OpportunityTitle: Competition for a Cooperative Institute for the Pacific Northwest and Polar Regions
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is limited to non-Federal public and private non-profit universities, colleges and research institutions that offer accredited graduate-level degree-granting programs in NOAA-related sciences.
Description: The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) invites applications for the establishment of a Cooperative Institute (CI) for the Pacific Northwest and Polar Regions. The proposed CI will support NOAA&#8217;s strategic goals and missions in the areas of climate change, weather forecasting, ocean acidification, marine ecosystems and ocean observations, fisheries assessments, aquaculture, tsunami forecasting, earth system processes, environmental data management and human dimension research related to marine systems, and Polar studies. Additionally, the CI will promote undergraduate, graduate student and postdoctoral support in research projects in ways to train the next generation of scientists and NOAA employees.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Work group email address
GrantorContactText: Dr. Gary Matlock &lt;br/&gt;OAR Cooperative Institutes &lt;br/&gt;1315 East-West Highway, Room 11461 &lt;br/&gt;Silver Spring, MD 20910 &lt;br/&gt;301-734-1184