NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2022-2007072: NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration: Unified Forecast System
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Department of Commerce notices from 2021.
Department of Commerce offered grants of up to $300,000 (at least $100,000) to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 15 awards worth $3.0 million in total. Applications closed on February 7, 2022.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 21, 2022. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$300,000
- Award floor$100,000
- Total funding$3.0 million
- Expected awards15
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | November 8, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | February 7, 2022 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | March 9, 2022 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Applied Meteorological Research awards averaged $458,853; this notice allows up to $300,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (53% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI) Modeling Program Division is soliciting research proposals to support NOAA’s development of the community-based and comprehensive coupled modeling system, the Unified Forecast System (UFS). The UFS is designed to provide more accurate forecast guidance through operational numerical weather prediction applications. These applications span local and global domains, and predictive time scales from sub-hourly to seasonal (S2S). This solicitation favors projects at specific stages of maturity as signified by their readiness level as described in Section 1.A. There are three competitions from this notification valued at approximately $3,000,000 for the first year of multi-year (2 or 3 year) projects that will advance development of the UFS: 1) Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS); 2) Weeks 3-4/S2S Program; and 3) Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP). Research projects to advance NGGPS will propose accelerating improvement of operational global weather prediction models; coupling among atmosphere, ocean, waves, ice, land and atmospheric composition systems; improving data assimilation techniques; improving physical parameterization schemes; improving ensemble techniques; developing post-processing forecast tools and techniques; or improving software architecture, computational performance and system engineering. Proposals pertaining to the advancement of the Weeks 3-4/S2S Program will focus on the development of a coupled UFS system including coupled data assimilation approaches, extending the forecast of the UFS from 3 weeks to seasonal timescales, and developing metrics including validation/verification and process-level diagnostics. Proposals for the HFIP initiative will relate to research required to improve operational tropical cyclone forecasting to meet societal requirements to save lives and effectively mitigate economic disruption.
Who has won Applied Meteorological Research grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Applied Meteorological Research (11.468) awarded $6.9 million across 15 grant awards, an average of $458,853 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State University Research Foundation | California | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Colorado State University | Colorado | 2 | $1.0 million |
| Abt Global LLC | Maryland | 1 | $979,993 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | 2 | $818,449 |
| University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1 | $703,787 |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2022-2007072 still open?
No. It closed on February 7, 2022.
Who can apply for NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration: Unified Forecast System?
Department of Commerce accepted applications from colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.
What is the deadline for NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration: Unified Forecast System?
Closed February 7, 2022. 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 $3.0 million in total across about 15 awards.
Who has won Applied Meteorological Research grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were San Jose State University Research Foundation, Colorado State University, Abt Global LLC. The program made 15 awards worth $6.9 million in that time.