Climate Program Office FY 2023 | NOAA OAR CPO 2023 2007440

Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA OAR CPO 2023 2007440

The Climate Program Office (CPO) FY 2023 funding opportunity is a NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) grant and cooperative agreement announcement focused on helping society better understand and respond to climate variability and long-term climate change. The premise of the program is that climate impacts are already creating major economic, public health, safety, and national security pressures, and that the country needs stronger science, better assessments, and more practical tools that can be used by decision-makers. Through this announcement, NOAA CPO is offering funding through a set of competitive research programs designed not just to advance climate science, but also to translate that knowledge into outcomes that improve resilience for the United States and its partners.

This FY23 announcement bundles eight separate competitions under one umbrella solicitation. Across those competitions, CPO is supporting a mix of activities that can include core climate research, climate assessments, decision-support and services research, outreach and education, and broader capacity-building efforts. The intent is to fund work that improves understanding of the Earth system while also making the resulting information more actionable for real-world users, such as communities, resource managers, and other public and private sector stakeholders who need credible climate information to plan and reduce risk.

A major organizing theme in this solicitation is CPO's emphasis on four priority climate risk areas where improved science and user-driven capabilities can lead to tangible benefits. Those focus areas are coastal inundation, marine ecosystems, water resources, and extreme heat. In practice, proposals that align with these risk areas are meant to strengthen understanding and/or build capabilities that support decisions, preparedness, and adaptation in places where climate hazards are accelerating and where better information can directly improve outcomes.

The award mechanism for this opportunity includes both grants and cooperative agreements, and it is categorized as a discretionary funding opportunity. The activity categories span environment and natural resources as well as science and technology research and development, with an additional linkage to business and commerce because climate information and risk reduction have strong economic implications. The CFDA listing associated with this program is 11.431. The announcement anticipates making about 15 awards, with an award ceiling of $300,000, indicating that projects are generally expected to be scoped to a modest, targeted level of effort rather than very large multi-million dollar centers.

The opportunity is administered by the Department of Commerce through NOAA, with the posted funding opportunity number NOAA-OAR-CPO-2023-2007440. The solicitation was created on July 29, 2022, and the original application deadline was November 21, 2022. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with the details to be clarified in the full notice under the additional eligibility information section, which typically outlines which organization types may apply and any specific constraints or requirements for applicants.

A notable required element of this NOAA CPO announcement is the explicit expectation that applicants and eventual awardees actively support diversity and inclusion in both proposal development and project execution. Diversity and inclusion are not treated as optional values statements; instead, proposals are evaluated in part on how well they address these principles. The solicitation defines diversity as the collection of individual attributes that help organizations meet objectives, and inclusion as a culture that connects each employee to the organization. The stated rationale is that strengthening diversity and inclusion improves creativity, productivity, and the overall vitality of the climate research community that CPO supports, which in turn can improve the quality, relevance, and usability of climate research and services.

• 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 FY 2023" 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 Jul 29, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 21, 2022. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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