Contact Information
Address:
1315 East-West Highway
SSMC3, R/NURP
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United StatesPhone:
301-713-1000
NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP)
NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). NOAA is the federal agency charged with stewardship of our Nation's living marine and coastal resources.
As the federal agency responsible for managing living marine and coastal resources, NOAA requires a presence beneath the sea and Great Lakes to better understand the systems under its management. NURP provides NOAA with the unique ability to access the undersea environment either directly with submersibles and technical diving, or virtually using robots and seafloor observatories.
NURP is comprised of six regional Centers and one National Institute. NURP is primarily an extramural program (outside NOAA) located at major universities with a small headquarters staff located at NOAA Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. This extramural network facilitates collaborations between NOAA and other external programs and leverages external funds and infrastructure to assist NOAA resource managers in meeting their information needs.