ISPRS and the ISPRS Foundation have made three awards to initiate scientific projects in 2009.
- Integrating Virtual Globes and Web Service Technologies for ISPRS Higher Education Teaching and Research
- Establishment of a blogging, forum, and image sharing systems as part of the current ISPRS web presence.
- Compilation of an authoritative, on-line bibliography on Terrestrial Laser Scanning with a methodology transferable to other topics.