Closed · NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2018-2005325 · CFDA 11.468 · Discretionary

Round 3 of Research to Operations Initiative: NGGPS and HFIP

Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100K-$200K
Award range
Closed
Status
February 7, 2018
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Round 3 of Research to Operations Initiative: NGGPS and HFIP is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $100,000 -- $200,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.

$100K-$200K
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
11.468
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Round 3 of Research to Operations Initiative:… is closed (last close February 7, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Commerce still indexes 898 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 7, 2018

Posted Nov 8 Closes Feb 7

Est. Total Funding

$3,500,000

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This program announcement is for projects to be conducted for a two-year period with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2018 unless otherwise directed. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education and federally funded educational institutions such as the Naval Postgraduate School.The purpose of the NOAA Research to Operations (R2O) Initiative is to expand and accelerate critical weather forecasting research to operations to address growing service demands and increase the accuracy of weather forecasts. This will be achieved through: (1) accelerated development and implementation of improved global weather prediction models and inclusion of the coupling among atmosphere, ocean, land surface and ice system components; (2) improved data assimilation techniques; (3) nested regional prediction capabilities; (4) improved hurricane and tropical cyclone modeling techniques; (5) improved ensemble techniques; (6) post-processing forecast tools and techniques; and (7) improved software architecture and system engineering.The R2O Initiative is soliciting proposals for projects involving applied science, modeling and/or data assimilation that support development of the Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) at global and regional scales. The NOAA R2O Initiative is also soliciting proposals for the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP) initiative to engage and coordinate hurricane research required to improve operational hurricane forecasts and meet societal requirements to effectively mitigate economic disruption. This notice provides guidelines for submission of proposals. This notice also describes opportunities and application procedures to demonstrate capabilities that have the potential to be incorporated into operational NWS numerical weather prediction (NWP) analyses and forecasts. The R2O Initiative addresses NOAA's Weather Ready Nation (WRN) strategic goal and supporting objectives.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2018-2005325

Grants.gov marks Round 3 of Research to Operations Initiative:… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources · Science and Technology / R&D (ENV;NR;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Commerce book (689 peers, 77% of 899).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Christopher Hedge 301-427-9242 1325 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3283

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