NOAA awards over $171 million for climate science, community resilience

Significant flooding in New Orleans resulted from heavy rains associated with Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the city's flood protection systems. Credit: U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) announced today a total award amount of $171 million, the highest five-year investment in the program’s history, to support 72 innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis.

“These grants will spur the knowledge and innovation that is at the heart of President Biden’s executive order to tackle the climate challenge,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. “The Commerce Department and NOAA are committed to bold action and these new awards are critical economic and research investments that will improve the health and security of communities across America.”

Over the next one to five years, universities, other research institutions, and agency partners across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will work on these newly-funded projects in close partnership with NOAA laboratories and research centers. The funding will be distributed over the life of the projects and future-year funding is conditional on appropriations.

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