WE REQUEST FUNDING FROM NASA'S ASTROBIOLOGY PROGRAM FOR PARTIAL SUPPORT OF THE "4-D WORKSHOP" (DEEP-TIME DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY AND THE EVOLUTION OF EARTH) TO BE HELD AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON DC IN THE SPRING OF 2018. THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE SLOAN FOUNDATION AND OTHER NON-NASA ENTITIES. THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE WORKSHOP IS THE ANALYSIS, QUANTIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF EARTH HISTORY AS A SYSTEM OF PATTERNED COEVOLVING NETWORKS. THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO CONVENE AN HISTORIC INTERNATIONAL GATHERING THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES REPRESENTED BY DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY IN THE INTEGRATED EARTH, SPACE, AND LIFE SCIENCES. THE WORKSHOP WILL COMPRISE 120 SCIENTISTS REPRESENTING A DIVERSE POPULATION IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINE, SECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT, STAGE OF CAREER, GENDER, AND CULTURAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS - RESEARCHERS WHO SHARE A COMMITMENT TO APPLYING THE METHODS OF DATA CURATION, ANALYSIS, AND VISUALIZATION TO PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY GEOSPHERES AND BIOSPHERES. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) WRITING AND DISTRIBUTING A PERSUASIVE WHITE PAPER ON NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY; (2) PROMOTING A BROAD AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE AMONG ATTENDEES IN A RANGE OF RELEVANT DISCIPLINES; AND (3) FORMING AND NURTURING PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH COLLABORATION NETWORKS AMONG THE 4-D WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND BEYOND. THE THEMES AND CORE VALUES OF THE 4-D WORKSHOP REFLECT THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND SPECIFIC OUTCOMES IDENTIFIED IN ASTROBIOLOGY: EXOBIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, INCLUDING PREBIOTIC EVOLUTION, EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND THE BIOSPHERE, EVOLUTION OF ADVANCED LIFE, LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND MACRO-EVOLUTION, AND BIOSIGNATURES.