Fiscal Year 2020 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training Program

Agency: Department of Commerce

11.457 -- Chesapeake Bay Studies

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

Chesapeake B-WET 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 building capacity to support 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) involve learning both outdoors and in the classroom as students engage in issue definition, outdoor field experiences, synthesis and conclusions, and stewardship and civic action.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants are K-through-12 public and independent 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.

Grantor contact information

Description

Andrew Larkin (757)-364-7462 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email

Work

andrew.w.larkin@noaa.gov

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2020-2006338_NOFO_Report_5.pdf	Full Announcement	Dec 13, 2019 06:44 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Archived: April 5, 2020

Application process

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Award

$400,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$50,000

Award Minimum

$200,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2020-2006338

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Science technology and other research and development

Natural resources

Environment

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

December 13, 2019

Archive date:

April 5, 2020