In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for the month of April 2026.

In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for the month of March 2026.

The 2026 NSF Unidata Community Equipment Awards solicitation deadline has been extended until April 3, 2026. Created under the sponsorship of the U.S. National Science Foundation, NSF Unidata equipment awards are intended to encourage new members from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the Earth Systems Sciences to join the NSF Unidata community, and to encourage existing members to continue their active participation, enhancing the community process. For 2026, a total of $100,000 is available for awards; proposals for amounts up to $20,000 will be considered.

The NSF Unidata Program announces changes to its level of support for the McIDAS-X software package.

Join us this June in Boulder, CO for Project Pythia's annual Cook-off! Limited travel support is available — act now!

Update on recent and planned improvements and features to the NSF Unidata Science Gateway!

NSF NCAR's Computational and Informations Systems Lab makes high performance computing resources available to university researchers and educators. The next deadline for large allocation requests is March 4, 2026.

In case you missed it — here's a recap of news from the NSF Unidata Program Center for the month of January 2026.

Do you know someone in the NSF Unidata community who has been actively involved and helpful to you and other NSF Unidata members? Perhaps this is someone who volunteers to assist others, contributes software, or makes suggestions that are generally useful for the community.

The NSF Unidata Users Committee invites you to submit nominations for the Russell L. DeSouza Award for Outstanding Community Service. This Community Service Award honors individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the NSF Unidata Program to better serve the Earth Systems Sciences community. Honorees personify NSF Unidata's ideal of a community that shares ideas, data, and software through computing and networking technologies.

Members of the NSF Unidata Program Center staff will be attending the 106th annual American Meteorology Society meeting, to be held 25-29 January 2026 in Houston, TX.