Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA OAR CIPO 2012 2003286
Apply for NOAA OAR CIPO 2012 2003286
- The Department of Commerce in the environment natural resources science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOAA Cooperative Institute to expand Understanding of the Earth as it Relates to Atmospheric Processes and Trends, Climate Variability and Change, Stratospheric Ozone, Weather Prediction, Air Quality, Geodynamics, Space Weather and the Water Cycle" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.432 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 9, 2012 and posted on Apr 9, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 1, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $32,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility is limited to public and private non profit universities, colleges and research institutions that offer accredited graduate level degree granting programs in NOAA related sciences and that are within a daily commuting distance to the NOAA facilities in Boulder, Colorado.
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Opportunity Summary:
This NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) funding opportunity supports the creation of a single Cooperative Institute (CI) to strengthen NOAA's ability to understand and predict Earth system behavior, with a clear emphasis on atmospheric processes and trends, climate variability and change, stratospheric ozone, weather prediction, air quality, geodynamics, space weather, and the water cycle. The institute is intended to directly advance NOAA strategic priorities, especially Climate Adaptation and Mitigation and Weather Ready Nation, while also supporting broader NOAA objectives around science and technology development and public engagement. In practice, NOAA is looking for a long-term, structured partnership where an academic-based institute works side-by-side with NOAA scientists to produce research results, improved tools, and better decision-relevant information for the nation.
A central feature of the opportunity is close physical and scientific alignment with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in Boulder, Colorado. Eligibility is limited to public or private nonprofit universities, colleges, and research institutions that offer accredited graduate-level degree programs in NOAA-relevant fields and are located within daily commuting distance of the NOAA facilities in Boulder. This location requirement is not a minor detail; it reflects NOAA's goal of routine, high-touch collaboration enabled by co-location, frequent in-person interaction, shared seminars, joint supervision of students and postdocs, and day-to-day coordination between federal and non-federal teams. If multiple universities are involved as partners, only the lead institution where the CI is established must meet the commuting-distance requirement, but the CI is still expected to coordinate resources across non-governmental partners in a unified way.
The scientific scope is broad and is designed to connect fundamental research with operational and applied outcomes. NOAA envisions CI researchers collaborating with NOAA staff to improve understanding of climate processes and impacts, including variability and long-term change; better characterize stratospheric ozone behavior and related chemistry-dynamics interactions; strengthen knowledge of weather and space weather processes and their societal effects; and support air quality science that can translate into better forecasts and public health-relevant guidance. The institute is also expected to contribute to improved weather forecasts and climate predictions by advancing observing systems, data analysis methods, and modeling approaches. That includes developing advanced observation and modeling techniques that can improve research quality and ultimately feed the forecast and prediction enterprise. Another explicit area is the advancement and practical usefulness of modern information technology systems, suggesting the CI should help NOAA handle complex data streams, computing needs, and next-generation research-to-operations workflows. NOAA also calls for building and implementing a paleoclimate research and modeling capability, which signals interest in using past climate evidence and simulations to better constrain future climate risk and variability. Finally, the CI is expected to support environmental literacy, helping the public and decision-makers use credible science to make informed environmental choices, which can include education, outreach, and broader impacts activities that connect scientific findings to real-world understanding.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates NOAA expects substantial involvement in project direction, coordination, and shared execution, rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The opportunity anticipates one award with an estimated total funding level of $32,000,000, and it includes a cost-sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity sits within the NOAA Cooperative Institutes program (CFDA 11.432) and is categorized under environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development. The original posting date was April 9, 2012, with an application closing date of June 1, 2012, and an archive date of July 1, 2012.
Programmatically, applications must be structured around NOAA's required task framework, and NOAA is explicit that the descriptions of Tasks I through III may not be altered without written approval from the OAR Program Director. Applicants must address these tasks as drafted, which means the proposal needs to clearly map planned activities into each task category. Task I covers institute management plus general education and outreach, and it also includes support for postdoctoral and visiting scientists doing CI-relevant research approved by the CI Director in consultation with NOAA. This task is essentially the backbone of the institute, ensuring governance, coordination, student and postdoc engagement, and broader impacts are planned and resourced. Task II is the core collaboration lane, typically involving ongoing direct collaboration with NOAA scientists and often enabled by the co-location of federal and CI employees; this is where joint projects, shared staffing, and integrated research teams are expected to be most visible. Task III covers activities requiring minimal collaboration with NOAA scientists and may include research supported by other NOAA competitive programs; this provides room for complementary work that still aligns with NOAA goals but is not necessarily embedded in NOAA day-to-day teams.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as NOAA's effort to build a tightly integrated academic-NOAA hub in Boulder that can produce both foundational Earth system science and tangible improvements in forecasting, prediction, data and modeling capabilities, and public-facing understanding. The institute is expected to coordinate non-governmental partners, actively involve graduate students and postdoctoral scientists, and operate as a sustained center of excellence that helps NOAA deliver better science and better services in climate, weather, air quality, and related Earth system domains.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is NOAA funding through this opportunity?
This opportunity supports the creation of a single NOAA Cooperative Institute (CI) led by an academic-based organization. The CI is intended to strengthen NOAA's ability to understand and predict Earth system behavior, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric and related Earth system processes.
How many awards does NOAA expect to make?
NOAA anticipates making one award under this funding opportunity to establish a single Cooperative Institute.
What is the expected funding amount?
The opportunity anticipates an estimated total funding level of $32,000,000.
What type of award is this?
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means NOAA expects substantial involvement in project direction, coordination, and shared execution rather than a hands-off grant relationship.
Is there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
Yes. The opportunity includes a cost-sharing or matching requirement.
Which NOAA organization is offering this opportunity?
This opportunity is offered through NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR).
Which NOAA program does this fall under?
This opportunity sits within the NOAA Cooperative Institutes program and is identified as CFDA 11.432.
What are the main scientific focus areas for the Cooperative Institute?
The institute is expected to support NOAA priorities and capabilities across atmospheric processes and trends; climate variability and change; stratospheric ozone; weather prediction; air quality; geodynamics; space weather; and the water cycle.
How does NOAA describe the overall purpose of the institute?
NOAA is seeking a long-term, structured partnership where an academic-based institute works side-by-side with NOAA scientists to produce research results, improved tools, and better decision-relevant information for the nation.
How important is collaboration with NOAA scientists?
Close collaboration is central to the opportunity. NOAA emphasizes routine, high-touch collaboration enabled by co-location, frequent in-person interaction, shared seminars, joint supervision of students and postdocs, and day-to-day coordination between federal and non-federal teams.
Is there a required location for the Cooperative Institute?
Yes. A central feature is close physical and scientific alignment with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in Boulder, Colorado.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public or private nonprofit universities, colleges, and research institutions that offer accredited graduate-level degree programs in NOAA-relevant fields and are located within daily commuting distance of NOAA facilities in Boulder, Colorado.
Why does the opportunity require being within commuting distance of Boulder?
The location requirement reflects NOAA's goal of sustained, routine collaboration that is enabled by co-location and frequent in-person engagement with NOAA staff at the Boulder facilities.
If multiple universities or institutions partner, do all partners need to be within commuting distance of Boulder?
If multiple universities are involved as partners, only the lead institution where the Cooperative Institute is established must meet the commuting-distance requirement. However, the CI is still expected to coordinate resources across non-governmental partners in a unified way.
What NOAA strategic priorities does the institute need to support?
The institute is intended to directly advance NOAA strategic priorities, especially Climate Adaptation and Mitigation and Weather Ready Nation, while also supporting broader NOAA objectives around science and technology development and public engagement.
What kinds of outcomes does NOAA expect from the institute?
NOAA expects the CI to produce foundational Earth system research and also deliver tangible improvements such as improved tools, better decision-relevant information, and advances that can feed into forecasting and prediction capabilities.
What areas of research-to-operations or applied impact are highlighted?
The opportunity explicitly connects research with operational and applied outcomes, including improved weather forecasts and climate predictions through advances in observing systems, data analysis methods, and modeling approaches.
Does the opportunity include a role for information technology?
Yes. NOAA calls for advancing and improving the practical usefulness of modern information technology systems to help handle complex data streams, computing needs, and next-generation research-to-operations workflows.
Is paleoclimate included in the scope?
Yes. NOAA explicitly calls for building and implementing a paleoclimate research and modeling capability, indicating interest in using evidence and simulations of past climate to better constrain future climate risk and variability.
Does the opportunity include education, outreach, or public engagement expectations?
Yes. The CI is expected to support environmental literacy and help the public and decision-makers use credible science to make informed environmental choices. This can include education, outreach, and broader impacts activities that connect scientific findings to real-world understanding.
How are proposals required to be organized?
Applications must be structured around NOAA's required task framework. NOAA is explicit that the descriptions of Tasks I through III may not be altered without written approval from the OAR Program Director.
What happens if an applicant wants to change the wording or structure of Tasks I through III?
The task descriptions may not be altered without written approval from the OAR Program Director, so applicants are expected to address the tasks as drafted and map activities into each task category.
What is Task I?
Task I covers institute management plus general education and outreach. It also includes support for postdoctoral and visiting scientists doing CI-relevant research approved by the CI Director in consultation with NOAA.
What is Task II?
Task II is the core collaboration lane, typically involving ongoing direct collaboration with NOAA scientists and often enabled by co-location of federal and CI employees. This is where joint projects, shared staffing, and integrated research teams are expected to be most visible.
What is Task III?
Task III covers activities requiring minimal collaboration with NOAA scientists and may include research supported by other NOAA competitive programs. It provides room for complementary work that aligns with NOAA goals but is not necessarily embedded in NOAA day-to-day teams.
Does the opportunity mention involvement of graduate students, postdocs, or visiting scientists?
Yes. The institute is expected to actively involve graduate students and postdoctoral scientists, and Task I specifically includes support for postdoctoral and visiting scientists conducting CI-relevant research approved through CI leadership in consultation with NOAA.
What is the posting timeline for this opportunity?
The original posting date was April 9, 2012. The application closing date was June 1, 2012, and the archive date was July 1, 2012.
How is this opportunity categorized?
The opportunity is categorized under environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development.
What does NOAA mean by a "long-term, structured partnership" in this context?
Based on the description, NOAA is looking for a sustained institute model where academic and NOAA scientists work closely and routinely together, including shared planning and execution, co-located collaboration in Boulder, joint research activities, and coordinated training and outreach efforts.
What role does NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) play in the institute?
ESRL in Boulder is central to the collaboration model described. The CI is intended to be closely aligned physically and scientifically with NOAA's Boulder facilities to support frequent in-person collaboration and integrated research teams.
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