Closed · NOAA-OAR-CIPO-2020-2006289 · CFDA 11.432 · Discretionary

Competition for a Cooperative Institute for the Pacific Northwest and Polar Regions

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

$150M-$300M
Award range
Closed
Status
January 6, 2020
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Competition for a Cooperative Institute for the Pacific Northwest and Polar Regions is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $150,000,000 -- $300,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.

$150M-$300M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
11.432
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Competition for a Cooperative Institute for t… is closed (last close January 6, 2020). 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 January 6, 2020

Posted Oct 30 Closes Jan 6

Est. Total Funding

$300,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) invites applications for the establishment of a Cooperative Institute (CI) for the Pacific Northwest and Polar Regions. The proposed CI will support NOAA’s strategic goals and missions in the areas of climate change, weather forecasting, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems and ocean observations, fisheries assessments, aquaculture, tsunami forecasting, earth system processes, environmental data management and human dimension research related to marine systems, and Polar studies. Additionally, the CI will promote undergraduate, graduate student and postdoctoral support in research projects in ways to train the next generation of scientists and NOAA employees.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-OAR-CIPO-2020-2006289

Grants.gov marks Competition for a Cooperative Institute for t… 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

Dr. Gary Matlock OAR Cooperative Institutes 1315 East-West Highway, Room 11461 Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-734-1184

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