# FY2024 Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Project

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/noaa-nos-ioos-2024-2008197-fy2024-coastal-and-ocean-modeling-testbed-project/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350456

> Department of Commerce offered grants of up to $300,000 (at least $100,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 5 awards worth $1.5 million in total. Applications closed on February 26, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2024-2008197 |
| Agency | Department of Commerce |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 26, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $300,000 |
| Award floor | $100,000 |
| Expected awards | 5 |
| Total funding | $1.5 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 11.012 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible funding applicants for this competition are institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and State, local and tribal governments. Federal agencies or institutions and foreign governments may not be the primary recipient of awards under this announcement, but they are encouraged to partner with applicants when appropriate. If an applicant has a partner(s) who would receive funds, the lead grantee will be expected to use subcontracts or other appropriate mechanisms to provide funds to the partner(s). If a partner is a NOAA office or laboratory, the IOOS office will transfer funds internally. Applicants should note that paying for transportation, travel, or other expenses for any Federal employee are unallowable costs.

## What the grant funds

The overarching purpose of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) is to address regional and national needs for ocean information, to gather reliable data on key coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes variables, and to ensure timely and sustained dissemination and availability of these data. IOOS is a national, regional and private-sector partnership working to enhance the nation’s ability to collect, disseminate, and use ocean information. U.S. IOOS is designed to address regional and national needs for ocean information, to gather specific data on key coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes variables, and to ensure timely and sustained dissemination and availability of these data to support national defense, marine commerce, navigation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management, public safety, and public outreach training and education. The IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) is an ongoing, multi-year effort to transition prototype ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes models, modeling tools and techniques, products, and data management advances to operations using a process that includes stakeholder engagement from industry, government, academia, and others invested in the modeling and prediction of the nation’s ocean and coastal regions. IOOS, along with the other seven program offices within the National Ocean Service (NOS), has recently published a NOS Modeling Strategy (https://aambpublicoceanservice.blob.core.windows.net/oceanserviceprod/tools/coastalpredictions/ NOS-Modeling-Strategy-2023.pdf) that describes a holistic, interdisciplinary, and community built modeling portfolio to deliver the applications and services needed to reduce risks to life and property, enhance the economy, and promote social well-being in concert with our ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes environments. The COMT program aims to bring this vision to fruition through co-development of operational models. Operational mode is defined as the actual application of the technology in its final form and under mission requirements. Within this context, the U.S. IOOS Program is managing a competitive research and development project in which the IOOS Program funds advanced ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes modeling, prediction innovation projects designed to enable evaluation and transition of these models, modeling tools and techniques to operations mode.

## Questions people ask

### Is NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2024-2008197 still open?

No. It closed on February 26, 2024.

### Who can apply for FY2024 Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Project?

Department of Commerce accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY2024 Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Project?

Closed February 26, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $300,000 each. About $1.5 million in total across about 5 awards.

### Who has won Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Delaware, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, University of California San Diego. The program made 115 awards worth $469 million in that time.