The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications from eligible applicants to provide the CBP’s non-federal partners with administrative and technical staff support to the CBP committees, GITs, and workgroups as they work to restore the Chesapeake Bay and meet the goals and commitments contained in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
States: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $31,000 – $1,145,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Chesapeake Bay is North America’s largest and most biologically diverse estuary. A resource of extraordinary productivity, it is worthy of the highest levels of protection and restoration. Authorized by Section 117 of the Clean Water Act, CBP is responsible for supporting the Executive Council through a number of actions, including the coordination of federal, state, and local efforts to restore and protect living resources and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
- Activity 1: Professional Development Program that Provides Chesapeake Bay Program Committee Staff and Coordination Support – This Activity supports the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership in two ways: It provides administrative and technical staffing support for the CBP partnership’s technical, management, and policy committees, GITs, and workgroups; and it increases the capacity, diversity, and development of the state, local, and NGO workforce committed to the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. This work will support the CBP partnership’s efforts to carry out the work needed to achieve the 10 goals and 31 underlying outcomes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and the 25 management strategies and Logic & Action Plans developed to implement the outcomes. This Activity will include approximately 10-14 staff positions plus one water quality goal team coordination support position, plus the necessary program management position(s).
- Activity 2: Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee – The CBP partnership’s STAC provides scientific and technical guidance to the CBP partnership on measures to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed and to enhance the ability of the CBP partnership to make scientifically sound decisions.
- Activity 3: Coordination of Summer Program that Supports Students Interested in Careers in Environmental Protection and Restoration, with Consideration for Supporting Students from Underrepresented Populations – The CBP is committed to providing professional experiences to college students from populations that have been historically excluded from the environmental field and are underrepresented in environmental research and management professions. The students support the CBP by assisting with coordination and administrative activities as well as specific tasks assigned by their supervisors, such as research projects, literature reviews, report development and editing, and data analysis.
Funding Information
- The estimated funding for Activity 1 is $1,145,000 for the first year and $1,295,000 each additional year; the estimated funding for Activity 2 is $424,000 for the first year and $474,000 each additional year, and the estimated funding for Activity 3 is approximately $31,000 per year.
Grant Period
- The expected project period for the cooperative agreement is five years, with funding provided on an annual basis.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under section 117(d), funds are available for technical and general assistance grants to nonprofit organizations, State, tribal (federally recognized) and local governments, colleges, universities, and interstate agencies; and under section 117(g)(2), funds are available for technical assistance and assistance grants under the Small Watershed Grants Program to local governments and nonprofit organizations and individuals in the Chesapeake Bay region. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency’s Assistance Agreement Competition Policy. Nonprofit organizations, State, tribal (federally recognized) 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 an application to be considered eligible for funding, project-related work included in the application must take place within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which includes portions of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, and all of the District of Columbia
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