Fiscal Year 2025 NOAA Delaware Bay B-WET Funding Program
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a funding opportunity through the Fiscal Year 2025 Delaware Bay Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, aimed at supporting K-12 environmental education projects within the Delaware Bay watershed, which includes areas in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. The program seeks to develop Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) that are systemic and sustainable, emphasizing teacher training and the integration of environmental literacy into school curricula. Eligible applicants include public and independent schools, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, state and local government agencies, and tribal governments, with funding amounts ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 for individual projects, totaling up to $550,000 for 3-4 projects. Proposals must be submitted via Grants.gov by April 18, 2025, and interested parties can contact Bart Merrick at bart.merrick@noaa.gov for further information.
Eligible Applicants
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.