EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-12: Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Leverage High Resolution Watershed Data for Water Quality Modeling using Machine Learning Techniques
Closed
This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2023.
Environmental Protection Agency offered grants of up to $450,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $450,000 in total. Applications closed on September 22, 2023.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed August 8, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$450,000
- Total funding$450,000
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingRequired
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | August 8, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | September 22, 2023 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | October 22, 2023 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
See Section III of the funding opportunity announcement for eligibility information.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants awards averaged $5.0 million; this notice allows up to $450,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (73% over five years) went to nonprofits.
- The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.
What the grant funds
EPA is issuing this RFA to support the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership’s continuing mission of evaluating the effectiveness of implemented and proposed management actions taken to reduce nutrient and sediment pollutant loads and to improve Chesapeake Bay water quality through the seven watershed jurisdictions’ Watershed Implementation Plans under current and future climate change and growth. The CBP’s mission includes enhancing and maintaining the accountability of systems dependent on tracking, verifying, reporting, and quantifying the estimated pollutant load reduction potential of practices, treatments, and technologies implemented throughout the watershed and assessing their collective influence on Chesapeake Bay tidal water quality.
Who has won Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants (66.466) awarded $328 million across 65 grant awards, an average of $5.0 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | District of Columbia | 9 | $201 million |
| Virginia Department of Environmental Quality | Virginia | 2 | $14.4 million |
| Department of Environmental Conservation New York | New York | 2 | $12.7 million |
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Maryland | 7 | $12.5 million |
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | Maryland | 3 | $12.2 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-12 still open?
No. It closed on September 22, 2023.
Who can apply for Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Leverage High Resolution Watershed Data for Water Quality Modeling using Machine Learning Techniques?
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: Leverage High Resolution Watershed Data for Water Quality Modeling using Machine Learning Techniques?
Closed September 22, 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 $450,000 each. About $450,000 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.
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