Fiscal Year 2011 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and

The summary for the Fiscal Year 2011 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, 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 in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Fiscal Year 2011 NOAA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and
	CFDA Number:	11.457
	CFDA Description:	Chesapeake Bay Studies
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Commerce
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NOAA-NMFS-NCBO-2011-2002654
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 19, 2010
	Creation Date:	Oct 16, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 15, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 18, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 14, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$3,500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$225,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$50,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	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-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 in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. For-profit organizations, foreign institutions, foreign organizations and foreign government agencies are not eligible to apply. Federal agencies are not eligible to receive assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA) is strongly committed to broadening the participation of historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, and institutions that work in underserved areas. The NCBO encourages proposals involving any of the above institutions.
Grant 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 goals of the NOAA Education Strategic Plan and Citizen Stewardship components of Chesapeake Bay Executive Order by providing hands-on environmental education about issues affecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed for students, related professional development for teachers, and/or capacity building for watershed education. These Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) integrate field experiences with classroom activities and instruction in NOAA-related content.
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Grant Announcement Contact: Steve Drescher Policy Advisor

For application download issues only. [steve.j.drescher@noaa.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • 2011 Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Science; • Fisheries Science Program - FY2010; • FY 2010 B-WET Chesapeake; • Bay Watershed Education & Training Program; • Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education & Training (B-WET) Program; • Fisheries Science Program - FY2010