Closed · NOAA-NMFS-NCBO-2017-2005170 · CFDA 11.457 · Discretionary
Fiscal Year 2017 Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training Program-Capacity Building
Federal grant opportunity posted by Department of Commerce, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25K-$200K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 7, 2017
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
Fiscal Year 2017 Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training Program-Capacity Building is a closed discretionary listing from Department of Commerce that offered $25,000 -- $200,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 898 other opportunities from Department of Commerce.
- $25K-$200K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 11.457
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Fiscal Year 2017 Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Edu… is closed (last close April 7, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Department of Commerce still indexes 898 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed April 7, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$500,000
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
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) integrate field experiences with classroom activities and instruction in NOAA-related science content.Through this funding announcement, NOAA is soliciting proposals that support two Priority Areas under the theme of Capacity Building for MWEEs: (1) State or Multi-State K-12 Environmental Literacy Initiatives, which advance MWEE Implementation, and, (2) MWEE Mini Grant Program Administration, which supports elements of MWEE implementation at the school-level. Chesapeake B-WET has traditionally issued one funding opportunity annually, however, in FY 2017, NOAA is issuing two separate funding opportunities under the Chesapeake B-WET program due to the variation in B-WET Program Priorities and the types of projects supported under these Priorities. This FFO is to support Capacity Building efforts that support MWEEs; direct support for Systemic MWEE Implementation and Emerging MWEE projects is not covered under this FFO.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NOAA-NMFS-NCBO-2017-2005170
Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year 2017 Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Edu… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources · Science and Technology / R&D (ENV;NR;ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Department of Commerce book (689 peers, 77% of 899).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Kevin Schabow 410-295-3145 410 SEVERN AVE, Annapolis, MD 21403-2524
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