Funding-DOC - Climate
Program Office for FY 2013; November 6, 2012
Agency
Department
of Commerce
Description
Climate
variability and change present society with significant economic, health,
safety, and national security challenges. NOAA advances scientific and
technical programs to help society cope with, and adapt to, today's variations
in climate and to prepare for tomorrow's. Toward this end, the agency conducts
and supports climate research, observations, modeling, information management,
assessments, interdisciplinary decision support research, outreach, education,
and stakeholder partnership development. These investments are key to NOAA's mission of "Science, Service, and
Stewardship" and are guided by the agency's vision to create and sustain
enhanced resilience in ecosystems, communities, and economies, as described in
NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan (NGSP; http://www.ppi.noaa.gov/ngsp/).
The NGSP outlines NOAA's five-year climate objectives: 1) Improved scientific
understanding of the changing climate system and its impacts; 2) Assessments of
current and future states of the climate system that identify potential impacts
and inform science, service, and stewardship decisions; 3) Mitigation and
adaptation choices supported by sustained, reliable, and timely climate
services; and 4) A climate-literate public that understands its vulnerabilities
to a changing climate and makes informed decisions. Achieving the first of the
NGSP climate objectives, an improved scientific understanding of the changing
climate system and its impacts, requires a number of core capabilities be
supported. These core capabilities can be broadly categorized to include: "
Understanding and modeling " Observing systems, data stewardship, and
climate monitoring " Predictions and projections " Integrated service
development and decision support These core capabilities, in turn, will focus
initially on the following societal challenges identified in the NGSP as early
evidence of progress to be made by NOAA in providing sustained, reliable, and
timely climate services: " Climate impacts on water resources "
Vulnerability of coasts and their resilience to climate impacts " Sustainability
of marine ecosystems " Changes in extremes of weather and climate "
Information for mitigating climate change Each of the Competitions announced in
this Federal Funding Opportunity addresses one or more of these core
capabilities or societal challenges. It is expected that applications submitted
in response to this Opportunity will identify their relevance to NOAA's climate
science and services by indicating which core capabilities and/or societal
challenges will be addressed by the proposed work. In this connection,
application abstracts must include a paragraph describing the work's relevance
to the NGSP's long-term goal of climate adaptation and mitigation and most
especially the work's relevance to the Competition being targeted. We estimate
that $14.5 million will be available through this Announcement in FY 2013 for
approximately 115 new awards pending budget appropriations. It is anticipated
that most awards will be at a funding level between $50,000 and $200,000 per
year, with some exceptions for larger awards. Investigators are highly
encouraged to visit the CPO website http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/opportunities
for information prior to submitting applications.
Announcement
Number:
NOAA-OAR-CPO-2013-2003445
Closing
Date:
Nov 06, 2012
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Diane
Brown
NOAA Climate Program Office (R/CP1), SSMC3, Room 12734, 1315 E West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 301-734-1206 Email