FY23 WPO Observations Awards
The total of funding awarded* for the eleven selected projects is approximately $4M per year.
FY23 Innovations for Community Modeling Awards
The competition selected 12 projects from academia, government, and industry with a focus on advancing the Unified Forecast System (UFS) to become the world’s most accurate and reliable operational modeling system.
FY23 WPO Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Awards
The award total* for the 10 selected projects is: $4 M in cooperative agreements.
FY25 Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO)
This year’s NOFO will fund approximately six projects, totaling up to $12.8 million per year.
JULY 24-26: FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
FREE Virtual Training Workshops are being held July 24-26 during UIFCW23. Help advance the Unified Forecast System (UFS) through EPIC’s hands-on workshops and accelerate weather modeling and innovations through open science.
Women at NOAA Advancing Hurricane Research and Forecasting
Renee Richardson is one of seven women featured in an article by NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observation for advancing hurricane research and forecasting at NOAA.
New Airborne Radar Partnership Will Give Close 3D Views Inside Clouds and Severe Storms
The Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) will be the world’s first phased array C-band, dual-Doppler, dual-polarization radar. WPO helped fund the initial research and development of APAR which received $91.8 million in June from the National Science Foundation.
Welcome NOAA’s Weather Program Office (WPO) Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Fellowship Inaugural Class
UCAR | CPAESS and NOAA’s Weather Program Office are excited to welcome the inaugural class of the Weather Program Office (WPO) Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Dissertation Fellowship of 2023-2024.
Year of Open Science
In recognition of the Year of Open Science, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and EPIC (Earth Prediction Innovation Center) have been featured on Open.Science.gov for the collaborative and open science work on the Unified Forecast System (UFS).
UIFCW 2023 – July 24-28, 2023, A UFS Collaboration Powered by EPIC
The 5-day workshop will engage the greater Weather Enterprise in the ongoing effort to accelerate contributions to the Unified Forecast System.