Expired Grant Opportunities

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SAVing The Wetlands, One Wild Celery at a Time

Submerged  aquatic vegetation (SAV) is the often-unsung hero of a host of environmental benefits including water quality maintenance, carbon storage, and sedimentation management in estuaries. Wild celery is a type of SAV, or underwater grass, at the center of an environmental education project called Growing Wild Celery to SAVe Our Wetlands: A Grassroot Collaborative.

NEP Watersheds Grant Program

2025 NEP Watersheds Grant – Request for Proposals Available Now

Restore America’s Estuaries is pleased to announce the 2025 funding cycle for the National Estuaries Program (NEP) Watersheds Grants. This year, in partnership with the U.S.

APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects: N.C. Wildlife Federation

North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) is the leader behind one of North Carolina’s newest environmental stewardship and restoration projects set to begin this fall. Partially funded by APNEP’s Engagement and Stewardship Grant, "Experiencing the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary: Fostering Watershed Stewardship" plans to engage multiple communities in native species plantings and a wetland restoration project in hopes to elevate collective environmental knowledge and appreciation among community members while reviving ecologically rich habitats.

APNEP Funded Engagement & Stewardship Projects: Shad in the Classroom

In 2024-2025, Shad in the Classroom will involve 2,500 students from 31 classes, with over 300 students coming from Title I schools. Around 1,000 of these students will release the fry into the Neuse River and all will learn directly from experts about the immense value of the American Shad.

Forest Wetland Loss on the Coastal Plain

Ghost forests will only become more obvious to those living on the coast as temperatures and sea level rises, droughts become more frequent, and groundwater becomes saltier. Providing coastal communities with scientific background to the issues they are facing can create more informed awareness of environment changes.

Saltwater Intrusion & Sea Level Rise

A research coordination network (RCN) has been focused on understanding saltwater intrusion and sea-level rise (SWISLR) as a whole. The primary goal of the SWISLR network is to build a connective intellectual network where new research and ideas can be supported and disseminated easily.

All Natural (Part I): Natural & Nature-Based Features

An interstate initiative is helping local governments take advantage of the financial and resilience benefits provided by the natural world

NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant Program

2023 NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant – Request for Proposals Available Now

Restore America’s Estuaries is pleased to announce the 2023 funding cycle for the National Estuary Program – Coastal Watershed Grants. This year, in partnership with the U.S.

NEP Watershed Grant Program

2023 NEP Watersheds Grant – Request for Proposals Available Now

Restore America’s Estuaries is pleased to announce the 2023 funding cycle for the National Estuary Program – Coastal Watershed Grants. This year, in partnership with the U.S.

NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant Program

2022 NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant – Request for Proposals Available Now

Restore America’s Estuaries is pleased to announce the 2022 funding cycle for the National Estuary Program – Coastal Watershed Grants. This year, in partnership with the U.S.