NOAA Climate Program Office Super Intelligence and Machine Learning Innovation Solution Grants

The OAR Climate Program Office seeks super intelligence and machine learning innovation solutions to advance earth system science, support hazard resilience, and accelerate federal artificial intelligence use. Selected recipients will evaluate applications for hazard decision support, identify socio-technical factors enabling adoption, advance multi-annual to decadal predictions, and address extreme heat thresholds, prediction, and preparedness. Offsite performance is permitted, but eligibility is restricted strictly to onshore USA organizations. Applicants must complete SAM registration and maintain an active Unique Entity Identifier. Required submittals include a Data Management Plan up to two pages, federal budget forms (SF424 and SF424a), budget narratives, a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement if applicable, and high-performance computing requests with transition plans under one page. Interested applicants must submit letters of intent digitally via email or online no later than November 17, 2026.