NOAA Announces $1.1 Million Funding Opportunity to Improve Satellite-Based Flood Monitoring in Alaska

On September 20, 2024, NOAA announced the availability of $1.1 million in funding for “satellite-based monitoring of potentially destructive floods and ice-jam events in Alaska.” This is a competitive opportunity for a three-year grant. The recipient will “explore how to employ high-resolution data from privately managed satellites” to fill agency data gaps and provide prediction models. Interested parties should submit letters of intent by October 18, 2024. NOAA will then invite selected candidates to apply with full proposals due December 23, 2024.

IRA section 40004 appropriated funds to NOAA for the advancement of climate and weather research and forecasting.