Requests for Proposals
NEIWPCC COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY
NEIWPCC is committed to providing a working environment that keeps all staff as safe as possible and promotes the well-being of our community. All RFP applicants who may come into close contact with NEIWPCC staff are required to be fully vaccinated. Close contact may occur during the course of a project with a QAPP (via a QAPP audit), during project planning meetings, during project implementation, or other occasions. While some of these may occur virtually, please note that NEIWPCC reserves the right to audit a project at any time. Applicants must be prepared to show proof of vaccination prior to any close contact with NEIWPCC staff. Accepted proof of vaccination includes the original vaccination card, a printed copy of the vaccination card, or a digital photograph of the vaccination card. To protect confidential information, NEIWPCC will not maintain copies of these documents, and any records provided will be discarded.
In addition, NEIWPCC is committed to providing events that keep all participants as safe as possible and promote the well-being of our community. NEIWPCC requires all individuals who participate in NEIWPCC-funded events to be fully vaccinated in order to attend. Any events hosted with funding from NEIWPCC must follow our pandemic procedures.
This policy also applies to the contractor’s subcontractors
All contractors applying for new work (or amending existing agreements) must be vaccinated.
Since 1992, the LCBP has awarded more than 1,500 grants totaling more than $17.02 million to local organizations to support a variety of pollution prevention, habitat restoration, and other projects that improve the quality of Lake Champlain. In that same time, the LCBP and its partner organizations also have funded numerous projects conducted by universities, consultants, research foundations, nonprofit organizations, and others. These projects include scientific research, best management demonstration projects, education and outreach efforts, and other initiatives that are key to implementing Opportunities for Action.
Visit our Grantee Toolkit page for grant writing resources, and as always, please contact us with questions about your grant application.
LCBP GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
(click the grant category for more details, including sub-categories)
Recurring/Annual Grants| Release Date | Due Date |
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| Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystems Research Projects | Summer 2023 | closed |
| Clean Water and Health Ecosystems Planning and Implementation Projects | Summer 2023 | closed |
| Education and Outreach | Fall 2023 | closed |
| Organizational Support | Fall 2023 | closed |
| Stream Wise | Fall 2023 | closed |
| Programmes de résidence d’artistes | Fall 2023 | closed |
| Cultural Heritage & Recreation | Visit the CVNHP website | |
| Ongoing Grants | Release Date | Due Date |
| Professional Development Mini-grants | ongoing | ongoing |
| Educator Mini-grants | ongoing | ongoing |
| Project RFPs | ||
| Lake Champlain Watershed Economic Assessment | March 23, 2023 | May 8, 2023 |
| Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Spread Prevention | March 28, 2023 | May 9, 2023 |
| Native Tree Nursery Projects | March 28, 2023 | May 10, 2023 |
| New York Wetland and Floodplain Restoration Projects | March 28, 2023 | May 11, 2023 |
RECURRING AND ANNUAL GRANTS
Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystems Research Projects (up to $300,000)
These grants support for projects to further the mission of the LCBP and address the research tasks outlined in our management plan, Opportunities for Action. Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, and municipalities in the U.S. and Canada.
Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystems Planning and Implementation Projects
CLEAN WATER – Small grants for IMPLEMENTATION (up to $50,000)
CLEAN WATER – Large grants for IMPLEMENTATION ($50,001 – $175,000)
These grant categories supports projects that will improve water quality and directly result in the reduction of water pollution in the U.S. portion of the Lake Champlain Basin. Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, and non-federal/non-state government agencies.
CLEAN WATER – grants for PLANNING (up to $75,000)
This grant category supports projects that will provide planning, design, or prioritization for future water quality improvement projects in the Lake Champlain Basin (U.S. and Québec). Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, non-federal/non-state government agencies, and for-profit companies.
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS – Small grants for HABITAT AND NATIVE SPECIES CONSERVATION (up to $50,000)
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS – Large grants for HABITAT AND NATIVE SPECIES CONSERVATION ($50,001 – $175,000)
These grant categories support Projects that will preserve, restore, or improve native species habitat in the Lake Champlain Basin (U.S. and Québec).
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS – Grants for AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES SPREAD PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT (up to $20,000)
This grant category supports projects that will directly prevent the spread aquatic invasive species or manage their impacts in the Lake Champlain Basin (US and Québec).
HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS – grants for AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE RESTORATION (up to $150,000)
This grant category supports projects that will directly lead to improved aquatic organism passage in the U.S. portion of the Lake Champlain Basin.
Education and Outreach
These grants support projects that address strategies and tasks outlined in the Informed and Involved Public chapter of Opportunities for Action
Education and Outreach – Small (Up to $15,000)
Education and Outreach – Large ($15,000 to $50,000)
Organizational Support
(up to $20,000)
These grants support projects that will support increased organizational capacity and long-term effectiveness of watershed organizations working to implement elements of Opportunities for Action.
Stream Wise
(up to $15,000)
These grants are available to organizations who wish to partner with Stream Wise and conduct Stream Wise assessments in the communities they serve during the 2023 season
ONGOING GRANTS
Watershed Association Professional Development Mini-Grants (up to $500/year)
These mini-grants provide professional development funds for the staff and volunteers of qualified watershed organizations in the Lake Champlain Basin, to cover expenses such as travel, meals, registration and accommodations at meetings, conferences, workshops and other venues designed to enhance the organizations’ capacity to operate.
Download the Watershed Association Professional Development Mini-Grants: Instructions, Application & Reimbursement Form →
Educator Mini-grants (up to $1,ooo)
These mini-grants provide educators with funds to buy materials for their classroom that will aid in teaching students about Lake Champlain Basin issues. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Download the Educator Mini-Grants: Instructions, Application & Reimbursement Form →
PROJECT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS
Lake Champlain Watershed Economic Assessment
The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in coordination with NEIWPCC, is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for services to perform an economic assessment of major watershed-related uses, economic sectors, and economic impacts of these sectors to the Lake Champlain basin. The purpose of this project is to measure and communicate the economic value that Lake Champlain and the clean water and healthy ecosystems of its watershed provides to the regional economy. The results of this project will provide a credible economic analysis and public facing outreach materials. The results of this valuation will be used in reports and publications by the Lake Champlain Basin Program and partners including the US EPA. This comprehensive, multisector study will update and expand previous economic studies in the region. This study may lead to additional work in this sector.
Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, and non-federal/non-state government agencies.
Up to approximately $200,000 is available to support the awarded project. The LCBP anticipates offering one (1) award for this RFP.
Applicants must submit proposals via the online form below no later than 12 pm (noon) on Monday May 8, 2023.
Aquatic Invasive Species Management and Spread Prevention Support Programs
The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in coordination with NEIWPCC, is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects that support organizations situated in the Lake Champlain basin that conduct aquatic invasive species management. The intent of the funding is to provide resources for equipment purchase that directly manages or reduces the risk of aquatic invasive species introduction and spread to Lake Champlain and other bodies of water in the watershed. While infrastructure investments are a priority for this funding, a percentage of the requested funding may be used to support workforce development initiatives needed to manage or reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species. Applicants must demonstrate how aquatic invasive species populations will be reduced and how spread prevention will be achieved through the use of this funding.
Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, and non-federal/non-state government agencies, including municipalities, that are situated and involved in aquatic invasive species management and spread prevention in Lake Champlain or other bodies of water in the watershed.
Up to approximately $500,000 is available to support awarded projects. Grants of up to $250,000 will be awarded.
Applicants must submit proposals via the online form below no later than 12pm (noon) on Tuesday May 9th, 2023.
Native Tree Nursery Projects
The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in coordination with NEIWPCC, is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects that support organizations situated in the Lake Champlain basin that sell or grow native trees and shrubs for habitat conservation projects. The intent of this funding is to measurably enhance the native plant supply available to local organizations for habitat conservation projects that benefit Lake Champlain. Funding may be used for infrastructure investments and to support workforce development initiatives needed to build or grow tree nursery capacity and reduce the cost of stems for conservation planting projects located in the Lake Champlain basin. Applicants must demonstrate or provide a viable business plan and describe how costs to local non-profits purchasing the native plants will remain stable or be reduced or eliminated through use of this funding.
Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, and non-federal/non-state government agencies, including municipalities, that are situated and involved in the support or production of trees and shrubs native to the Lake Champlain basin.
Up to approximately $1,000,000 is available to support awarded projects. Proposals for the full funding amount should offer a scope that supports the U.S. portion of the Lake Champlain basin. This work will support the Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystem goals of LCBP’s management plan, Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Future of the Lake Champlain Basin. This grant opportunity is supported by funds awarded to Lake Champlain by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Applicants must submit proposals via the online form below no later than 12pm (noon) on Wednesday May 10, 2023.
New York Wetland and Floodplain Restoration Projects
The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in coordination with NEIWPCC, is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects that will restore or improve degraded critical wetlands and floodplains situated in the New York portion of the Lake Champlain Basin. Restored wetlands and floodplain systems trap nutrients and other pollutants, provide habitat for aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial species, reduce stormwater runoff, and mitigate flood impacts on downstream communities. Projects awarded through this grant will support the Clean Water and Healthy Ecosystem goals of LCBP’s management plan, Opportunities for Action: An Evolving Plan for the Future of the Lake Champlain Basin. Up to $1,000,000 is available for all awarded projects. This grant opportunity is supported by funds awarded to Lake Champlain by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, and non-federal/non-state government agencies.
Applicants must submit proposals via the online form below no later than 12pm (noon) on May 11, 2023.
View a list of recently closed RFPs, or search our Publications Database to read the technical reports that have resulted from past projects.