# Fiscal Year 2025 NOAA Delaware Bay B-WET Funding Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/noaa-nmfs-hcpo-2025-29770-fiscal-year-2025-noaa-delaware-bay-b-wet/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/358376

> DOC NOAA - ERA Production offered grants of up to $225,000 (at least $25,000) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on April 18, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2025-29770 |
| Agency | DOC NOAA - ERA Production |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 18, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $225,000 |
| Award floor | $25,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 11.008 |

## Who can apply

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

Eligible applicants are K-through-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, community-based and nonprofit organizations, state or local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments. Individuals, for-profit organizations, foreign organizations, and foreign public entities are not eligible to apply. However, for-profit and foreign organizations and foreign public entities may participate with an eligible applicant as a project partner. Additional guidance on subrecipient partners can be found at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title2/section-200.331. Likewise, federal agencies are not eligible to receive federal assistance under this announcement, but may be project partners.

## What the grant funds

The Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program is a competitive grants program that provides funding for locally relevant environmental education projects for K-12 audiences. This funding opportunity supports programming throughout the Delaware Bay watershed in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Funded projects promote Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs). The MWEE is a learner-centered framework that focuses on investigating local environmental issues and leads to informed action. MWEEs are composed of multiple components that include learning both outdoors and in the classroom as students engage in issue definition, outdoor field experiences, synthesis and conclusions, and environmental action projects. MWEEs aim to increase understanding and stewardship of the Delaware Bay and local watersheds, including the rivers, upland streams, and natural habitats found throughout the region. In these experiences, the core ideas of multiple disciplines are applied to make sense of the relationships between the natural world and the communities that rely on it. MWEEs help connect students with their local environment and equip them to make decisions and take actions that contribute to stronger communities. B-WET funding supports school districts and their partners to develop high-quality environmental education experiences for students, rigorous teacher training opportunities, and capacity-building efforts that underpin the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy programming. Projects advance regional fisheries initiatives, state and local education and environmental priorities, and the NOAA Education Strategic Plan. The priority for this funding announcement is: Supporting systemic and sustainable MWEEs.

## Questions people ask

### Is NOAA-NMFS-HCPO-2025-29770 still open?

No. It closed on April 18, 2025.

### Who can apply for Fiscal Year 2025 NOAA Delaware Bay B-WET Funding Program?

DOC NOAA - ERA Production accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Fiscal Year 2025 NOAA Delaware Bay B-WET Funding Program?

Closed April 18, 2025. 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 $225,000 each.

### Who has won NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University System of New Hampshire, North American Association for Environmental Education, Inc., American Meteorological Society, Inc. The program made 108 awards worth $38.3 million in that time.