Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R3 CBP 23 08
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office released this Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications (RFA) to fund one cooperative agreement that provides technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership. The focus is on delivering high-quality, practical, and cost-effective analytical and evaluation services that help the partnership track progress, interpret monitoring results, and make better decisions to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Although the CBP includes both federal and non-federal entities, the RFA is explicit that the work supported with these grant funds must benefit only the non-federal CBP partners (and, by extension, the broader public). The selected recipient can coordinate with federal agencies when necessary, but the purpose and outcomes of that coordination must still be directed toward supporting non-federal partners rather than federal operations.
A key feature of the opportunity is that the awardee will not operate in isolation; instead, they will take programmatic direction from the CBP partnership governance structure. Guidance and priorities will come through several established CBP groups, including the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT) and its workgroups, the Habitat GIT and its workgroups, the Fisheries GIT and its workgroups, the Scientific, Technical, Assessment and Reporting (STAR) Team and its workgroups, other CBP GITs, and the CBP Management Board. In practical terms, this means the recipient should be prepared to work within a multi-jurisdiction, consensus-driven partnership setting, responding to shared priorities, timelines, and technical standards established by these non-federal partners and their CBP coordinating bodies.
The technical mission supported by this RFA centers on expanding and accelerating implementation of nutrient and sediment load reduction practices and technologies across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The recipient is expected to contribute to this mission primarily through the collection, management, evaluation, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of monitoring data related to both water quality and living resources, spanning tidal waters and watershed conditions. The work is meant to strengthen how the CBP partnership uses evidence from long-term and jurisdiction-based monitoring to understand trends, measure progress, and adjust management strategies over time.
More specifically, the funded work includes maintaining and improving the CBP partnerships jurisdiction-based monitoring data network for tidal and watershed water quality and living resources. This involves coordination with a wide range of data providers, including federal, state, regional, and local government entities as well as non-governmental organizations. Another major expectation is supporting better decision-making across the watershed by analyzing data trends and helping partners reach consensus around what the monitoring results mean for restoration strategies. The RFA also highlights the importance of integrating monitoring data with the CBP partnerships modeling and decision-support infrastructure, including airshed, watershed, and estuarine models, along with other tools used to forecast outcomes and evaluate management scenarios.
In addition to day-to-day data support, the opportunity emphasizes long-term ecosystem understanding and accountability. The recipient is expected to use sustained monitoring records to help partners interpret how the Bay and its watershed have responded in the past, how they are responding now, and how they may respond in the future to restoration actions and policy choices. This includes improving the acquisition and upkeep of monitoring datasets, strengthening analytical approaches, and expanding the distribution of data products and information that are important for partner planning, reporting, and implementation. Overall, the RFA is oriented toward building and enhancing the capacity of environmental professionals working within the CBPs partnership-based and implementation-focused structure, meaning applicants should demonstrate they can deliver technically rigorous work while also supporting real-world program management needs across multiple jurisdictions.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary EPA funding opportunity (CFDA 66.466) offered through a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project rather than a hands-off grant. EPA anticipated making one award with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $2,100,000. The opportunity was posted on May 9, 2023, with an original application deadline of June 23, 2023. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification expected in the full eligibility text of the announcement, indicating that applicants should carefully confirm organizational eligibility requirements and any constraints described in the complete RFA package.Apply for EPA R3 CBP 23 08
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Technical Analysis and Programmatic Evaluation Support to the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.466.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 09, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 23, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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