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Climate Program Office (CPO) FY2026 Earth System Science and Services Partnership

Laura Hansen GMS·Government

This cooperative agreement funds research and collaborative activities under NOAA’s Earth System Science and Services Partnership. It supports academic institutions and non-profit research institutions working on Earth system understanding, prediction, observations, data impact evaluations, numerical modeling, service development, and stakeholder engagement. The expected outcome is improved science and services related to changes in the atmosphere, oceans, coasts, land, ice, ecosystems, weather, hazards, and communities and infrastructure.

Go / No-Go Memo

This opportunity looks relevant, but the strongest path is likely through a partner or consortium.

Partner

The opportunity is clearly a research-focused NOAA cooperative agreement, but eligibility is limited to doctoral-degree academic institutions, academic consortia, or non-profit research institutions. There is no clear participation pathway for IFRC or National Societies beyond a very peripheral role, so relevance is low.

Strategic fit

strong

Academic is the strongest profile match at 95/100; relevance is 25/100.

Eligibility risk

strong

Eligible applicant types include Academic, NGO.

Deadline feasibility

moderate

The call closes in 5 days, so proposal capacity is the main constraint.

Funding attractiveness

unknown

The funding amount is not available in the datasource.

Partnership need

moderate

This may be stronger with a Academic lead or co-applicant based on fit scores.

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The Earth System Science and Services Partnership (ESSSP) supports research, programs, projects and other activities related to NOAA's mission, primarily through collaborations among scientists and professionals in areas of mutual interest associated with understanding and predicting changes in the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, coasts, land, and ice and their interrelated effects on ecosystems, weather and hazards, and communities and infrastructure. Areas for collaborative efforts under this agreement include research and analysis; observations and monitoring; data impact evaluations; numerical modeling; and service development and stakeholder engagement. Eligible applicants must be academic institutions of higher learning which offer doctoral degrees in NOAA-related sciences; consortia of academic institutions of higher learning which offer doctoral degrees in NOAA-related sciences; or non-profit research institutions.

Multi-institution applications will not be accepted. The total NOAA funding amount available for the ESSSP is anticipated to be approximately $10,000,000. This announcement provides requirements and details for the technical program, evaluation criteria, and competitive selection procedures.

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