In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for the month of March, 2025.
Upcoming deadlines to be aware of:
| 7 April | Applications for the NSF Unidata 2025 Community Equipment Awards program are due. |
| 31 July | Nominations for NSF Unidata governing committee openings are due. |
| 31 July | Nominations for NSF Unidata Users committee graduate student representative are due. |
Highlights from last month:
Deadline Extended: NSF Unidata 2025 Community Equipment Awards
The deadline for 2025 Community Equipment Awards proposals has been extended until April 7, 2025.
The NSF Unidata Community Equipment Awards program, created under the sponsorship of the U.S. National Science Foundation, is intended to encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences to join the NSF Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2025, a total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000 will be considered.
NSF Unidata Committee Nominations Open
NSF Unidata's Strategic Advisory and Users committees facilitate consensus-building for future directions of the Program and establish standards of involvement for the community. We are looking for several creative people at U.S. universities and colleges who are using NSF Unidata products and services — or who are familiar with NSF Unidata — to help guide the program in addressing the needs of our growing community. Nominate someone (even yourself) to join NSF Unidata's governing committees today!
Wanted: Student Representative for NSF Unidata Users Committee
The NSF Unidata Users Committee is seeking nominations for a Graduate Student representative to join the group of university faculty members who serve on this committee. Nominees should be Graduate Students who use NSF Unidata software, hold a strong interest in the NSF Unidata program, and have an interest in learning how a community-based program like NSF Unidata is governed.
On the Developer's Blog
NSF Unidata Program Center developers write regularly on technical topics on the Unidata Developer's Blog. The ongoing MetPy Mondays looks at using a local data cache.
Governing Committee News
NSF Unidata's Users Committee met in a joint session with the Strategic Advisory Committee September 25-28, 2024. The Users Committee will meet next in April of 2025.
NSF Unidata's Strategic Advisory Committee met in a joint session with the Users Committee September 25-28, 2024. The Strategic Advisory Committee will meet next in April of 2025.
