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

Who can apply

• Public and state-controlled colleges
• Federally recognized tribal governments
• Public and tribal housing authorities
• For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
• Special district governments
• State governments
• Independent school districts
• City or township governments
• County governments
• Tribal organizations
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status
• Private colleges and universities
• Small businesses

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.