Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NOS ONMS 2025 29638
The 2025 Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) opportunity is a competitive NOAA grant program focused on strengthening hands-on environmental education for K-12 students through locally relevant, real-world watershed learning. The central idea is to fund projects that deliver Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs), which are structured, authentic learning experiences that connect classroom instruction to outdoor or field-based investigation and stewardship tied to watersheds, oceans, and estuaries. Alongside student experiences, funded projects are also expected to provide strong professional development for teachers so the learning is high-quality, standards-aligned, and sustainable beyond a single field trip or one-time event. The broader purpose aligns with NOAA's vision of healthy ecosystems by helping communities and schools build understanding and readiness around environmental change, especially in coastal and watershed settings.
For FY25, the solicitation highlights two main priority areas. The first priority emphasizes systemic, classroom-integrated MWEEs for K-12 students that promote climate resilience and include high-quality teacher professional development connected directly to those MWEEs. In practice, this points toward programs that are embedded into curriculum and instruction (not just extracurricular activities), are repeatable across classrooms or grade levels, and build teacher capacity to deliver watershed education over time. The second priority supports MWEEs that appropriately involve Indigenous Knowledge and promote climate resilience. This priority is aimed at projects that engage Tribal perspectives respectfully and accurately, support culturally grounded learning where appropriate, and connect students to climate resilience concepts through both scientific and Indigenous ways of knowing, ideally through collaboration with Tribal governments and Indigenous partners.
Geographically, the program is specifically for education projects serving the Pacific Northwest region, defined for this announcement as Oregon and Washington. An organization can be located anywhere in the United States, but the teachers and/or students who are the primary participants must be in Oregon and/or Washington. This structure allows national organizations or institutions to apply if they are clearly delivering programming in those two states. The funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, under a discretionary grant mechanism, and the work falls under environment, natural resources, science and technology, and related research and development categories.
Eligibility is broad across the education and community landscape. Eligible applicants include K-12 public and independent schools and school systems, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations and nonprofits, regional/state/local government agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian Tribal governments. Individuals cannot apply. Federal agencies cannot receive funds under this opportunity, but they may participate as collaborative partners and can contribute in-kind services. For-profit entities and foreign organizations (including foreign public entities) are not eligible to apply as the lead applicant, though they can be included as project partners under an eligible lead organization.
A key administrative requirement is that applicant organizations must have active registrations in three separate systems before submitting an application: SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons. These registrations must be completed and maintained, and NOAA strongly cautions that the combined process can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants are expected to start early. The organization typically needs a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) through SAM.gov before finishing certain steps, and eRA Commons requires the organization to set up at least one Signing Official (SO) and at least one Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) account in order to submit. Applicants without reliable internet access are directed to contact the agency contacts listed in the full announcement for alternative submission instructions, and NOAA recommends reviewing Commerce Department applicant and grantee training modules to reduce submission errors.
In terms of funding scale and timing, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number NOAA NOS ONMS 2025 29638 and CFDA 11.429. The application closing date is March 7, 2025. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $150,000, and NOAA expects to make about 15 awards. Overall, strong applications will clearly show how their project delivers high-quality MWEEs to Oregon and/or Washington students, builds lasting teacher capacity through professional development, and addresses climate resilience, with an additional emphasis for proposals that meaningfully and appropriately incorporate Indigenous Knowledge through respectful partnership and sound educational practice.Apply for NOAA NOS ONMS 2025 29638
- The DOC NOAA - ERA Production in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2025 Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.429.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-12-30.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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FAQs: 2025 Pacific Northwest B-WET (Bay Watershed Education and Training) Grant
What is the 2025 Pacific Northwest B-WET opportunity?
The 2025 Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) opportunity is a competitive NOAA grant program that funds hands-on environmental education for K-12 students through locally relevant, real-world watershed learning. The program focuses on projects that deliver Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) and include strong professional development for teachers.
Who is the funding agency for this grant?
Funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through a discretionary grant mechanism.
What is the main goal of this program?
The central goal is to strengthen authentic, field- and stewardship-connected watershed education for K-12 students, while also building teacher capacity so learning is high-quality, standards-aligned, and sustainable beyond a one-time event. The broader purpose aligns with NOAA’s vision of healthy ecosystems by increasing understanding and readiness around environmental change in coastal and watershed settings.
What are Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs)?
MWEEs are structured, authentic learning experiences that connect classroom instruction to outdoor or field-based investigation and stewardship tied to watersheds, oceans, and estuaries.
Is teacher professional development required?
Yes. Funded projects are expected to provide strong professional development for teachers that is directly connected to the MWEEs, supports high-quality instruction, and helps sustain watershed learning over time.
What are the FY25 priority areas for this solicitation?
The solicitation highlights two main priority areas:
- Priority 1: Systemic, classroom-integrated MWEEs for K-12 students that promote climate resilience and include high-quality teacher professional development connected directly to those MWEEs.
- Priority 2: MWEEs that appropriately involve Indigenous Knowledge and promote climate resilience, ideally through respectful collaboration with Tribal governments and Indigenous partners.
What does "systemic, classroom-integrated" mean in this program?
It points toward programs embedded into curriculum and instruction (not just extracurricular activities). These projects are designed to be repeatable across classrooms or grade levels and build teacher capacity to deliver watershed education over time, rather than being limited to a single field trip or one-time event.
How should a project address climate resilience?
The solicitation emphasizes MWEEs that promote climate resilience. Strong proposals are expected to show how student learning and teacher professional development connect to climate resilience concepts in watershed, ocean, and estuary contexts.
How does the program describe the Indigenous Knowledge priority?
The second priority supports MWEEs that appropriately involve Indigenous Knowledge and promote climate resilience. This includes engaging Tribal perspectives respectfully and accurately, supporting culturally grounded learning where appropriate, and connecting students to climate resilience through both scientific and Indigenous ways of knowing, ideally in collaboration with Tribal governments and Indigenous partners.
What geographic area is eligible for projects under this announcement?
Projects must serve the Pacific Northwest region as defined in this announcement: Oregon and Washington.
Does the applicant organization have to be located in Oregon or Washington?
No. An organization can be located anywhere in the United States, but the teachers and/or students who are the primary participants must be in Oregon and/or Washington.
Who can apply as an eligible applicant?
Eligible applicants include:
- K-12 public and independent schools and school systems
- Institutions of higher education
- Community-based organizations and nonprofits
- Regional, state, and local government agencies
- Interstate agencies
- Indian Tribal governments
Can an individual apply?
No. Individuals are not eligible to apply under this opportunity.
Can a federal agency apply for or receive funds?
No. Federal agencies cannot receive funds under this opportunity, but they may participate as collaborative partners and can contribute in-kind services.
Are for-profit entities eligible to apply?
No. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply as the lead applicant. However, they may be included as project partners under an eligible lead organization.
Are foreign organizations eligible to apply?
No. Foreign organizations (including foreign public entities) are not eligible to apply as the lead applicant, though they may participate as project partners under an eligible lead organization.
What systems must an applicant be registered in before applying?
Applicant organizations must have active registrations in all three systems before submitting an application:
- SAM.gov
- Grants.gov
- eRA Commons
How long should applicants plan for registration setup?
NOAA strongly cautions that completing and maintaining the combined SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and eRA Commons registration process can take 4 to 6 weeks, so applicants should start early.
Is a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) required?
Yes. The organization typically needs a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) through SAM.gov before completing certain steps in the application process.
What eRA Commons accounts are required for submission?
eRA Commons requires the organization to set up at least one Signing Official (SO) and at least one Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) account in order to submit.
What if an applicant does not have reliable internet access?
Applicants without reliable internet access are directed to contact the agency contacts listed in the full announcement for alternative submission instructions.
Does NOAA offer guidance to help avoid submission errors?
Yes. NOAA recommends reviewing Commerce Department applicant and grantee training modules to reduce submission errors.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA number?
The opportunity is listed as Funding Opportunity Number NOAA NOS ONMS 2025 29638 and CFDA 11.429.
What is the application deadline?
The application closing date is March 7, 2025.
What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $150,000.
How many awards does NOAA expect to make?
NOAA expects to make about 15 awards.
What kinds of project elements are most important for a strong application?
Based on the solicitation description, strong applications clearly show how the project:
- Delivers high-quality MWEEs to students in Oregon and/or Washington
- Builds lasting teacher capacity through professional development
- Addresses climate resilience
- Meaningfully and appropriately incorporates Indigenous Knowledge through respectful partnership and sound educational practice (for proposals pursuing that emphasis)
What subject areas does this work fall under?
The work falls under environment, natural resources, science and technology, and related research and development categories.
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