NSF provides the Unidata Program Center up to $100k in equipment grant funds each year. In alignment with the Unidata 2013 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.
This year special consideration was given to proposals that:
A Request for Proposals was sent out on January 8, 2013 with a March 15 submission deadline. A review panel has been formed and will meet on April 17 at the Unidata Program Center to review the 12 proposals that were received.