Grants & RFPs
The Bay Program and its partners offer multiple grant opportunities to help fund restoration projects of all sizes across the Chesapeake watershed.
Open Requests for Proposals
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Landscape Characterization and Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
This Notice of Funding Opportunity is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with updated Land Use and Land Cover data, enhanced river corridor data, and landscape metrics and communication products associated with these data to facilitate their application to CBP outcomes and the CBP’s Phase 7 suite of modeling tools.
Closing Date: July 19, 2024
View RFPAdditional Opportunities
- The Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund is a partnership between the Bay Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to strategically invest in conservation actions to restore the Bay. Grant opportunities include Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction grants and Small Watershed grants.
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bay Watershed Education and Training grants support Chesapeake watershed environmental education programs and professional development for teachers on Bay-related environmental topics. NOAA also provides funding to restore habitat for coastal and anadromous fisheries.
- The Chesapeake Bay Trust offers individual grant programs to support Chesapeake restoration and protection activities in Maryland.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides a variety of grant programs and funding opportunities, as well as regional grants.
Learn How to Find and Apply to EPA Grants
On March 26, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a webinar to help grant applicants learn how to find and successfully apply for competitive EPA grants. EPA will also provide an overview of the competition process from application through evaluation and selection.