Exploring and Enhancing Outdoor and Heritage Tourism in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

• Private colleges and universities
• For-profit organizations other than small businesses
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than colleges)
• Other Native American tribal organizations
• Federally recognized tribal governments
• Independent school districts
• City or township governments
• State governments
• Public and state colleges and universities
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than colleges)
• Small businesses
• County governments
• Public and Indian housing authorities
• Special district governments

Eligibility details from the notice

PLEASE NOTE: Projects that take place outside the watershed are not eligible for consideration. A link to all the counties in the watershed can be found in Appendix A. A full map can be found here.Chesapeake Gateways Network Requirement: The applicant must be a non-federal Chesapeake Gateways Network member (Place, Experience, Community, or Programmatic Partner). To become a Chesapeake Gateways Network member, prospective applicants need to submit a self-nomination through the Chesapeake Gateways Network portal: Join the Chesapeake Gateways Network - Chesapeake Bay Watershed (U.S. National Park Service). Foreign Entities or Projects: This program does not provide funding to foreign entities or for projects conducted outside the United States.Excluded Parties:NPS conducts a review of the SAM.gov Exclusions database for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. The NPS cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this Federal program.

Registrations you will likely need

Most applications submitted through Grants.gov need the following. Registration can take several weeks, so start early. The notice lists the exact requirements.

• SAM.gov registration for your organization, which also gives you a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Registration is free.
• A Login.gov account, which Grants.gov uses for sign-in.
• A Grants.gov applicant registration linked to your organization's UEI.

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