UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
Total received in grants · trailing 12 months
$115M
$1for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
0.0%of all $401.9B in tracked grants
4separate grants, trailing 12 months
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH has received $115M across 4 federal grants of $1M or more on record.
Data as of August 5, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps. This is not a real-time or complete record.
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| Agency | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Commerce | THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN NOAA AND UCAR, FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM (SCP). CPAESS WILL CONTINUE BEST PRACTICES LEARNED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS (2016-2021) FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF A NEW NOAA SCP COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND WILL BRING NEW LEVELS OF INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY TO THE COLLABORATION. BUILDING A RESILIENT NATION ABLE TO PREDICT AND RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, REQUIRES BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH AS A PLANET OF DYNAMIC AND INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS. ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, PROPERTY, AND ECONOMIES. CPAESS DRAWS ON ITS PROVEN STRENGTHS TO MANAGE: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS; VISITING SCIENTIST RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, AND MEETINGS; THE FREE AND OPEN SHARING OF THE SCHOLARLY OUTPUT OF RESEARCHE | $40,118,228 |
| Department of Commerce | THE ETCD PROGRAM'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF ALL OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS AND HYDROLOGISTS WORLDWIDE. IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE FOR ENHANCED DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES IS DONE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION. ETCD IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COLLABORATION BETWEEN OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGISTS/METEOROLOGISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND ACADEMIC STAFF WITH EXPERTISE ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THESE ACTIVITIES ENGAGE OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGISTS, METEOROLOGISTS, RESEARCHERS, INSTRUCTORS, AND STUDENTS IN APPLIED TRAINING AND SIMULATION EXERCISES WHICH ARE PIVOTAL TO THE OPERATIONAL CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL OF IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM. BY MEETING THE GOAL OF ETCD, FORECASTS AND WARNINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS WILL BE IMPROVED. | $33,355,022 |
| Department of Commerce | HALF OF THE WORLDS COUNTRIES ARE CURRENTLY NOT PROTECTED BY MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (MHEWS; WMO, 2022). THE COMET PROGRAM, PART OF THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR), IS POISED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF OPERATIONAL NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES (NMHS) WORLDWIDE TO IMPLEMENT END-TO-END EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS BY: (1) DESIGNING AND DEPLOYING SUSTAINABLE 3D PRINTED AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS (3D-PAWS), RAIN GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, STORM SURGE GAUGES, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING OBSERVATION NETWORKS; (2) PROVIDING ROBUST TRAINING, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; AND (3) FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONAL END-TO-END MHEWS AT NMHS. AS OF 2024, COMET AND PARTNERS HAVE DEPLOYED 3D-PAWS, STREAM GAUGES, STORM SURGE GAUGES, AND SNOW DEPTH SENSORS IN 18 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, COMET HAS PUBLISHED OVER 180 ONLINE LESSONS AND CONDUCTED OVER 40 MULTI-WEEK RESIDENCE AND VIRTUAL COURSES FOR FORECASTERS AND FORECASTER-TRAINERS SPANNING A RANGE OF NMHS-RELEVANT TOPICS. COMET AND ITS PARTNERS (CLIMATE HAZARDS CENTERS LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA, SYNOPTIC DATA AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK) BRING DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO SUCCESSFULLY LEAD THIS MULTIFACETED EFFORT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN BUILDING THEIR RESILIENCE TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE-BASED HAZARDS. IMPLEMENTING PEOPLE-CENTERED, END-TO-END EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS REQUIRES AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES BEING SERVED. COMETS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK INCLUDES NEEDS ASSESSMENT, TAILORED SOLUTIONS BASED ON REQUIREMENTS, IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING, FOLLOW-UP TO GALVANIZE SKILLS, AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE LESSONS LEARNED TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. TRAINING IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND, AS AN ESTABLISHED WORLD LEADER IN INNOVATIVE, INDUSTRY-LEADING WEATHER, WATER, AND CLIMATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS, COMET WILL LEVERAGE ITS TRAINING EXPERTISE AND THE COMET METED ONLINE LEARNING PORTAL IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT. COMET WILL ADDRESS ALL TEN OF THE PRIORITY AREAS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTING AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY, COMET WILL INCREASE EARLIER DETECTION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS BY EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE OBSERVATION NETWORKS; FACILITATING AND DEVELOPING ROBUST TRAINING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; IMPROVING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; INTEGRATING AND STREAMLINING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF END-TO-END MHEWS; AND SKILLFULLY MANAGING OUTREACH PARTNER DEVELOPMENT AND SUB-AWARDS. OVERALL, COMET WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES BY MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE, ADAPTING THE END-TO-END EARLY WARNING PROCESS TO WORK WITH THEIR EXISTING SYSTEMS WHILE EMPOWERING NMHS THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRAINING TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM. | $31,196,348 |
| Department of Commerce | NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE PREDICTION OF HIGH-IMPACT WEATHER EVENTS AND ADVANCE PROCESSES IN EARTH SYSTEM MODELS FOR THE FUTURE IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT BOTH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZE AS AN URGENT AND ACUTE PUBLIC NEED. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF AIRBORNE DOPPLER RADARS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO: A) CLOSE THE CAPABILITY GAP IN AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING OF PRECIPITATING SYSTEMS CREATED BY THE RETIREMENT OF THE ELECTRA DOPPLER RADAR (ELDORA) AND THE ANTICIPATED RETIREMENT OF THE TAIL DOPPLER RADAR (TDR) IN THE NEXT DECADE, AND B) PROVIDE REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS AT WAVELENGTHS CAPABLE OF PENETRATING DEEPER INTO HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND WITH DUAL-POLARIMETRIC CAPABILITIES NECESSARY FOR MICROPHYSICAL RETRIEVALS AND AGILE SCANNING. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR), THROUGH A PARTNERSHI | $10,522,313 |