2022 NEP Watershed Grants Application ~ Restore America's Estuaries

NEP Watersheds Grant Application

The National Estuary Program (NEP) Watersheds Grant (WG) Program is a nationally competitive grants program designed to support projects that address urgent, emerging, and challenging issues threatening the well-being of estuaries within the 28 NEP location boundary areas.

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General Information

Applicant organization name(Required)

Organization website(Required)

Organization address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Organization type(Required)

Point of contact(Required)

First Last

Point of contact email(Required)

Point of contact phone(Required)

Project lead name (if different from LOI point of contact)

First Last

Project lead email address

Project lead phone number

Applicant organization System Award Management (SAM) registration status(Required)

SAM current expiration date(Required)

If the account is in the process of being renewed, please enter the most recent expiration date. If the account is being created, please use 01/01/2000 as a placeholder.

Applicant organization Unique Entity ID (UEI) – (the UEI will be automatically generated as part of developing or maintaining a SAM account)(Required)

Applicant organization Employer Identification Number (EIN)(Required)

Use only numbers and do not include dashes or hyphens.

Project Information

Name of project(Required)

Location of project: state, city, zip code, and street address(Required)

If no physical address, please list closest physical address to location

Street Address City State ZIP Code

Coordinates of project (if no physical address exists)

Water body/bodies impacted by project(Required)

Example: Skagit River, Galveston Bay, etc.

Federal Watershed Grants funds requested(Required)

Total amount of non-federal matching funds(Required)

Non-federal match as percent of Federal funds requested

Are you requesting a waiver from the non-federal match requirement?(Required)

Non-federal match waiver information

If you are requesting a waiver for the non-federal match requirement, please provide, at a minimum: your organization’s budget for current fiscal year; what community/ies the organization serves and engages; and impact of waiver on likelihood of project implementation.

Signature of Authorized Representative

Please provide the information and signature of the authorized organizational representative (e.g., executive director, board chair, town manager, etc.) – note that this signature needs to come from someone with authority to approve the project and the needed administrative support and/or staffing but does not necessarily to be the head of the entire organization. For example, a department chair at a university will suffice and the president’s signature is not needed.

Name(Required)

First Last

Role of authorized representative(Required)

Email(Required)

Phone(Required)

Signature of authorized representative(Required)

Please upload the signature of the authorized representative, either as a standalone signature or as part of a letter that describes the project and their approval.

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Project Details

RFP Priority Addressed(Required)

Please select the primary RFP priority addressed by the proposed project.

Project Purpose: What threat(s) to our nation’s estuaries does this proposed project seeks to solve? How will this project, specifically, contribute to solving the problem? What is the long-term vision of the project? 200 word maximum.(Required)

Project Description: Summarize the overall project approach and provide a brief workplan, including principal tasks, major deliverables, and realistic schedule, including the duration of the project period. Specify which RFP priority or priorities will be addressed and solved. 350 word maximum(Required)

Impact: Describe the anticipated impact of the project on local, regional and/or national levels. Also detail the outcomes of the project (ecological, institutional, etc.) and how they will be measured. 200 word maximum.(Required)

Relevance to local priorities: detail how the project relates to and carries out the priority actions in one or more of the 28 NEP CCMPs. A list of NEP CCMPs is available at https://www.epa.gov/nep/comprehensive-conservation-and-management-plans. 200 word maximum.(Required)

Project team: list project partner(s) and briefly describe the role of each. Note that these entities are contributing materially and will be included in the budget, whether as a recipient of funds or as one providing non-federal match. Please differentiate between sub-awards and contractors. For more information, see https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-02/documents/gmc_subaward_policy_appendix_a_subrecipient_v_contractor_distinction_0.pdf. Teams should reflect the community or communities in which the project will occur and ideally be included in the budget in some capacity, either by receiving funds or providing match. 200 word maximum.(Required)

Outreach and Technology Transfer: Include a brief outreach plan, which should describe how you will publicize and share the project approach and its results, both to a general/lay audience and to resource managers on the local and national levels. 200 word maximum.(Required)

Map: include a map of the location and clearly demonstrates how the project occurs within the WG Program delineated geographic areas. One page maximum. You are welcome to use a mapping tool to facilitate the creation of a project boundary map. The tool is available via https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=90cce5112230401b994b06eaa784e5ad. Follow the instructions in the user guide and you will be able to develop a PDF to include in your proposal.(Required)

Max. file size: 50 MB.

If one of the 28 NEPs is not a project team member, LOIs must include a letter from the NEP within the identified geographic boundary acknowledging the project proposal. To determine the closest NEP, use the NEP interactive map and zoom function. Once you have determined which NEP site is closest, download the file entitled “NEP Contacts” available at https://www.epa.gov/nep/nep-coastal-watersheds-award-overview to get the name and email of the appropriate site director. Please reach out to the NEP director well in advance of when you plan to submit your proposal to allow sufficient time for them to provide the letter. It is incumbent on the applicant to meet the required deadlines. The letter does not need to endorse the project, nor would the letter be seen as support of the application (e.g., general backing and/or commitment of resources such as staff time or match). Rather, the intent is to ensure that the local or closest NEP is aware of the project proposal with the goal of increasing transparency and partnering opportunities to address the urgent and challenges issues identified in the RAE subaward.(Required)

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Max. file size: 50 MB.

Budget(Required)

Please upload a file that contains a budget table similar to the one on page 15 of the RFP. Please refer to the RFP (pages 12 through 15) for guidance, particularly with respect to the cost categories. No individual input of budget elements is required beyond what is shown in the uploaded table.

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Max. file size: 50 MB.

Additional Information

You are welcome to provide additional information as needed or desired. 200 word maximum.