizations like Satellogic and the Taylor Geospatial Institute, and supports government initiatives related to space situational awareness.
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The Stu Shea USGIF Endowed Scholarship is a $15,000 award given to one Ph.D. student studying cartography, geography, or imaging science and is funded by the USGIF Board of Directors.
The RGi Scholarship for Geospatial and Engineering is a $10,000 award for one undergraduate student with an interest in engineering and geospatial disciplines and is made possible by USGIF Organizational Member Reinventing Geospatial Inc.
Doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate USGIF scholarship winners are each awarded $3,000.
The Ken Miller Scholarship for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications is a $10,000 scholarship awarded to one master’s degree student in partnership with USGIF Organizational Member Riverside Research.
$1,400,000 in scholarships have been awarded by USGIF since the scholarship program began in 2004.
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation opened its 2021 Scholarship Program.
Ronda Schrenk views GEOINT innovation as occurring at an unprecedented rate across all sectors and intends to lead USGIF staff and collaborate with professionals across government, industry, and academia to advance the U.S. intelligence and national security mission.
USGIF developed the GEOINT learning modules as part of a National Science Foundation-funded GeoTech Center award and adapted those modules for high school teaching.
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation partnered with Gateway Global American Youth and Business Alliance Academies Inc. to bring the Entry to Executive industry certification program to Missouri high school students.