The fiscal year 2025 funding opportunity can be found on Grants.gov under funding opportunity number NOAA-NOS-ONMS-2025-29638. Please see the funding opportunity for all application details. This webpage includes resources that may be helpful in developing a Pacific Northwest B-WET application.

Deadline: March 7, 2025
Areas served: Oregon and Washington, US
Contact: Nicole Harris, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 360-406-2084, nicole.harris@noaa.gov

The FY25 Pacific Northwest B-WET funding announcement focuses on the following priority areas:

1. Systemic classroom-integrated Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs) for K–12 students that promote climate resilience and include high-quality teacher professional development related to the MWEEs; and
2. Meaningful Watershed Educational ExperiencesMWEEs) for K–12 students that appropriately involve Indigenous Knowledge and promote climate resilience. 

For Pacific Northwest B-WET, applicants may be physically located in any U.S. state; however, education projects must target teachers and/or students in the Pacific Northwest region. For the purposes of this solicitation, the Pacific Northwest region is defined as Oregon and Washington.

The minimum federal amount to request from NOAA is $60,000. The maximum federal amount that should be requested is:

• $75,000 for one-year (12 months) projects, or
• $150,000 for two-year (24 months) projects.