NOAA is engaged in a partnership with NSF, NIH, USDA and agencies from 8 other countries to reduce risk in the public health sector through the use of climate-related knowledge and information tools and services; this allows us to leverage millions of dollars of investment from other countries in high priority topics to the US.

NOAA’s Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program is funding eight new projects (10 academic awards, four NOAA Lab, Center or CI awards) for a two-year total of $3.961 million in FY18 intended to contribute to the goals of TPOS 2020.

On Oct. 12, 2018, David Herring, manager of CPO's CEE Division, conducted a public webinar on the CEE competition within CPO's FY19 FFO, titled "Building U.S Communities' and Businesses' Resilience to Extreme Events."

From years of competitions, the COCA and SARP program managers have compiled a list of frequently asked questions along with responses that should help applicants in preparing their proposals. Check back periodically to see if additional questions an answers have been added to the document.

The NOAA/OAR Climate Program Office Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Coastal and Oceans Climate Applications (COCA) and Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP) hosted a webinar concentrating on information for the Letter of Intent phase of the federal funding opportunities cycle.