Important Information and Updates
Please review this content below for additional details/FAQs, and/or email us at noaa.adaptation.sciences@noaa.gov.
NOFO at a Glance
General Information
The Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) program, an interdisciplinary research and engagement program, is housed in the NOAA Climate Program Office’s (CPO’s) Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Division. The AdSci program advances the knowledge, methods, and frameworks needed to move society beyond incremental adaptation toward more widespread, connected, and transformative adaptive pathways and resilience strategies with clear economic, social, cultural and environmental co-benefits. This work is conducted through a combination of dedicated partnerships that support capacity building and engagement activities, and competitive research awards designed to address key knowledge and information needs. Given the global complexities involved in climate impacts and society’s adaptive strategies, the AdSci program supports work both within and outside of the United States.
Learn more about AdSci at https://cpo.noaa.gov/AdSci.
- Competition 1: Evidence-building, Evaluation, and Learning Approaches to Support Adaptation to a Changing Climate
- Proposals can request up to $150,000 per year, for a maximum total of $300,000.00 total. Depending on the availability of funds, it is anticipated that 5-7 projects will be supported.
- Competition 2: Developing a Social Science Research Agenda in Support of Adaptation and Resilience
- Proposals can request a total budget in the range of $150,000- $300,000 (proposals should distribute the budget over the two year period to reflect the methodology used for the project). Depending on the availability of funds, it is anticipated that 1 project will be supported.
Federal funding for future fiscal years may be used to fund proposals submitted under this Notice of Funding Opportunity.
CPO’s grant programs manage a competitive process through a NOFO announcement to make awards supporting high-quality research conducted across the United States and internationally on the most urgent climate science questions. While each program area has its own focus, together they advance understanding of Earth’s climate system through interdisciplinary, integrated scientific research, and leverage the resulting knowledge, data, and systems to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond to climate variability and climate change. Toward this end, CPO also supports partnerships that build end-to-end pipelines of information (e.g., integrated information systems) flowing from scientists to decision-makers.
Additional Links & Information:
Links to Full NOFO and Grants.gov Listing
Important Dates/Deadlines
Letters of Intent:
Letters of intent (LOIs) should be received via Google Form by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 26th, 2023.
If an applicant is unable to utilize this form for technical reasons, LOIs should be received via email by the Competition Manager, Lisa Vaughan (Lisa.Vaughan@noaa.gov) with a copy to noaa.adaptation.sciences@noaa.gov by the same deadline.
Full Applications:
Full applications must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Time, on March 20th, 2024.
Applications received after this time will not be considered for funding.
Applications must be submitted via http://www.grants.gov. For applications submitted through grants.gov, the basis for determining timeliness is the receipt notice issued by http://www.grants.gov, which includes the date and time received.
Emailed or faxed copies of applications will not be accepted.
Applicants without Internet access:
For applicants without internet access, please contact the CPO Grants Manager Diane Brown by mail at NOAA Climate Program Office (R/CP1), SSMC3, Room 12734, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 to obtain an application package.
Please allow two weeks after receipt for a response. Hard copy submissions will be date and time stamped when they are received in the Climate Program Office.
For Federal Investigators
Federal lead investigators who wish to apply to this Announcement of Opportunity must prepare a proposal according to the FFO guidelines and submit the proposal to the program manager directly, instead of to Grants.gov. Federal co-investigators must submit a proposal identical to the proposal lead’s but with personalized budget information.
Letters of Intent for Federal investigators should be received by the Competition Manager by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 26th, 2023 for all competitions.
Full applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 20th, 2024.
Where to Submit
Application packages:
Visit the Grants.gov listing and click on Apply.
Federal Funding Opportunity Number:
Applicants without Internet access:
Send applications to:
Diane Brown
CPO Grants Manager
NOAA Climate Program Office (R/CP1), SSMC3, Room 12734
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Please allow two weeks after receipt for a response. Hard copy submissions will be date and time stamped when they are received in the Climate Program Office.
Questions/Who to Contact
Please visit the AdSci website for further information at or contact the AdSci Competition Manager, Lisa Vaughan (Lisa.Vaughan@noaa.gov) and noaa.adaptation.sciences@noaa.gov.
Diane Brown, CPO Grants Manager at diane.brown@noaa.gov
Webinars/Events
The Adaptation Sciences team will hold a virtual information sessions to answer questions and review the application process.
The Adaptation Sciences team will hold one virtual information session to answer questions and review the full application process. Date: Thursday February 8, 2024 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern Time
List Of Competitions
NOAA is accepting individual applications for 2 competitions.
Evidence-building, Evaluation, and Learning Approaches to Support Adaptation to a Changing Climate
In FY24, the Adaptation Sciences program is seeking proposals for evaluation and evaluation research that advances evaluation methods and approaches in order to support more transformative adaptation and resilience. Research proposals should seek to undertake one or both of the following:
Expand the evidence base for evaluating adaptation actions and investments, including the identification of metrics and frameworks, with an emphasis on those that measure social and economic outcomes of adaptation (including equity) and advance society’s capacity to compare and/or scale up approaches.
Develop the frameworks, partnerships, approaches and methods needed to evaluate adaptation, including those elements that move society toward more transformative pathways.
Developing a Social Science Research Agenda in Support of Adaptation and Resilience
AdSci is seeking proposals that will generate a social science research agenda, which reflects existing knowledge, and identifies gaps that can be addressed to support adaptation and resilience efforts. This can be achieved through inclusive review, analysis, and assessment of scientific literature, climate adaptation plans and actions, local knowledge and other similar information, in addition to engagement processes to inform social science research needs.
This work should develop and articulate a coherent set of nested research questions and approaches that will provide a framework for the generation of knowledge, methods and insights essential to the development, implementation and evaluation of effective adaptation strategies, policies and investments. It should be useful to the interdisciplinary scientific community and the broader landscape of entities, including funding agencies and implementation partners, working in this space.
