Assistance program
Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
$597.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 11.012
- What it does
- To support projects aimed at the development and sustainability of a national and international integrated ocean observing system designed to collect, monitor and disseminate marine environment data in an interoperable, reliable, timely and user-specified manner by leveraging federal, regional and private-sector partnerships.
- Who benefits
- Organizations and individuals with professional expertise in the sciences, engineering and economics that demonstrate how participation in the IOOS effort builds on and furthers the progress of observing system development funded by this agency.
- Who applies
- Organizations and individuals with professional expertise in the sciences, engineering and economics that demonstrate how participation in the IOOS effort builds on and furthers the progress of observing system development funded by this agency.
- Authorized by
- Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3610 et seq.), as amended by the Coordinated Ocean Observation and Research Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-271, Title I).
- Program site
- http://www.ioos.noaa.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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