NOAA CRADA Partnerships
Research partnerships are increasingly important as scientists work to address complex global problems like coastal resilience, food security, and climate change. Public-private partnerships, in particular, are vital for bringing private sector innovation and agility into NOAA’s research and development efforts. One of the key tools in NOAA’s partnership toolkit is the CRADA, or Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.
A CRADA is a formal agreement that allows federal and non-federal partners to do collaborative research and further develop new science into commercially-available products. CRADAs connect NOAA Laboratories or Science Centers with private U.S. companies, universities, and other entities, creating scientific partnerships across NOAA’s mission areas. CRADAs are valuable because they allow NOAA and non-federal partners to share ideas, technical expertise, facilities, and other research materials.
To enter into a CRADA with NOAA, you must first have a NOAA lab or program that is interested in collaborating. We recommend contacting a lab or program directly to discuss possible collaborations. Information on your local NOAA facilities can be found on the NOAA in Your State web page.
Notes: This page is under development and partnership details will be added incrementally as they are received. Partnership entries are shown chronologically based on start date. Any reference obtained from this website to a specific company, product, process, or service does not constitute or imply an endorsement by NOAA.
Active NOAA CRADAs
Multi-band, multi-mission, digital beam-forming, phased-array antenna system development and evaluation
Partners: L3Harris Geospatial Solutions, Inc. and NOAA Satellites — Office of Satellite Ground Services
Duration: Jan. 1, 2023 – Dec. 31, 2023
NOAA cloud computing collaboration
Partnership: Microsoft and NOAA Research
Duration: Oct. 24, 2022 – Nov. 1, 2023
Partners will leverage Microsoft Azure Artificial Intelligence and high performance computing capabilities to accelerate critical NOAA research and inform new approaches for predicting climate, weather, and ocean changes. A key goal of this work is to create a searchable data catalog to support public policy, economic growth, environmental protection, and increased climate resiliency.
Tags: cloud computing, artificial intelligence, supercomputing, climate
Resources: NOAA, Microsoft team up to advance Climate-Ready Nation
Joint Beaufort Bridgenet ichthyoplankton sampling program
Partners: East Carolina University and NOAA Fisheries — Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Aug. 17, 2022 – Aug. 17, 2027
Assessment of Climavision radar network
Partners: Climavision and NOAA Research — National Severe Storms Laboratory
Duration: May 29, 2022 – May 23, 2023
PRAWLER commercialization
Partners: McLane Laboratories and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Apr. 28, 2022 – Apr. 28, 2027
Multi-radar, multi-sensor, sub-hourly precipitation over Harris County
Partners: Harris County Flood Control District and NOAA Research — National Severe Storms Laboratory
Duration: Apr. 12, 2022 – Apr. 12, 2027
Marine conservation and fisheries science
Partners: Monmouth University and NOAA Fisheries — Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Apr. 8, 2022 – Apr. 8, 2025
DCS transmitters for small satellites
Partners: Microcom Design, Inc. and NOAA Satellites — Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning
Duration: Apr. 8, 2022 – May 26, 2024
Process and age otolith samples from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Partners: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries — Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Mar. 21, 2022 – Mar. 21, 2027
Hydroscience modeling and visualization for PORTS and OFS
Partners: Jupiter Intelligence and National Ocean Service — Integrated Ocean Observing System
Duration: Feb. 26, 2022 – Feb. 28, 2023
Partners will utilize computer modeling to advance understanding of coastal ecosystems and enhance precipitation and water level predictions. The goal of the partnership is to support community response to coastal risks to mitigate effects of climate change.
Tags: ecosystems, computer modeling, climate, coastal restoration
Resources: Partnership To Advance Ecosystem Models, Water Level Predictions
Validation and potential impact of Tomorrow.io precipitation/radar satellite data with NOAA scientists
Partners: Tomorrow.io and NOAA Research — National Severe Storms Laboratory
Duration: Feb. 14, 2022 – Feb. 14, 2027
Space safety and sustainability
Partners: University of Texas at Austin and NOAA Satellites — Office of Space Commerce
Duration: Dec. 25, 2021 – Dec. 25, 2025
Developing strategies for the siting, design, and implementation of nature-based solutions
Partners: EA Engineering Science & Technology, Inc., PBC and National Ocean Service — National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Duration: Dec. 17, 2021 – Dec. 17, 2026
Toxic contaminants and effects in Salish Sea ecosystem
Partners: Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Dec. 8, 2021 – Dec. 8, 2025
Management and conservation studies on salmon
Partners: Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Nov. 30, 2021 – Nov. 30, 2026
GDCS – NOAA collaboration and support of ecosystem science
Partners: Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science and NOAA Fisheries — Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Aug. 4, 2021 – Aug. 4, 2026
The Wave Glider ecoDemonstrator
Partners: Liquid Robotics, Inc. and NOAA Fisheries — Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Apr. 12, 2021 – Apr. 12, 2024
Underwater glider technology applications
Partners: Huntington Ingalls Industries and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Nov. 12, 2020 – Nov. 12, 2025
Expansion of Meteosim modeling services based on HYSPLIT
Partners: Meteosim SL and NOAA Research — Air Resources Laboratory
Duration: Oct. 21, 2020 – Oct. 21, 2025
Establishing harmful algal identification and toxin analysis detection capabilities in Southcentral Alaska in cooperation with local communities
Partners: Ocean & Earth Environmental Services and Chugach Regional Resources Commission and National Ocean Service — National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Duration: Oct. 14, 2020 – Oct. 14, 2025
R&D toward advancing a safe, stable, and operationally-sustainable space environment
Partners: University of Texas at Austin and National Weather Service — National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Duration: Jul. 2, 2020 – Jul. 2, 2025
Exploration of unmanned ROV technology for cross-NOAA mission applications
Partners: Saildrone, Inc. and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: May 27, 2020 – May 27, 2025
Cooperative agreement for remote-sensing application development and utility enhancement
Partners: L3Harris Geospatial Solutions, Inc. and NOAA Satellites — Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Duration: Mar. 17, 2020 – Mar. 17, 2023
Tropical cyclone consensus techniques
Partners: RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences and National Weather Service — National Hurricane Center
Duration: Mar. 11, 2020 – Mar. 11, 2025
Dissolved inorganic carbon sensor tech transfer
Partners: MBARI and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Feb. 20, 2020 – Feb. 20, 2025
Test and evaluation of Sea-Bird sensors and equipment
Partners: Sea-Bird Scientific and National Weather Service — National Data Buoy Center
Duration: Feb. 14, 2020 – Feb. 14, 2025
Collaboration to include NOAA instruments and staff on Viking Great Lakes Cruises
Partners: Viking Cruises and NOAA Research — Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Duration: Jan. 31, 2020 – Jan. 31, 2025
Software development for the improvement of modeling techniques
Partners: Nvidia and NOAA Research — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Duration: Oct. 31, 2019 – Oct. 31, 2027
Mapping and ocean exploration technologies
Partners: Ocean Infinity and NOAA Research — Ocean Exploration
Duration: Aug. 5, 2019 – Aug. 5, 2023
Development and testing of ozone-impregnated nano-bubble technology to address national water safety and security issues
Partners: American Marine University Research Institute and National Ocean Service — National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Duration: Jul. 22, 2019 – Jul. 22, 2024
Transfer and development of finfish and shellfish aquaculture techniques
Partners: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Jul. 19, 2019 – May 31, 2024
Coastal safety social science research
Partners: Michelle Evans-Chase and National Weather Service — Office of Science and Technology Integration
Duration: Mar. 20, 2019 – Mar. 20, 2024
Sensor applications for underwater gliders
Partners: Kongsberg and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Mar. 11, 2019 – Mar. 11, 2024
Application of AeroVironment unmanned aircraft systems technologies
Partners: AeroVironment and National Ocean Service — National Marine Sanctuaries
Duration: Feb. 28, 2019 – Feb. 28, 2024
Innovative private-sector applications of weather and climate data
Partners: The Collider and NOAA — Office of the Chief Information Officer
Duration: May 18, 2018 – May 18, 2023
Improving modeling of oceans, atmosphere, and climate
Partners: Intel, Inc. and NOAA Research — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab
Duration: May 3, 2018 – May 3, 2023
The impacts of oceanographic variability on the ecophysiology of two important bi-valve species
Partners: Microsoft and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Feb. 20, 2018 – Oct. 24, 2025
Active Material Transfer Agreements
NSF Convergence Accelerator track
Partners: Mango Materials and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Jul. 11, 2022 – Jul. 11, 2025
Moored autonomous pCO2 system transfer
Partners: Sensors & System Solutions, LLC and NOAA Research — Pacific Marine Environmental Lab
Duration: Aug. 3, 2021 – Aug. 3, 2024
Flight computer fan
Partners: ADL Embedded Solutions, Inc. and NOAA Research — Chemical Sciences Laboratory
Duration: May 21, 2021 – May 21, 2024
OY15 probiotic to oyster hatcheries
Partners: Prospective Research, Inc. and NOAA Fisheries — Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Duration: Apr. 12, 2021 – Apr. 12, 2024
Provide a powdered form of oyster probiotic OY15 to Taylor Shellfish Farms, Pacific Hybreed, Inc., and Cartron Point Shellfish, Ltd. in order to perform hatchery-scale trials in order to test the material’s effects on improving survival of Pacific oyster larvae.
Tags: probiotics, hatcheries, aquaculture, disease resilience
OY15 probiotic to Prospective Research, Inc.
Duration: Apr. 12, 2021 – Apr. 12, 2024
Partners: NOAA Fisheries / Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Prospective Research, Inc.
OY15 to Taylor Shellfish Farms
Duration: Mar. 26, 2021 – Mar. 26, 2024
Partners: NOAA Fisheries / Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Taylor Shellfish Farms
OY15 to Pacific Hybreed, Inc.
Duration: Mar. 24, 2021 – Mar. 24, 2024
Partners: NOAA Fisheries / Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Hybreed, Inc.
OY15 to Cartron Point Shellfish, Ltd.
Duration: Mar. 24, 2021 – Mar. 24, 2024
Partners: NOAA Fisheries / Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Cartron Point Shellfish, Ltd.
Active Facility Use Agreements
Ocean test tank usage
Partners: Seatrec, Inc. and NOAA Fisheries — Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Jul. 13, 2022 – Jul. 15, 2024
Shellfish Laboratory Space – NWFSC
Partners: Pacific Hybreed, Inc. and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Jul. 8, 2022 – Aug. 1, 2023
Ocean technology development tank usage
Partners: SubSeaSail, LLC and NOAA Fisheries — Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Apr. 15, 2022 – Aug. 22, 2024
Effects of ocean acidification on fish olfactory neurobehavior
Partners: University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Dec. 28, 2020 – Dec. 28, 2024
Shellfish research and living marine resource restoration in Puget Sound
Partners: Puget Sound Restoration Fund and NOAA Fisheries — Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Duration: Apr. 29, 2014 – Apr. 9, 2024