Closed · NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2022-2007072 · CFDA 11.468 · Discretionary
NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration: Unified Forecast System
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $100K-$300K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- February 7, 2022
- Close date
- 15
- Expected awards
The verdict
NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration: Unified Forecast System is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $100,000 -- $300,000 across 15 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.
- $100K-$300K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15
- expected awards
- 11.468
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
NWS Office of Science and Technology Integrat… is closed (last close February 7, 2022). 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, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$3,000,000
Expected Awards
15
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
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.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 4 doors
NWS Office of Science and Technology Integrat… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (4 doors: State governments; Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Federally recognized tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Business and Commerce · Environment · Science and Technology / R&D (BC;ENV;ST). Inside Department of Commerce's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
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
NWS OSTI Modeling Program Office nws.sti.modeling.team@noaa.gov
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