The UCAR Office of Programs (UOP) is part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) located in Boulder, Colorado. UCAR is a consortium of 70 universities that grant doctorate degrees in the atmospheric and related sciences. UOP was created in 1992 to manage a number of unique programs requested by the UCAR community.

Education, Service, Community Building, and Innovation are the hallmarks of UOP programs. UOP's vision and mission are:

• Vision. Bring Communities together to address large-scale, integrated research and education issues.
  
  
• Mission. Provide leadership, services, and innovation in support of UCAR community education and research goals.
  
  

UOP's primary focus areas are:

• Building and hosting community projects.
• Providing innovative next-generation education and training services.
• Develop and transfer technologies to meet critical societal and community needs.
• Providing effective, state-of-the-art data services.
• Delivering reliable and cost-effective support to meet diverse community needs.