# 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

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-i-r3-cbp-23-11-chesapeake-bay-program-office-fiscal-year-2023-request/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349488

> Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $440,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $440,000 in total. Applications closed on September 6, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-11 |
| Agency | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | September 6, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $440,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $440,000 |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 66.466 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

See Section III of the funding opportunity for eligibility information.

## What the grant funds

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.

## Questions people ask

### Is EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-11 still open?

No. It closed on September 6, 2023.

### Who can apply for 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?

Environmental Protection Agency accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for 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?

Closed September 6, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $440,000 each. About $440,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Environmental Conservation New York. The program made 65 awards worth $328 million in that time.