The NOAA Tsunami Program is offering this grant to research and develop a comprehensive meteotsunami warning capability for the U.S. This initiative addresses a critical gap in current warning systems, which primarily focus on earthquake-generated tsunamis. While earthquakes cause most tsunamis, meteorologically-generated waves, or meteotsunamis, pose a significant unaddressed threat in certain U.S. locations and currently lack a monitoring and alert system. This grant is for the purpose of funding research to identify the causative forces and environmental precursors of historical meteotsunamis, define the observational and processing systems required for evaluating their formation, and develop robust protocols for issuing warnings to coastal residents, thereby enhancing community resilience against these hazardous phenomena.
Opportunity ID: 62874
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2011-2002833 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Meteotsunami Warning Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Disaster Prevention and Relief Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.467 — Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 06, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 07, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 07, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 09, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $350,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $350,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, and international organizations, state, local and Indian tribal governments. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Commerce |
| Description: | NOAA’s Tsunami Program’s mission is to provide reliable tsunami forecasts and warnings and to promote community resilience. The Tsunami Warning System is designed to warn coastal residents of tsunamis generated by impulsive displacement of the sea floor through earthquakes and/or sub-sea landslides triggered by earthquakes. Approximately 85% of tsunamis are triggered by earthquakes. However, in some locations of the country meteorologically-generated waves with the same characteristics as tsunamis (or, “meteotsunamis”) have historically posed a greater threat than the well-known earthquake-generated tsunami. Presently, no system is in place in the U.S. which monitors for the phenomena and alerts coastal residents to the threat. The NOAA Tsunami Program recognizes the need to research the possibility of developing a meteotsunami warning capability. This RFA requests research to address four primary objectives:
1) Identify the causative forces and pre-cursor environmental conditions which have generated meteotsunamis historically; 2) Define the observational systems, communications, and processing systems necessary to evaluate meteotsunami formation prior to impact along a coast; and 3) Develop a protocol for issuing meteotsunami warnings along the U.S. coas |
| Link to Additional Information: | CLICK ON THE FULL OPPORTUNITY BUTTON LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Steve Drescher
Policy Advisor Email:steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 62874 Full Announcement-1 -> noaa-nws-nwspo-2011-2002833_ffo_report[1].pdf
Folder 62874 Full Announcement-1 -> dep[artment of commerce preaward notification requirements federa register notice 2-11-2008.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Steve Drescher Policy Advisor Email: steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.467 | 2218414 | Meteotsunami Warning Project | PKG00025750 | Jan 06, 2011 | Feb 07, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
62874 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
62874 Project-1.1.pdf
62874 CD511-1.1.pdf
62874 Budget-1.1.pdf
62874 SF424B-1.1.pdf
62874 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
62874 Other-1.1.pdf
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