This NWS grant program, CSTAR, aims to significantly improve operational hydrometeorological forecast and warning capabilities through collaborations with academic institutions. It focuses on five key science and technology themes. These include developing “Warn on Forecast” capabilities for high-impact events, enabling earlier, more informed decisions. It also seeks to establish a “Next Generation Forecast System” providing high-resolution gridded environmental and uncertainty data. Furthermore, the program will create an “Integrated Observing and Analysis System” to define environmental states. Enhancing “Decision Support Information Systems” for interactive information sharing and “Integrating Social Science” to better assess customer needs and service value are also core objectives. This initiative supports NWS regional and national environmental prediction priorities.
Opportunity ID: 240273
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2014-2003851 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Environment Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.468 — Applied Meteorological Research |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 30, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $125,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Commerce |
| Description: | The long term objective of the CSTAR Program is to improve the overall forecast and warning capabilities of the operational hydrometeorological community by addressing the following science and technology themes through collaborative research efforts between the NWS and academic institutions: Warn on Forecast for High Impact Events: Decision support services will be enhanced by developing the capability to issue short-fused warnings/alerts before the phenomena actually occur. This concept, called “Warn on Forecast,” advances the idea of warnings/alerts issued with greater lead times, allowing decision makers the opportunity to make better, more informed choices across the spectrum of high impact events. Warn on Forecast requires improved data assimilation and numerical models that capture the convective scale to provide improved “initiation of convection” forecasts. Next Generation Forecast System: Decision support services will be enhanced by developing a next generation forecast system that will provide an increasing number of environmental and uncertainty fields in a high spatial and temporal resolution four-dimensional gridded database. The forecast database will support core operational services and be used as input to external user decision support systems. The forecast database would represent the best, quality-controlled state of current and forecast environmental conditions. Integrated Observing and Analysis System: Decision support services will be enhanced by developing a robust next generation “Integrated Observing and Analysis System” to produce the best “state of the environment” and serve as the basis for future forecast systems such as “Warn on Forecast” and the “Next Generation 4-D Forecast System.” Decision Support Information Systems: Operational weather and water services will evolve from a role of disseminating data and products to one of interactive sharing of weather and climate environmental information for the primary goal of providing decision support to community leaders, partners and the public. Integrating Social Science into Weather and Water Research and Operations: Operational decision support services will be enhanced by improving the ability to assess, understand, and meet customer needs and determine the value those services provide through the integration of social science in its research and operational programs. Individual NWS Regions and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) service centers have developed a set of science priorities that can be categorized under these science and technology themes and reflect factors such as topography, weather regimes, and mission. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hedge, NOAA/NWS
1325 East-West Highway, Room 15328 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3283 Fax: 301-713-1253 Phone 301-713-3557 ext. 182 Email:christopher.hedge@noaa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 240273 Full Announcement-1 -> noaa-nws-nwspo-2014-2003851 ffo report.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Christopher Hedge, NOAA/NWS 1325 East-West Highway, Room 15328 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3283 Fax: 301-713-1253 Phone 301-713-3557 ext. 182 Email: christopher.hedge@noaa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.468 | 2447957 | Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program | PKG00183590 | Aug 20, 2013 | Oct 31, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
240273 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
240273 Project-1.1.pdf
240273 CD511-1.1.pdf
240273 Budget-1.1.pdf
240273 SF424B-1.1.pdf
240273 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
240273 Other-1.1.pdf
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