The Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network is currently soliciting grant proposals. Proposals must be received by Noon, Friday, April 17, 2009.
Complete details on submission requirements are included in the Grant Guidelines below
The National Park Service provides matching grants for projects that advance Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network goals. These grants help enhance the public’s ability to learn about and enjoy the Bay’s special stories and significance, explore its natural and cultural resources and become involved in Chesapeake stewardship. Through these projects and other Gateways Network efforts, more and more people recognize the Chesapeake as a true national treasure.
The critical purpose of Gateways as describe in the “Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998” that established the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network is to “enhance public education of and access to the Chesapeake Bay.” So too then the critical purpose of Gateways grants is to help your site become a more effective Gateway to the Chesapeake.
- Each individual Gateway must help tell a part of the story of the Chesapeake Bay. Gateways grant projects can aid you in telling your Gateway’s part of the Chesapeake Bay story, and in fitting your resources and stories into the larger context of the Chesapeake Bay.
- Gateway grants can also be applied to physical improvements and/or information that helps people use or access your Gateway.
- Grants can support efforts to conserve and restore natural, cultural and/or historic resources that are central to understanding your Gateway’s relationship to the Chesapeake.
- Grants projects that actively involve citizen volunteers not only improve Bay resources, but help participants gain a deeper appreciation for the Chesapeake.
Who May Apply for Gateways Grants?
Gateways grants are intended to assist projects at locations participating in the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network as designated Gateways.* All currently designated Gateways are eligible to apply for grants. If you are not yet a designated Gateway, you will not be eligible to participate in this grant round.
* Gateways are designated through a nomination process entirely separate from the review of grant proposals. Information about the nomination process may be found on the Gateways website at www.baygateways.net/join.cfm. Please note that the Gateways Network is not accepting new nominations at this time.
Grant applications may be submitted by either the managing organization for a designated Gateway, or a partner organization designated to carry out the project at the Gateway. However, the applicant must be either a non-profit organization qualified as such under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or a state or local government.
For Federally Managed Gateways: Only a non-federal applicant may submit an application for projects on federal lands. Further, the non-federal applicant must be fully and directly responsible for implementing and carrying out the ongoing management of the project; however, other partners may contribute to elements of the project.
Applicants with Ongoing Grants:To be considered for a new grant project in 2009, the incomplete outstanding grant project funded in 2007 or 2008 MUST be on schedule for completion within the agreed time frame and all reports must be current.
Submission Requirements
Complete details on the submission requirements are included in the 2009 Gateways Grant Guidelines & Application Instructions. Please read the Grant Guidelines carefully as they will assist you in submitting a complete and competitive proposal.
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