UCAR will continue to manage NCAR

BOULDER – The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder will continue to manage and operate its flagship weather and climate center, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, also in Boulder.

The National Science Board has authorized the National Science Foundation to negotiate a new cooperative agreement with UCAR, a nonprofit that has managed the center since its inception in 1960. This is the first time the five-year cooperative agreement with the science foundation was opened to competition.

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The agreement, not to exceed $694 million, will take effect Oct. 1, the beginning of the 2009 fiscal year, and run until Sept.30, 2013. It can be renewed for an additional five years without a recompetition, pending satisfactory reviews.

“We’re very pleased to be able to continue our longstanding relationship with NSF in managing NCAR on behalf of the university community,´ said UCAR President Richard Anthes. “We have proposed some exciting and innovative ideas for research, new computing and observing facilities and university involvement in the coming five years, and we’re looking forward to implementing our plans.”

UCAR is a consortium of 71 North American universities with doctoral programs in the atmospheric sciences and related disciplines.