NOAA WPO Awards $13.5M in FY23
The NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO) is proud to announce the awards for the FY23 Notice of Funding.
FY23 WPO Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Awards
The award total* for the 10 selected projects is: $4 M in cooperative agreements.
Weather-Ready Nation for All? The Demographics of Severe Weather Communication
How do different racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States receive, understand, and respond to severe weather information? A new study by three NOAA scientists and a member of the Coast Guard takes a look at the demographics of severe weather communication.
Active Funding Call: Tornado & Wildfire Research
We have active funding calls with the Natural Hazards Center on Tornado-Ready and Wildfire-Ready Research Quick Response Grants: WPO SSP is excited to share that through our partnership with UC Boulder’s Natural Hazard Center (NHC) there are currently two rolling calls for proposals: Tornado-Ready Research and Wildfire-Ready Research.
WPO-Funded Research Collects Critical Forecast Improvement Data during Hurricane Ian
According to NOAA, Hurricane Ian became the 15th Billion-Dollar disaster in 2022. Landfall impacts from Ian are still being felt, as residents of the Florida coast begin rebuilding their homes where severe flooding and damage took place. Though devastating, Hurricane Ian spurred a newfound interest in forecast and risk communication in the media, and provided…
New Seminar on Research-to-Applications
Check out this Social Science Research-to-Applications (R2X) Seminar by Gina and Castle: After hearing community feedback at the WPO SBS Research to Operations (R2O) workshop, the WPO Social Science Program has been hard at work addressing your needs.
WPO is Looking for Reviewers for FY23
We are looking for reviewers for WPO’s FY23 Funding Opportunity: Pending the availability of FY23 funding, the WPO Social Science Program is planning for a funding opportunity and needs reviewers.
Weather Testbed Awards
Testbeds are unique collaborative spaces that allow researchers and forecasters to work together to improve weather prediction systems. They accomplish this by working alongside each other to integrate new observing systems into models, test and streamline data assimilation methods, test weather model improvements, and strategize new developments. The Weather Program Office funds research projects and…
Weather Ready Quick Response Research
To advance NOAA’s social science data needs, WPO’s Social Science Program partnered with the National Hazard Center—with support from the National Science Foundation, and in collaboration with the National Weather Service and National Severe Storms Laboratory— to develop the Weather Ready Quick Response Research Initiative to support social science event-based data collection and publication. This…
There’s a Chance of What? Assessing Numeracy Skills of Forecasters, Partners, and Publics
This project examined how end -users, such as forecasters, emergency managers, and the American public interpret and comprehend probabilistic tropical cyclone information. Using a concept known as numeracy, or one’s ability to use and understand numerical information, this study, in combination with past research, suggests that probability information helps people make decisions in the face…