FY 2027-2028 NESDIS Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
NOAA NESDIS will fund grants or cooperative agreements for research and related activities under this BAA, including CESU projects limited to eligible non-federal CESU partner institutions in specified regional programs.
⚑ Same application may be submitted to multiple NOAA Line/Staff Offices only if disclosed and coordinated with NOAA contacts. · CESU projects are limited to non-federal partner institutions in the named regional CESU programs. · Federal organizations are outside the scope of this announcement. · Eligibility depends on statutory authority for the specific proposed activity.
This is a broad NOAA applied-research BAA, but the description here is generic and oriented to NOAA science/tech topics rather than this team’s usual survey, risk-perception, warning-response, and energy/public-opinion work. It is only an adjacent fit unless a specific call targets weather-risk communication, forecast interpretation, or stakeholder response, which would align with the listed weather and hazard researchers.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-14
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 58 good | portfolio topics: climate_weather, environment (primary); social/behavioral work is minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
A description of NOAA Line and Staff Offices is found at https://www.noaa.gov/about/organization, and applicants may contact the Agency Contacts in Section VII. below for more information. If you submit the same application to more than one Line or Staff Office, mention this in your application and notify the relevant contacts in Section VII. so that NOAA may coordinate internally.
This notice also solicits proposals that are part of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESU is a U.S. federal partnership network that connects agencies with universities, tribes, nonprofits, and other partners to address natural and cultural resource challenges. Each CESU is structured as a working collaborative with participation from numerous federal and non-federal institutional partners. CESUs are based at host universities and focus on a particular bio-geographic region of the country.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants may be institutions of higher education, nonprofits, commercial organizations, international or foreign organizations or governments, state, local, and Indian Tribal governments. Eligibility also depends on the statutory authority that permits NOAA to fund the proposed activity. Funding of Federal organizations is outside the scope of this announcement; if funding authority exists, Federal organizations seeking NOAA funds should contact relevant program officials about the Interagency Agreement process. For CESU projects: the ONLY eligible applicants are non-federal partner institutions of the following CESU regional programs: California, Chesapeake Watershed, Great Lakes Northern Forests, Great Plains, Gulf Coast, Hawaii & Pacific Islands, North and West Alaska, North Atlantic Coast, Pacific Northwest, Piedmont & South Atlantic Coast, and South Florida & Caribbean. To determine if your organization is a member of a regional CESU, please visit this site: https://www.nps.gov/nature/cesu.htm.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Elizabeth W Holmes Grants Management Specialist <Olga.Dixon@noaa.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · NOAA / Department of Commerce conventions SEE A NOAA EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — NOAA / Department of Commerce's document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.