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Partnership & Sponsorship Opportunity

Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) is accelerating the development and uptake of geospatial technologies that empower the research and innovation community to tackle the world’s critical challenges. In May 2025, we are launching a Request for Proposals for the Geospatial Innovation for Food Security (GIFS) Challenge to accelerate geospatial innovations that can drive progress in food security and sustainable agriculture.  

We believe that we can go further in our mission together with partners who share our enthusiasm for combining geospatial technology and domain expertise to advance work that impacts people’s lives. We’re seeking partnerships with mission-aligned organizations that will bring their expertise, energy and ideas, along with financial and resource contributions, technical expertise, and domain u to increase the impact of the Geospatial Innovation for Food Security Challenge. These partnerships grow the whole community’s capacity to foster geospatial capabilities and support work to promote food security and support sustainable agriculture.

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GIFS

Taylor Geospatial Institute seeks Partnerships & Sponsorships for the Geospatial Innovation for Food Security Challenge. Expressions of interest are due by 9 May 2025.

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Partnership & Sponsorship opportunities to work together with TGI: 

  1. Technology and data partners commit to providing access to data, computational resources, hardware, software or other infrastructure, to teams joining the GIFS Challenge. These partners will benefit from opportunities to engage in the research and innovation process, increased exposure of their data or technology to the TGI community, potential for demonstration of its use in a project addressing a critical challenge, and opportunities to elicit feedback from an engaged team.  
  2. Co-investment partners have missions aligned with the GIFS Challenge objectives and will commit to providing financial support to the GIFS Challenge or broader GIFS initiative. Co-investment partners can influence the design of focus areas under the Challenge, participate in the review process, and engage with participating teams. Benefits include increasing the impact of resources through co-investment by TGI, access to expertise, and in-development ideas, research and outcomes developed through TGI initiatives, and increased visibility within the geospatial community.  
  3. Outreach partners, including media and communications organizations, contribute to the GIFS Challenge by leveraging their existing networks and platforms to engage diverse groups with the prEmail ogram’s work. These partners will benefit from connections to TGI’s network, early access to content from the program, and insights into the development of projects. 

Expressions of interest should be sent prior to 9 May 2025 for the Geospatial Innovation for Food Security (GIFS) Challenge. Expressions of interest for collaborative initiatives can be sent at any time. Contact partnerships@​taylorgeospatial.​org to learn more and start a conversation.  

Selection of partners involves due diligence, including identification of potential conflicts of interest, and an assessment of fit with the needs of the GIFS initiative and TGI.