Closed · NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2018-2005511 · CFDA 11.459 · Discretionary

Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment in the Southeast U. S. (VORTEX-SE), and Infrasound Detection of Tornadoes

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

$100-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 12, 2018
Close date
14
Expected awards

The verdict

Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment in the Southeast U. S. (VORTEX-SE), and Infrasound Detection of Tornadoes is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $100 -- $500,000 across 14 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.

$100-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
14
expected awards
11.459
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Verification of the Ori… is closed (last close April 12, 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 April 12, 2018

Posted Feb 5 Closes Apr 12

Est. Total Funding

$3,500,000

Expected Awards

14

Instrument

Grant

Description

This research funding opportunity is being jointly issued by the NOAA OAR Office and Weather and Air Quality (OWAQ) and the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). It seeks to obtain new knowledge of the meteorological and infrasound aspects of tornadoes in the southeastern United States (U. S.) and the social and behavioral aspects of the public response to tornado forecasts and tornado events. This new knowledge will improve our ability to understand, forecast and warn the public of tornadoes and elicit appropriate responses to mitigate damage, injuries, and loss of life. For the first time in the life of the Program, this year VORTEX-SE places an emphasis on obtaining improved understanding of the processes at play that produce tornadoes in tropical cyclone outer rainbands, as well as during the tropical-extratropical transition over land. There will be three separate competitions with three funding pools from this announcement, two for VORTEX-SE (addressing 1) the meteorological or social/behavioral priorities and 2) multi-discipline topics addressing both meteorology and social/behavioral priorities), and one for the infrasound category. Proposals in each category will be separated into independent pools based on these focus areas as specified by the Principal Investigators for the purposes of peer review, ranking, and funding.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2018-2005511

Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Verification of the Ori… 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: Grant. 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)

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Agency Contact

Richard Fulton at NOAA-OAR-OWAQ at 301-734-1289, Richard Fulton at NOAA-OAR-OWAQ at 301-734-1289, Richard.Fulton@noaa.gov.

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