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

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

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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

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

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

OY15 probiotic to oyster hatcheries

Partners: Prospective Research, Inc. and NOAA Fisheries — Northeast Fisheries Science Center and 
Duration: Apr. 12, 2021 – Apr. 12, 2024

NOAA Technology Partnerships Office logoProvide 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 FisheriesNortheast Fisheries Science Center and Prospective Research, Inc.

OY15 to Taylor Shellfish Farms

Duration: Mar. 26, 2021 – Mar. 26, 2024
Partners:
NOAA FisheriesNortheast Fisheries Science Center and Taylor Shellfish Farms

OY15 to Pacific Hybreed, Inc.

Duration: Mar. 24, 2021 – Mar. 24, 2024
Partners:
NOAA FisheriesNortheast Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Hybreed, Inc.

OY15 to Cartron Point Shellfish, Ltd.

Duration: Mar. 24, 2021 – Mar. 24, 2024
Partners:
NOAA FisheriesNortheast 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