Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Agricultural Technical Coordination Support for the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership

Post Date

April 7th 2009

Application Due Date

May 21st 2009

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-R3CBP-09-09

CFDA Number(s)

66.466

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $915000

• Award Range:

  $None - $135000

Grant Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Office, is announcing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a recipient to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program partners with leadership and support on technical and programmatic issues related to agriculture. This RFP sets forth the process that will be used for competitively selecting a recipient that will provide technical and programmatic issues for agricultural support functions and meet the specified expected environmental results. The objective of the position is to provide technical and programmatic support to the Chesapeake Bay Program partners on agricultural issues and goals such as accelerating agricultural nutrient and sediment reductions to achieve Chesapeake Bay restoration goals, tracking agricultural conservation practice implementation and resulting nutrient and sediment reductions in the watershed, and collaborating with partners to best focus limited resources in priority watersheds and on priority practices.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Veronica Kuczynski, via email

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Veronica Kuczynski

• Agency Email Address:

  http://www.epa.gov/region03/chesapeake/kuczynski.veronica@epa.gov

• More Information:

  Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Agricultural Technical Coordination Support for the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership