Climate Program Office (CPO), Earth System Science and Modeling Research for Coastal Inundation | NOAA OAR CPO 2023 2007559

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The Department of Commerce, through NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and its Climate Program Office (CPO), is offering a discretionary grant opportunity focused on Earth System Science and Modeling research that improves understanding and prediction of coastal inundation at climate timescales. The opportunity sits within CPO's Earth System Science and Modeling (ESSM) Division, which runs competitive research programs aimed at high-priority climate science needs and at turning that science into information that communities and decision-makers can actually use. The core motivation is that climate variability and long-term climate change are already creating serious economic, public health, safety, and national security risks, and coastal flooding and inundation are among the most visible and costly ways those risks show up.

A central theme of this funding is cross-NOAA collaboration. CPO is coordinating with NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS), which provides the coastal data, mapping, and service infrastructure that underpins preparedness and risk reduction for coastal economies. CPO is also working in collaboration with the National Weather Service, reflecting a push to connect longer-term climate information with operational forecasting and warning ecosystems. In practical terms, the research NOAA wants to support should help improve the scientific and modeling backbone needed to deliver reliable coastal flood and inundation information and services at climate timescales, not just short-term weather-event horizons.

This competition is specifically tied to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) and the NOAA provision calling for "coastal and inland flood and inundation mapping and forecasting." Projects are expected to align with the goals laid out in NOAA's vision document, "A NOAA Capability for Coastal Flooding and Inundation Information and Services at Climate Timescales to Reduce Risk and Improve Resilience" (linked in the notice). That alignment signals that NOAA is not only looking for basic research outputs, but for work that advances a broader capability: improved mapping, modeling, understanding of drivers and uncertainty, and pathways for integrating results into decision support and public services that reduce risk and strengthen resilience.

The grant is offered as a standard federal grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) under CFDA 11.431, categorized under environment, natural resources, science and technology, and related research and development areas (also tagged as business and commerce due to the economic importance of coastal services). The funding opportunity number is NOAA OAR CPO 2023 2007559. It was created January 4, 2023, with an original application deadline of March 17, 2023. NOAA anticipated making about six awards, with an award ceiling of $750,000 per award, indicating moderate-sized research projects rather than large center-scale programs. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, which typically means applicants should consult the complete notice for the precise list of allowable organization types and any restrictions.

A notable and explicit evaluation component is NOAA's requirement that applicants and awardees demonstrate meaningful support for diversity and inclusion in both proposal development and project execution. Reviewers will consider how well a proposal addresses these principles. The notice defines diversity as the range of individual attributes that help organizations achieve objectives, and inclusion as a culture that connects each person to the organization. NOAA frames this as a direct contributor to creativity, productivity, and the overall health of the climate research community, so applicants are expected to treat this as a substantive element of project planning, team composition, engagement practices, and workforce development rather than as a brief statement.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as NOAA's targeted investment in the science-to-services pipeline for coastal inundation at climate-relevant horizons: improving Earth system and coastal modeling and translating that progress into better inundation information that supports mapping, forecasting, preparedness, and resilience efforts for coastal and inland flood risks.

• The Department of Commerce in the business and commerce, environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Climate Program Office (CPO), Earth System Science and Modeling Research for Coastal Inundation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.431.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 04, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 17, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $750,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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