Project Grant FA9550261B247

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (doing business as the National Center For Atmospheric Research) $1,000,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program to advance atmospheric sciences through radio occultation technology. The award funds three integrated activity sets. The first involves processing, hosting, and serving GPS radio occultation (RO) data for atmospheric research. The...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography $516,390 on August 15, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop mathematical and computational methods for calibrating atmospheric models used in weather forecasting and climate simulation. The project addresses the challenge of tuning dozens of adjustable parameters that control small-scale atmospheric processes such as cloud...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program has awarded a $236,421 EAGER grant to the University of Utah to develop new approaches for representing land-atmosphere interactions in numerical weather prediction and climate models. The goal is to generalize the Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST) to better account for turbulence anisotropy and facilitate its application across diverse surface configurations, such as mountainous terrain and forests. This research aims to improve the...

Global Atmospheric Technologies And Sciences, Inc. was awarded a $117,746 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on October 1, 2021 to complete work by September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, the grant will fund collaborative research to determine the climatology of atmospheric unstable...

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $453,861 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to support research titled "Turbulence in the Long-Lived, Very Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer." The award period is from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. The grant funds research aimed at better understanding turbulence under stable atmospheric conditions, such as those frequently observed at night or during cold seasons, and developing reliable...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Rutgers, The State University $449,734 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop artificial intelligence-enabled, physics-aware methods for forecasting thermospheric density from several hours to several days ahead and to quantify forecast uncertainty and explainability. The project develops a multi-component framework coupling physics-aware density models with probabilistic predictions of...

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $823,336 on April 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop theories and conceptual models of how electromagnetic radiation with varying wavelengths interacts with Earth's atmosphere and surface to influence weather and climate phenomena. The project addresses two distinct research areas within atmospheric physics. The first...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. a $381,779 cooperative agreement from the Weather and Air Quality Research program under the Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459). Under this two-year award ending July 2023, Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. will enhance the RTE+RRTMGP radiation code to support NOAA's operational weather forecasts. As part of...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded New Jersey Institute of Technology $448,384 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop artificial intelligence–enabled methods for forecasting thermospheric density from several hours to several days ahead with uncertainty quantification and explainability. The project will couple physics-aware density models with probabilistic predictions of solar and geomagnetic drivers, propagating driver...

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $120,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research linking lower-atmosphere weather to space weather through mesoscale modeling and artificial intelligence. The project provides the first systematic investigation of how gravity waves generated by more than 400 meteorological events evolve through the atmosphere and...