The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) invites applications for the establishment of a Cooperative Institute (CI) in the Gulf of Mexico to help meet NOAAs long-term goals, including Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Weather-Ready Nation, Healthy Oceans, Resilient Coastal Communities
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and Economies, Stakeholder Engagement, Accurate and Reliable Data/Sustained and Integrated Earth Observations, Integrated Environmental Modeling.
The CI will provide significant coordination of resources among all non-governmental partners and will promote the involvement of students and post-doctoral scientists in NOAA-funded research.
The CI will be established at a research institution not only having outstanding graduate degree programs in NOAA-related sciences, but also located within the Gulf of Mexico region as defined in this announcement.