Investing in Clean Water: "Pay-for-Performance" Based Approaches to Watershed Restoration For years, states, localities and stakeholders have focused on implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce nutrient inputs to Chesapeake Bay. While this strategy has yielded some successes, it has prioritized process over outcomes, leading to inconsistent results across the watershed. Now, new programs [...]
The Value of Restoration: Selling the Economic and Ecological Benefits of Oysters What is the not-so-secret superhero of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem? Oysters, of course! When we invest in the restoration of these incredible bivalves, we ensure a future Bay with cleaner water, more resilient shorelines, and thriving local economies driven by fisheries and [...]
The Future of the Bay: Impacts of Changes to Federal Priorities on the Chesapeake Watershed The new White House administration has initiated major changes in leadership, policy priorities, and federal budgets across multiple agencies. What are the implications of this on Chesapeake Bay restoration and other environmental initiatives? Speakers: Kristin Reilly, Director, Choose [...]
Addressing Economic and Market Needs of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $5,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will significantly advance the understanding of the economics of aquaculture businesses in the U.S. and address gaps regarding important market information. The overall goal is to [...]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced their intent to support funding for a Research Coordination Network (RCN) relating to Coastlines and People (CoPe). This opportunity will fund a team to use interdisciplinary science to advance understanding of coastlines and people. In their announcement, NSF stated, "Through CoPe, NSF is interested in supporting projects to build [...]
The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species (MAPAIS) is offering a small grants competition to encourage interested groups and individuals to submit proposals for possible funding. View the full solicitation here: http://www.midatlanticpanel.org/grant-and-funding-sources/ Important Due Dates Proposal must be submitted as one PDF file to MAP-Proposals@mdsg.umd.edu by March 11, 2019 at 5:00 pm. Proposals not adhering to [...]
Opportunities for Future Collaboration NOAA BWET Grant The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office has announced the FY18 Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program funding opportunity. A total of roughly $1,000,000, subject to appropriations, may be available to fund 8-10 new projects. Applications are due by March 9, 2018. Details are available through the full Federal Funding Opportunity, which [...]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an effort to expand their INCLUDES National Network. Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive effort to enhance U.S. leadership in science and engineering discovery and innovation by proactively seeking and effectively developing science, technology, engineering [...]
ROSES-17 Amendment 18: Final Text for A.39 Health and Air Quality ROSES-17 Amendment 18 presents final text for program element A.39 Earth Science Applications: Health and Air Quality, which seeks proposals for the use of Earth observations in air quality management and public health, particularly regarding infectious disease and environmental health issues. The area addresses issues [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks services for technical assistance to support key Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes through two separate projects: 1) Assessing Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Benefits 2) Preliminary State-Identified Healthy Watersheds Vulnerability Assessments for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Please see the attached Request for Proposals [...]
