FY16 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program

The summary for the FY16 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Commerce, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

FY16 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program: Funding Opportunity Description: B-WET Chesapeake is a competitive grant program that supports existing, high-quality environmental education programs, fosters the growth of new, innovative programs, and encourages capacity building and partnership development for environmental education programs throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. Successful projects advance the environmental literacy goal of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and goals of the NOAA Education Strategic Plan by providing hands-on environmental education about issues affecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed for students and related professional development for teachers, administrators, and other educators who serve formal K-12 audiences. These Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) integrate field experiences with classroom activities and instruction in NOAA-related science content.

Federal Grant Title:	FY16 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce
Grant Categories:	Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-NMFS-NCBO-2016-2004732
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	11.457
CFDA Descriptions:	Chesapeake Bay Studies
Current Application Deadline:	Feb 4, 2016
Original Application Deadline:	Jan 25, 2016
Posted Date:	Nov 25, 2015
Creation Date:	Dec 1, 2015
Archive Date:	Mar 5, 2016
Total Program Funding:	$500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$150,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$75,000
Expected Number of Awards:	7
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are K-through-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments. For profit organizations, foreign organizations, and foreign public entities are not eligible to apply; however, for-profit and foreign organizations and foreign public entities may participate with an eligible applicant as a project partner. Likewise, Federal agencies are not eligible to receive Federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners.
Grant Announcement Contact: Please visit the B-WET Chesapeake website for further information at: http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/bay-watershed-education-and-training-b-wet/bay-watershed-education-and-training-b-wet, or contact Kevin Schabow, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 207, Annapolis, MD 21403, or by phone at 410-295-3145, or fax to 410-267-5666, or via internet at [email protected].
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