2020 Awards

2020 Awards

The primary purpose of the Unidata Community Equipment Awards is to encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the geosciences to join the Unidata community, and for existing members to continue their active participation so as to enhance the community process. This is an open call to fund purchases of equipment that aids academic institutions in using Unidata technologies to further teaching and research in the geosciences. Applicants are strongly encouraged to get assistance with hardware requirements for their activity before submitting a proposal by contacting the UPC at support-egrants@unidata.ucar.edu.

It is the intent of this award program to assist institutions wishing to participate actively in the Unidata community; to assist those who have participated actively in the past but need system upgrades to meet the standards currently recommended for deploying Unidata systems; and to assist organizations from disciplines outside of the atmospheric community who can provide important and relevant datasets and tools to the Unidata community at no cost.

Note:
In keeping with Unidata's most recent proposal to the National Science Foundation for continued program funding, additional emphasis will be placed on providing support for institutions serving populations that are underrepresented in the broad geoscience community. Unidata is dedicated to broadening participation by minority serving institutions, and we particularly encourage small institutions, academic departments that have not previously submitted proposals to this program, and programs outside Unidata's traditional atmospheric sciences community to apply.

We're here to help

Unidata Program Center staff are available to assist proposers throughout the process, from advising on proposal preparation and hardware specification to assisting with installation and configuration of Unidata software technologies. (Note that while Unidata staff will continue to provide advice and technical support for running projects, ongoing maintenance and operation of technology acquired through the Equipment Awards program is the responsibility of the grantee institution.)

Proposals from academic institutions outside the United States will be considered. However, preference will be given to academic institutions within the U.S.

View the 2020 solicitation

Awardee Information

Institution & PI Proposal/Report
College of Charleston
Gabriel J. Williams, Jr.
Acquisition of AWIPS II CAVE Client Computing Infrastructure at the College of Charleston
Proposal | Report
Mississippi State University
Kimberly M. Wood
Advancing Weather Visualization at Mississippi State University through a Dedicated AWIPS Server
Proposal | Report
Texas A&M University
Christopher J. Nowotarski
Building a Real-Time Running Archive EDEX Server for Meteorology Instruction
Proposal | Report
University of Buenos Aires
Moira Doyle
Upgrading LDM server at DAOC University of Buenos Aires
Proposal | Report
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jennifer D. Small Griswold
Enhancing Education in Atmospheric Sciences using AWIPS II and CAVE at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Proposal | Report

Questions About the 2020 Equipment Awards?

Questions or comments about the 2020 Equipment Awards can be sent to: support-egrants@unidata.ucar.edu