The NASA Space Weather Centers of Excellence: Contributions to Research-To-Operations-To-Research advances

The NASA Space Weather Centers of Excellence (SW COE) Program creates opportunities for the advancement of Research-to-Operations-to-Research (R2O2R) activities thereby enabling the advancing space weather capabilities. The NASA SW COE Program expects the Centers to (1) develop of novel scientific or technological approaches to solve challenging space weather problems whose solution will directly improve our ability to forecast and prepare for space weather hazards; (2) to engage with the communities, both civil and commercial, affected by space weather as well as entities, such as NASA SRAG, NOAA SWPC, and the DAF, who are responsible for providing forecasts of space weather. This presentation will describe the progresses made by the NASA SW COE and the promises by the SW COE for advancing R2O2R.