OWAQ Funding Opportunity

FY2019 Weather Program Office Research Programs Announcement

The Weather Program Office released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2019-2005820) for FY 2019. There are eight grant competitions from this notification valued at approximately $16,200,000. Eligible applicants are U.S. Institutions of higher education; other non-profits; commercial organizations; state, local and Indian tribal governments; and U.S. Federal Government agencies except in the VORTEX-SE, JTTI, and S2S competitions in which case U.S. Federal Government employees are ineligible. In those three competitions, U.S. Federal Government employees may serve as unfunded co-Is on applications where substantial federal involvement is proposed. All applicants should read the funding opportunity for additional information on eligibility, descriptions and contact information.

For funded grants and projects, click here.

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Deadlines 

Note: Deadlines are 5 p.m. (ET)
Grant Opportunities Opening
Date		 LOI
Due Date		 Closing
Date
Joint Technology Transfer Initiative  09/26/2018   10/26/2018   02/15/2019 
Subseasonal to seasonal 09/26/2018 10/26/2018 02/13/2019
Air Quality Research and Forecasting 09/26/2018 10/29/2018 12/19/2018
Snowpack & Soil Moisture Observations and Data Assimilation to Improve the National Weather Model (NWM) 09/26/2018 10/29/2018 02/15/2019
VORTEX-SE 09/26/2018 11/2/2018 02/22/2019
High Impact Weather Test Beds 09/26/2018 11/9/2018 02/12/2019
Next Generation of Mesoscale Weather Observing Platforms 09/26/2018 11/15/2018 03/06/2019
Infrasound 09/26/2018 12/18/2018 03/20/2019

 

If you have specific funding questions, contact the designated Federal Program Officer identified below.

Jessie Carman - Subseasonal to Seasonal

Andrea Ray - High Impact Weather Testbeds

Mark Cohen - Air Quality Research and Forecasting

Chandra Kondragunta - Joint Technology Transfer Initiative

Mark Vincent - Infrasound Detection of Tornadoes and High Impact Weather; Next Generation of Mesoscale Weather Observing Platforms; Snowpack and Soil Moisture Observations and Data Assimilation to Improve the National Water Model (NWM)

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