Closed · EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-11 · CFDA 66.466 · Discretionary

Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Assessment and Methodology Development for Advanced Automated Techniques and Protocols to Map Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation from HighResolution Satellite Imagery

Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $440K
Award range
Closed
Status
September 6, 2023
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Assessment and Methodology Development for Advanced Automated Techniques and Protocols to Map Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation from HighResolution Satellite Imagery is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered Up to $440,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,487 other opportunities from Environmental Protection Agency.

up to $440K
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
66.466
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 202… is closed (last close September 6, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Environmental Protection Agency still indexes 1,487 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 September 6, 2023

Posted Jul 21 Closes Sep 6

Est. Total Funding

$440,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

There are two overarching objectives of this RFA, which EPA is seeking project proposals to address. The first objective is to map the density and distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) accurately, efficiently, and effectively throughout the mesohaline habitat in Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from high-resolution (approximately 4m per pixel resolution or less) satellite imagery using automated detection and classification methods, and, in doing so, develop and document a protocol that would inform Bay-wide SAV assessment efforts. The second objective is to develop and document a robust, repeatable method of generating vector-based polygons that: 1. represent SAV beds from the pixel-based SAV classifications developed under Objective 1 that are calibrated to results generated from hand-delineated SAV mapping of beds as estimated from the present SAV survey protocol; and 2. applies the polygon bed delineation method to SAV classification results from high resolution satellite imagery to produce SAV cover maps of Zannichellia palustris that are suitable for summarizing acreage and density throughout the mesohaline portion of Chesapeake Bay.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-11

Grants.gov marks Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 202… 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Information and Statistics (ENV;IIJ). This eligibility-code string dominates the Environmental Protection Agency book (1,239 peers, 83% of 1,488).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

Emily Heller

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