The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) is announcing a Request for Applications (RFA) for applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partners with an application for writing, editing and publishing the Bay Journal, a monthly periodical that informs the public about issues and events that affect the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The Bay Journal is published monthly with the exception of mid-summer and mid-winter, for a total of 10 issues each year. It is distributed free of charge, has a hard copy circulation of approximately 25,000 and is a member of the Associated Press.
Donor Name: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
States: Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/25/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,800,000 to $2,142,000
Grant Duration: 6 Years
Details:
This RFA is seeking cost-effective applications from eligible applicants for producing appropriate content, publishing and distributing the Bay Journal periodical newspaper, maintaining a social media presence to distribute news and connect to different audiences, as well as for distribution through an existing electronic news service and posting to the Bay Journal website to raise public awareness of issues surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. Products should include news stories, feature stories, editorials, digital imagery and other appropriate multimedia to support the production of the hard copy newspaper as well as electronic news service distribution and posting to the website. The successful applicant should develop products in a manner consistent with industry standard journalistic practices that comply with the Associated Press Stylebook and are readily adaptable in both print and electronic news delivery. Products will be developed independently of federal agency input as to editorial content or review except as required for accuracy of information regarding established policies or existing published data.
CBP partners include federal agencies, seven watershed jurisdictions and many non-federal organizations; however, work funded under this RFA will support the seven watershed jurisdictions and other non-federal partners. The seven watershed jurisdictions are Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
Applicants must address each activity listed below in their application.
- Activity 1: Expert production of content for distribution through the Bay Journal and posting on the Bay Journal website.
- Activity 2: Distribution of hard copies of the Bay Journal periodical publication throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed and electronic distribution of associated content.
Funding/Awards
This RFA will cover the project period up to and including six years from an expected start date of April 18, 2022. CBPO plans to award one cooperative agreement to carry out all activities under this RFA. The total estimated funding for six years is approximately $1,800,000 to $2,142,000, with an estimated $300,000 to $357,000 available for the first year and each additional year. There is no guarantee of funding throughout this period or beyond.
Eligible Applicants
Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, colleges, universities and interstate agencies are eligible to submit applications in response to this RFA. For-profit organizations are not eligible to submit applications in response to this RFA.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
