Met Office Academic Partnership Science Framework

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The Met Office is inviting UK Universities to bid for a place on the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Science Framework and become MOAP partners, in order to support delivery of the Met Office Research & Innovation Strategy.The proposed Lot structure for the framework is as follows: 13 Lots in total covering Met Office Academic Partnership Services and Agreements, for up to 8 Universities covering:Lot 1 - Joint Chair ServicesLot 2 - Hazard to Decision MakingLot 3 - Research to ProductionLot 4 - Producing, Refining and Delivering dataLot 5 - Seamless Environmental PredictionLot 6 - Next Generation Modelling SystemsLot 7 - Fusing Simulation with Data SciencesLot 8 - The Path to High ResolutionLot 9 - Producing and Exploiting EnsemblesLot 10 - Capturing Environmental ComplexityLot 11 - Technology Architecture and InnovationLot 12 - Advancing ObservationsLot 13 - Co-Sponsorship AgreementsEach of the Lots numbered 2 to 12 may be represented by 1 or any number up to themaximum of up to 8 Universities.Lots 1 and 13 will be awarded to up to the same 8 potential Universities.A strategic overview, operational overview and Commercial overview can be foundhttps://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/partnership.A copy of the Met Office Research and Innovation Strategy can be found:https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/r-i_strategy_full_version_sml.pdf