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Pioneer

The goal of the Pioneer Grant Program is to encourage practitioners and user groups,including such groups as farmers, land use planners, and builders, to develop or advance ideas and projects that will result in increased efficiency in water quality improvements in local streams, rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. designed to accelerate the rate of nutrient and sediment load reduction in the Chesapeake Bay. The 2010 Pioneer Grant Program is focused on new techniques, new information, or new programs that will help managers, policy-makers, restoration scientists, and others achieve load reductions faster and more efficiently.

The Trust is open to various types of projects in this program to accelerate the rates of nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorous) and sediment load reduction in the realms of agriculture, stormwater, air, and septic. Projects types include:

1. New Techniques: Projects that seek to evaluate nutrient/sediment reduction values or efficiencies of new Best Management Practices (BMPs) in real-world or demonstration-scale settings.

2. New Information: Projects that seek to refine nutrient/sediment reduction values or efficiencies of one or more Best Management Practices (BMPs) in order to improve targeting and cost-effectiveness of existing restoration programs.

3. New Programs: Projects that seek to create or contribute to new programs based on accepted Best Management Practices (BMPs). The purpose of such new programs should be to bring new, creative ideas to the implementation or financing of nutrient or sediment load reductions. The ultimate goal should be accelerated bay restoration.

Program Status

This grant program is currently OPEN. For the RFP, click here.

Grant Application Process

Applications for this program are accepted online only.  Click here: www.cbtrustgrants.org to apply.  New users must register to use the Online Grants System 24 hours prior to submitting an application.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply several days prior to the deadline, due to potential for high website traffic on the date of the deadline.  Technical assistance for online application cannot be guaranteed on the deadline date.

Questions & Technical Support

Jana Davis
jdavis@cbtrust.org
410-974-2941 x101