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Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants Program is sponsored by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) - Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. This program, part of the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, strategically invests in conservation actions to restore the Bay by reducing nutrient and sediment pollution. It provides competitive grant funding to support local, on-the-ground conservation and restoration efforts.
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Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund | NFWF Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Chesapeake Small Watershed Grants Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants Pennsylvania Most Effective Basins Federal Fiscal Compliance Training Webinars Tools for Current Grantees The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund is dedicated to protecting the bay by working to advance local on-the-ground watershed restoration, helping local communities clean up and restore their polluted rivers and streams, and restoring and protecting key Chesapeake Bay species.
Recognized as a “national treasure” for its historical, cultural, economic and ecological significance, the Chesapeake is the largest estuary in North America and one of the most productive in the world. Its watershed stretches across more than 64,000 square miles in the Mid-Atlantic United States covering areas of six states and the entirety of the District of Columbia.
Working in partnership with government agencies and private corporations, the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund awards $40 million to $60 million per year through four competitive grant programs—the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants Program, the Small Watershed Grants Program, the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Grants Program, and the Pennsylvania Most Effective Basins Grants Program.
These programs benefit the communities, farms, habitats and wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay region. The Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund also makes targeted investments that support networking and information-sharing among restoration partners on emerging technologies, successful restoration approaches, and new partnership opportunities.
From 1999 to 2022, the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund awarded more than 1,350 grants totaling more than $248 million. These investments leveraged more than $351 million in local matching resources to support a wide range of conservation projects throughout the Bay basin. In total, these grants have: Reduced annual nitrogen pollution loading by an estimated 28 million pounds Reduced annual phosphorus loading by an estimated 5.
4 million pounds Reduced annual sediment loading by an estimated 1. 3 billion pounds Restored more than 3,700 miles of streams Treated stormwater runoff from 14,764 acres of impervious surfaces Reached an estimated 7.
5 million residents through outreach efforts Restored more than 15,987 acres of wetlands and 2,443 miles of forested riparian buffers Installed more than 2,175 miles of livestock exclusion stream fencing Reconnected more than 581 miles of rivers and streams for fish passage Established 396 acres of oyster reefs Protected 171,291 acres of forests NFWF’s role in the Chesapeake began in 1999 when it was competitively selected to administer the EPA’s newly authorized (at the time) Small Watershed Grants program.
Since then, NFWF has secured additional competitively awarded EPA funding, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Funding to expand its work advancing watershed restoration efforts.
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants 2026 Request for Proposals - CLOSED Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Grants 2026 Request for Proposals - CLOSED Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants 2026 Request for Pre-Proposals - CLOSED Chesapeake Bay Business Plan 2025 Chesapeake WILD Grant Slate Chesapeake Bay 2022 Program Report Chesapeake Bay 2021 Program Report Chesapeake Bay 2020 Program Report Program Director, Chesapeake Programs Coordinator, Regional Programs Manager, Chesapeake Program Alewife and blueback herring—collectively known as river herring—are diadromous fishes that spend most of their lives at sea but return to river and streams to spawn.
Once abundant throughout the Atlantic seaboard, river herring populations have declined due to overfishing and habitat loss associated with the construction of dams. Recent conservation efforts have seen millions of river herring return to streams throughout New England, a promising sign not just for river herring, but also myriad other species that rely on them as an important food source.
Bring Back the Native Fish Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Long Island Sound Futures Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Delaware River Watershed Business Plan Chesapeake Bay Business Plan Eastern hardwood forest birds Eastern hardwood forest birds Eastern deciduous forests provide important habitat for forest birds, which can reside in them year-round, or rely on them as breeding grounds or stop-over sited during migration.
Deciduous forests have been subject to fragmentation, putting the wide variety of bird species they support at risk.
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Conservation Partners Program Cumberland Plateau and Southern Appalachian Stewardship Fund Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Longleaf Forests and Rivers Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Business Plan The majestic bald eagle was chosen as the emblem of the United States in 1782.
The species represents a tremendous conservation success story, with population numbers increasing sharply following a ban on the chemical DDT in 1972, which was poisoning bald eagles when they ate contaminated fish.
Acres for America Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Credit: MassWildlife/Bill Byrne Credit: MassWildlife/Bill Byrne The American shad is an anadromous fish that can be found in rivers and coastal waters along the entire Atlantic coast.
Once supporting a large commercial fishery, shad have declined in abundance following decades of overfishing and the construction of dams along migration routes, which reduces access to spawning habitat.
Bring Back the Native Fish Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Long Island Sound Futures Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Delaware River Watershed Business Plan With their distinctive bright blue claws, blue crabs are one of the most iconic species of the Chesapeake Bay, where an estimated 594 million were found in 2019.
These bottom-dwelling omnivores have a very wide geographic distribution that supports an important blue crab fishery in the Gulf Coast. Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund National Coastal Resilience Fund Chesapeake Bay Business Plan Eastern oysters have played a particularly prominent role in the culture, history, and economy of the Chesapeake Bay and other areas throughout the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.
Reefs serve as important habitat for a variety of aquatic species. However, overharvesting, disease and declines in estuarine and bottom habitats have ravaged native oyster populations. Eastern oysters now represent less than 2 percent of their peak historical populations.
Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund National Coastal Resilience Fund Chesapeake Bay Business Plan Bay-breasted warblers nest in spruce and fir forests across Canada, and can be found in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and the Adirondack Park of New York.
While they occupy similar habitats as Cape May and blackpoll warblers, bay-breasted warblers in particular forage at the inner mid-level, and nest in the lower third-level, of trees.
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Conservation Partners Program Cumberland Plateau and Southern Appalachian Stewardship Fund Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Longleaf Forests and Rivers Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley A well-known inhabitant of eastern deciduous forests, the wood thrush is known for its flute-like song during the mating season.
Wood thrush are excellent indicators of moist, mature forests with structurally complex mid and understories. Habitat loss and degraded habitat quality on both breeding and wintering grounds have resulted in population declines since at least 1970.
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Cumberland Plateau and Southern Appalachian Stewardship Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Central Appalachia Business Plan Delaware River Watershed Business Plan The golden-winged warbler is a striking, neotropical songbird with bright yellow plumage on the crown and wings.
Their breeding range formerly extended across the Midwest to the east, but is now restricted to two isolated subpopulations: one in the higher-elevation areas of the Appalachians and the other around the Great Lakes into Manitoba. Loss of early succesional has resulted in population declines especially for the eastern population.
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Cumberland Plateau and Southern Appalachian Stewardship Fund Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Longleaf Forests and Rivers Central Appalachia Business Plan Delaware River Watershed Business Plan Brook trout are the only trout native to the eastern United States and inhabit coldwater rivers and lakes.
Sensitive to even small declines in water quality and increases in sedimentation, brook trout can serve as excellent indicators of the health of a stream or river ecosystem.
Acres for America Program Bring Back the Native Fish Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Conservation Partners Program Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Sustain Our Great Lakes Program Central Appalachia Business Plan Chesapeake Bay Business Plan Delaware River Watershed Business Plan Great Lakes Business Plan The cerulean warbler is a small, migrant songbird named for the male's sky-blue plumage.
It is dependent on contiguous tracts of mature, deciduous forest habitat throughout its breeding range in the eastern United States, and is particularly sensitive to the negative effects of forest fragmentation which has contributed to widespread population declines.
Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Cumberland Plateau and Southern Appalachian Stewardship Fund Longleaf Landscape Stewardship Fund Northeast Forests and Rivers Fund Longleaf Forests and Rivers Delaware River Watershed Business Plan Central Appalachia Business Plan The American oystercatcher is a stocky shorebird who is characterized as a short-distance migrant whose movements are confined to the United States and adjacent Caribbean islands.
The oystercatcher wades in shallow water and uses its powerful bill to pry open and feed on mollusks, so protecting and restoring near-shore feeding grounds are critical for this species.
Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund Long Island Sound Futures Fund National Coastal Resilience Fund Atlantic Flyway Shorebirds Business Plan The American black duck is large dabbling duck that resembles the closely related mallard, but is darker in appearance and much less common.
Black ducks nest in wetlands throughout the Eastern Seaboard, including freshwater and salt marshes where restoration and protection are vitally important to maintaining black duck populations. Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund National Coastal Resilience Fund Chesapeake Bay Business Plan Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts Receive $44. 2 Million in Watershed Restoration Grants $6.
9 million awarded to partners for Chesapeake Bay watershed conservation Reconnecting streams in the Appalachian Mountains
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Varies; generally includes government agencies, non-profit organizations, and other entities involved in watershed restoration. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants Program is funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) - Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Innovative Technology for Harmful Algal Blooms is sponsored by Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This grant is available to local governments and nonstate entities for projects that evaluate and implement innovative technologies and short-term solutions to combat harmful algal blooms and nutrient enrichment, restore and preserve Florida's fresh waterbodies and implement cer…
Diversification of nutritional food ingredient sources for increased EU resilience and strategic autonomy is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Successful proposals will contribute to the implementation of the EU initiative on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing and the EU Life Sciences Strategy as well as the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the upcoming EU Biotechnology Act and EU Circular Economy Act. Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: Full industrial scale biorefinery and related value chain(s) for the production of nutritional food ingredients. Resilience and strategic autonomy of EU food sectors via diversification of nutritional food ingredient sources. Increased environmental sustainability of food sectors (e.g. addressing issues like land use, water use, energy consumption, nitrogen cycle, other nutrients, etc.). Improved consumers awareness and acceptance of nutritional food ingredients from alternative sources, contributing to sustainable healthy diets. Scope: Human nutrition is a key area where the bio-based industries can play an important role in addressing the present societal and climate challenges. Considerable attention is given to the utilisation of alternative sources of proteins, fibres and oils/fats, due to the increasing world population and the pressure on finite natural resources. Many sources for food ingredients, alternative to agricultural crops, exist and have been successfully piloted across the EU. However, efforts are needed to scale up sustainable processes to achieve adequate or even improved nutritional properties, ensure safety and consumers/end users acceptance, while achieving cost competitiveness. Proposals under this topic should: Demonstrate (at TRL 8) the efficient production of nutritional ingredients for food applications. Proteins, lipids, specialty carbohydrates, and fibres are in scope. Target at least one of these as the main product driving the business case. Structural or functional ingredients such as colourants, preservatives, stabilisers, texturisers, enzymes are not in scope as the main product. Synergistic co-production of multiple and different food and feed ingredients and other bio-based products is also in scope following the cascading approach. All sources of bio-based feedstock [1] are in scope. Direct production of food from food crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture is not in scope. The use of industrial grade feedstock [2] from agricultural crops is in scope for conversion into food grade ingredients. Validate (at TRL 6 and above) the use of the obtained nutritional food ingredient(s) into the formulation of at least 1 food product proving quality, stability, nutritional and sensorial properties. Additional aspects related to prevention of intolerances/allergies, improved palatability and digestibility, health benefits, etc. are also in scope depending on the ingredient(s), formulation(s) and product(s) developed. Address resource efficiency and circularity aspects to increase economic and socio-environmental added value. When pursuing circular models, ensure that neither pathogens nor contaminants are injected back in the loop, to avoid negative toxicological effects. In addition to the specific requirements applicable for the type of action, as described in section 2.2.3.1 of the CBE JU Annual Work Programme 2026 [3] , proposals under this topic should: Assess the safety of developed nutritional food ingredients, in line with EU regulatory requirements and EFSA guidance documents. Moreover, identify potential EU regulatory gaps and propose recommendations to relevant EU policymakers on how to better support food ingredient companies (including startups and scaleups) in addressing EFSA risk assessment. As part of the multi-actor approach (MAA), involve end-users (including consumers) and other relevant actors starting from the early stages to gather input, raise awareness and ultimately foster market acceptance of the targeted end-products and incorporate insights into product development. Ensure complementarities and avoid overlaps with Programme areas: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, Bio-based Innovation Systems in the EU Bioeconomy, Horizon Europe (HORIZON) Keywords: Agricultural biotechnology and food biotechnology, Agricultural engineering, food safety, Food biotechnology, alternative sources, carbohydrates, circular economy, fibres, food ingredients, food products, food safety, lipids, nutrition, proteins, STEP-Biotech
SSbD bio-based alternatives for fertilising and/or crop protection products is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Successful proposals will contribute to the updated EU Bioeconomy Strategy, Farm to Fork Strategy, the Horizon Europe Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular the objectives: ‘Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration’, the European Chemical Industry Action Plan as well as the Clean Industrial Deal. Projects results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: Full industrial scale biorefinery and related value chain(s) for the sustainable production of bio-based fertilisers and/or crop protection solutions. Increased availability of cost-competitive and SSbD bio-based alternatives for fertilising and/or crop protection products with suitable agronomic efficacy. Reduced reliance on synthetic/mineral agricultural chemical products. Increased EU strategic autonomy, resilience and competitiveness through a robust cooperation among bio-based industries and farmers. Increased soil health, including minimising accumulation of microplastics and pollutants in soil and water, with positive effects on quality, security and resilience of food production in agriculture. Scope: FAO estimates that up to 40% of food crops are lost due to plant pests and diseases globally every year. [1] Chemical synthetic products are conventionally used to protect crops and other plants from pests and diseases. In parallel, the EU is largely dependent on imports of both mineral and chemical fertilisers to grow crops. In both cases, over-use of synthetic/mineral products also poses concern for soil health and food quality. Moreover, the unequal distribution and depletion of non-renewable sources risks disrupting supply chains, particularly during energy crises. SSbD bio-based fertilising and crop protection products can offer more resilient and sustainable solutions creating an added-value partnership between agriculture and industry both upstream (for feedstock supply) and downstream (for the use of sustainable and efficient bio-based products). However, when scaling-up, challenges need to be solved in terms of process efficiency and robustness against feedstock variability, formulations stability and efficacy on the field (also in consideration of climate change effects and different soil conditions), and cost competitiveness. Proposals under this topic should: Demonstrate (at TRL 8) the efficient industrial production of SSbD bio-based solutions as alternatives to current fertilising and/or crop protection products. Bioactive molecules and/or biotechnology solutions for bio-fertilisers, bio-stimulants and/or pest/disease control (e.g., bioherbicides, biopesticides, bioinsecticides), or a combination thereof, are in scope. Products in scope can be applicable at any crop(s) cycle stage. Validate (at TRL 6 and above) at scale the produced bio-alternatives into the formulation of end-product(s) and test their agronomic efficiency, safety and sustainability to prove the achievement of similar or improved properties compared to defined benchmarks available in the market (synthetic and/or mineral). In case of bio-based fertilisers, put in place a solid production validation procedure to ensure reduced nutrient variability of the N/P/K content in end-products. Test the developed product(s) with primary producers on the field (demo farms) for selected crops and monitor their effects on soil health and quality, as well as on water. Cover different climatic and soil conditions, taking into account different farming systems, including organic agriculture. If controlled release mechanisms are employed, the proposed innovations should avoid microplastics accumulation in soil. In addition to the specific requirements applicable for the type of action, as described in section 2.2.3.1 of the CBE JU Annual Work Programme 2026 [2] , proposals under this topic should: As part of the multi-actor approach (MAA), ensure adequate involvement of all key actors in the value chains relevant for this topic and across the sustainable cir Programme areas: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, Bio-based Innovation Systems in the EU Bioeconomy, Horizon Europe (HORIZON) Keywords: Agricultural biotechnology, Agriculture related to crop production, soil biology and cultivation, applied plant biology, Agronomy, Fertilisation, agricultural biotechnology, bio-based crop protection solutions, bio-based fertilisers, bioactive molecules, biorefineries, farming systems, safe and sustainable by design, STEP-Biotech
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