Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab
The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab (ESIIL) is an NSF-funded data synthesis center led by the University of Colorado – Boulder. Collaborators include CyVerse, an NSF-funded program at the University of Arizona, and the University of Oslo, along with UC Boulder-led programs Earth Lab and CIRES. ESIIL's mission is to enable transformative environmental science by leveraging environmental data and emerging analytic methods. ESIIL is a leading incubator and accelerator of Environmental Data Science (EDS), creating and promoting environments where groundbreaking science happens, next-generation data scientists are trained, multidisciplinary teams thrive, and data, tools, training opportunities, and community are openly accessible and foster collaboration.
ESIIL's focus on data science makes it a natural partner for the NEON program. NEON offers a wealth of open ecology data along with tools and resources for researchers.