You have a project ready to go that would benefit from some spatial analysis and mapping,
but you don't have the staff, resources, capacity, or expertise to get it done on
your own. Your particular field or discipline does not matter: natural resources,
environmental, business, community organization, historical, anthropological, sociological,
biological, you name it. Because working on a project is often a part of a student's
educational requirements, you are invited to submit your project ideas whether there
are any funds to support this work or not. Students will consider projects that they
find compelling, interesting, and worthwhile to provide them the experience and knowledge
they seek.
What does matter is that your project should require the substantial use of a GIS, in
one way or another, and the project should be of the general scope and extent that
a student could complete it in the time available during their academic program.
Every program varies, but typically a student might have 3-6 months to focus on this
work, at least part-time while they are also undertaking other parts of their studies.
Very simple mapping projects, such as representing point locations on a map, are
not suitable ones for this collection. Nor are ones that would require deep expertise
and years to complete. Your project should be "data ready," have clearly defined
questions and expectations, and a fixed timeline. UCGIS will conduct an initial screening
of submissions to confirm their suitability for inclusion in the database but will
not vet the entries further.