Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $6.6 million in recommended funding to establish a new multi-university Data Assimilation Consortium to improve weather forecasts using enhanced numerical weather prediction systems, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This investment, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will support six institutions that have been chosen to receive funding and will work together collaboratively under the new Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education (CADRE). CADRE is led by the University of Oklahoma and includes Colorado State University, Howard University, University of Maryland, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Utah.