Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
June 2022 - October 2022
The NSF provides the Unidata Program Center up to $100k in equipment grant funds each year. In alignment with the Unidata 2024 proposal, the Equipment Awards Program is designed to broaden participation and promote the use of Unidata tools and systems (e.g., THREDDS, NetCDF, IDV, GIS connections) to support education and research on various aspects of climate studies (e.g., diagnostics, change and impacts), by providing grants to be used in the procurement of new computers and equipment including upgrades to existing classroom and laboratory equipment.
The Users Committee met in early November 2022 to discuss possible adjustments to the wording of the Equipment Awards Call for Proposals to clarify what types of equipment are fundable through the program.
Since taking over the management and administration of the Equipment Awards program in 2003 on behalf of the NSF, Unidata has made 104 awards totaling over $1,300,000.
Prepared October 2022