The Census Bureau (BOC) is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to support research that improves measurement of the U. S. population and economy by identifying, evaluating, and assessing the options to expand the population coverage of a production system for record linkage and entity resolution,
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and to improve the quality of linkages.
This includes procedures for application to populations of humans, households, businesses, and other entities.
There are two program priorities under this announcement:
(1) Improvement of Methodology Related to Record Linkage, Entity Resolution and Evaluation Thereof; and (2) Development and Improvement of the Technology for Entity Resolution and Record Linkage.
The two priorities should proceed simultaneously and do not require the recipient to perform both.
Please refer to Section I.
Program Description under this Notice of Funding Opportunity for more information regarding each priority.