FY2021 Weather Program Office Research Programs 
NOAA-OAR-WPO-2021-2006592
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328644
 LOIs  are strongly encouraged by Sept. 22, 2020.

NOAA’s Weather Program Office (WPO; formerly OWAQ, the Office of Weather and Air Quality) is soliciting proposals for weather, air quality, and earth-system modeling and observations research reflecting multiple science objectives spanning time scales from hours to seasons, and from weather and water observations and earth system modeling to social, and behavioral, and economic science. There will be three grant competitions from this notification valued at approximately $7,750,000 as follows:

1) Joint Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI) - Through improved forecasting of the events, better communication and preparedness, loss of lives and property damage can be reduced. While NOAA is the sole U.S. government authority for issuing official weather forecasts and warnings for life threatening events, the broader weather enterprise plays an important role in communication and dissemination of weather information tailored to specific customers.

2) Observations  - The aim of this competition is to develop and demonstrate innovative sensor and observing technologies that have high potential for advancing an observation systems portfolio that is mission-effective, integrated, adaptable, and affordable.

3) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) - Recent societal impacts from hurricanes, floods, snow storms, and wildfires demonstrate that although there have been considerable advances in weather prediction and forecasting,there is a need to understand the intersection of people and meteorology. A variety of social, behavioral, and environmental factors “affect how we prepare for, observe, predict, respond to, and are impacted by weather hazards” (NASEM, 2018. doi:10.17226/24865). Thus,social, behavioral, and economic science (SBES) research plays a critical role in connecting NOAA's weather forecast information and improvements to the public’s growing forecast needs.