OpportunityTitle: FY 09 Joint Hurricane Testbed
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are institutions of higher   education; other nonprofits; commercial organizations; foreign   governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign   governments; international organizations; state, local and Indian   tribal governments; and Federal agencies. Applications from non-Federal   and Federal applicants will be competed against each other.
Description: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is soliciting LOIs (Letters of Intent) under the United States Weather Research Program (USWRP), as administrated by the USWRP Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT). This notice also provides guidelines for the submission of full proposals. This notice describes opportunities and application procedures for the transfer of relevant research and technology advances into tropical cyclone analysis and forecast operations. This notice calls for researchers to submit proposals to test and evaluate, and modify if necessary, in a quasi-operational environment, their own scientific and technological research applications. Projects satisfying metrics for success and operational constraints may be selected for operational implementation by the operational center(s) after the completion of the JHT-funded work. The period of the award is from one to two years. This opportunity addresses the NOAA mission goal of ``Serving Society&apos;s Needs for Weather and Water Information.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For Application Download issues
GrantorContactText: Steve  Drescher &lt;br/&gt;Policy Advisor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-713-0926
CloseDateExplanation: Letters of Intent (LOIs) submitted by   Principal Investigators (PIs) must be received no later than 5 p.m.   Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 31 July 2008. LOIs received after the   deadline will not be reviewed, but in such cases PIs are still   permitted to submit a full proposal. Response letters will be sent from   NOAA no later than 22 September 2008. Full proposals must be received   no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on 30 October 2008.   Full proposals received after the deadline will not be considered for   funding.