# Competition for a Cooperative Institute to Support Water Resources

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/noaa-nws-nws-cipo-2021-2007043-competition-for-a-cooperative-institute-to-support-water/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/335957

> Department of Commerce offered grants of up to $360 million (at least $180 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $360 million in total. Applications closed on November 29, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NOAA-NWS-NWS-CIPO-2021-2007043 |
| Agency | Department of Commerce |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | November 29, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $360 million |
| Award floor | $180 million |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $360 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 11.432 |

## Who can apply

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

Eligibility is limited to non-Federal public and private non-profit universities, colleges and research institutions that offer accredited graduate-level degree-granting programs in NOAA-related sciences.

## What the grant funds

Across NOAA, water is a common thread that runs through many mission areas, each of which serve stakeholders through a variety of field offices, laboratories, and national service outlets. NOAA services inform essential emergency management and water resources decisions across all timescales, including drought, low-flow risks, and routine and seasonal water management and planning. The development and continued evolution of NOAA’s water resources information capabilities is a critical component of our national infrastructure and essential to our water and economic security. To continue and accelerate the evolution of NOAA’s water resources information, NOAA’s National Weather Service invites applications for the establishment of the Cooperative Institute to Support Water Resources. The proposed CI will help advance science and services which transform NOAA’s ability to inform routine, high value and event-driven, high impact decisions related to water. More specifically, the Institute will enhance NOAA’s ability to accomplish its mission to provide actionable water resources intelligence to support the issuance of forecast, watch, and warning products and related information for the protection of life and property, as well as the enhancement of the Nation’s economy. To this end, the Institute will conduct research under the following themes: (1) Expansion and improvement of water resources prediction capabilities; (2) Advancement and acceleration of water resources modeling; (3) Advancement and augmentation of hydroinformatics; and (4) Application of social, economic, and behavioral science to water resources. The research activities described herein have been carefully defined to complement, rather than duplicate, research at other CIs, except in cases where there are advantages for such overlap. The CI may consist of one or more (e.g., a consortium) academic or non-profit, degree-granting institutions that possess an outstanding research program in one or more areas related to NOAA’s mission. In the case of a consortium applicant, NOAA will issue only one award to the lead academic institution that applied for the award and where the CI will be established and resident.

## Questions people ask

### Is NOAA-NWS-NWS-CIPO-2021-2007043 still open?

No. It closed on November 29, 2021.

### Who can apply for Competition for a Cooperative Institute to Support Water Resources?

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 Competition for a Cooperative Institute to Support Water Resources?

Closed November 29, 2021. 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 $360 million each. About $360 million in total for one award.

### Who has won National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Regents of the University of Colorado, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Alabama. The program made 34 awards worth $1.5 billion in that time.