Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA OAR CIPO 2020 2006292
This funding opportunity is a large, competitive NOAA research award to establish a single Southwest Cooperative Institute (CI) focused on ecosystem-based management of living marine resources, sustained ocean observing, and integrated climate and weather studies. It is offered by the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) within the U.S. Department of Commerce and would be implemented through a cooperative agreement, meaning the recipient would not simply receive funds to operate independently, but would work in close collaboration with NOAA scientists and programs to carry out agreed-upon research, observing, and workforce-development activities.
The institute is intended to strengthen and expand regional and oceanic observing systems and to improve scientific understanding of how climate change is affecting marine ecosystems across a broad set of Pacific-connected regions. The geographic scope is explicitly wide-ranging and includes the California Current and nearby watersheds, the eastern tropical Pacific, the central and western Pacific (including the U.S. Pacific Islands), and extends as far as the Southern Ocean. In practical terms, this points to research and observing that can connect coastal ecosystems, open-ocean conditions, and climate-driven shifts across multiple basins and island regions, with an emphasis on understanding changes that matter for marine life, fisheries, habitats, and the management decisions that depend on reliable environmental intelligence.
A central theme is ecosystem-based management of living marine resources, which generally means moving beyond single-species approaches and instead considering food webs, habitats, environmental variability, human uses, and cumulative stressors when assessing and managing fisheries and protected resources. The opportunity also emphasizes ocean observations, indicating strong interest in sustained measurements and monitoring systems (for example, oceanographic sensors, observing networks, and other data streams) that support both real-time awareness and long-term trend detection. The climate and weather studies component signals that NOAA is looking for an institute that can connect ocean and ecosystem observations to climate variability and change, and to the kinds of atmospheric and oceanic processes that shape marine conditions on time scales ranging from days to decades.
In addition to research and observing outcomes, the institute is framed as a workforce and training platform. NOAA highlights the goal of developing the next generation of scientists by bringing a culturally diverse cohort of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers into NOAA-related research activities. This suggests proposals would be expected to include structured education, mentoring, and hands-on research experiences that meaningfully integrate early-career researchers into NOAA collaborations and build skills aligned with NOAA mission needs in marine ecosystem science, observing technologies and analytics, and climate and weather applications.
Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. The published opportunity number is NOAA OAR CIPO 2020 2006292, and the CFDA listing is 11.432. NOAA anticipated making one award, underscoring that this is meant to stand up a single institute rather than fund multiple independent projects. The stated award ceiling is $220,000,000, signaling a major, multi-year institutional investment intended to support a sustained partnership and a broad portfolio of activities rather than a narrow research study. The original posting date was November 6, 2019, with an original application deadline of January 6, 2020. Eligibility is described in general terms as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text, which typically indicates that applicants likely need to consult the complete announcement for specifics on which organizations can apply (often universities, consortia, research institutions, and similar entities, depending on NOAA program rules).
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as NOAA seeking a long-term partner in the U.S. Southwest and broader Pacific region to integrate ocean observing and environmental data with ecosystem and climate science, produce actionable knowledge for ecosystem-based management of marine resources, and build a diverse pipeline of trained scientists through direct engagement with NOAA research priorities and operations.Apply for NOAA OAR CIPO 2020 2006292
- The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Competition for a Southwest Cooperative Institute for Ecosystem-Based Management of Living Marine Resources, Ocean Observations, Climate and Weather Studies" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.432.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 06, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 06, 2020. (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 $220,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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