NSF provides the Unidata Program Center up to $100k in equipment grant funds each year. In alignment with the Unidata 2018 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 will be given to proposals that include one or more of the following:
A Request for Proposals was sent out on December 22, 2014 with a March 06 submission deadline. A review panel has been formed and will meet on March 25 at the Unidata Program Center to review the proposals that are received.