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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt"><b><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Mass Bays Program Announces RFR for 2014 Research and Planning Grants</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Massachusetts
Bays National Estuary Program is seeking proposals for the 2014 Research and
Planning Grant Program. <span style> </span>Eligible
projects include research and planning initiatives that advance coastal
restoration and protection priorities of the Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan for the Mass Bays Program. <span style> </span>A total of up to $100,000 is available for
estuarine protection and restoration initiatives located within the five
regions and 50 coastal communities in the Mass Bays Program planning area which
extends from Provincetown to the state border with New Hampshire.<span style> </span>The five regions include Cape Cod, South
Shore, Boston Harbor, Salem Sound and Upper North Shore.<span style> </span>The Cape Cod region includes 11 communities
which border Cape Cod Bay (Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans,
Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich and Bourne).<span style> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Up
to $20,000 may be requested for each project and a minimum of 25 percent match
of the total project cost (cash or in-kind) must be provided. <span style> </span>All projects must be completed by December 31,
2014. <span style> </span>Applications are due by November
22. <b style>For more information on the
Request for Responses (RFR), see the Mass Bays Program webpage at <a href="http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/mass-bays-program/grants/">www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/mass-bays-program/grants/</a>
.<span style> </span>Information is also posted on the
Association to Preserve Cape Cod’s webpage at </b></span><a href="http://www.apcc.org"><b style>www.apcc.org</b></a><b style> under “Partnerships” (click on “Mass Bays
Program”).</b><b style><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span style> </span>To view the
RFR, see the </span></b><a href="https://www.ebidsourcing.com/displayPublicSearchAdvancedSolCriteriaEdit.do?doValidateToken=false&menu_id=2.3.3&org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=8613bb8397736fa637836927ad13dd59"><b style><span style="color:rgb(16,59,130)">Comm-PASS website</span></b></a><b style><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> and search for document number
ENV 14 CZM 04</span></b><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> . </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">For
questions relating to the Mass Bays Program’s Research and Planning Grant
Program, please contact Ms. Prassede Vella, Massachusetts Bays Program
251
Causeway Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02114 at
(617) 626-1217 or
</span><a href="mailto:Prassede.Vella@state.ma.us"><span style="color:rgb(16,59,130)">Prassede.Vella@state.ma.us</span></a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">
.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13pt">The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) is the regional
service provider for the Cape Cod region of the Mass Bays Program.<span style> </span>The Mass Bays Program Regional Coordinator
for Cape Cod, Dr. Jo Ann Muramoto, is available to assist applicants.<span style> </span>Please contact Jo Ann at (508) 362-4226 ext.
16 or <a href="mailto:jmuramoto@apcc.org">jmuramoto@apcc.org</a> .<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><i>Jo Ann Muramoto, Ph.D., </i><i>Senior Scientist</i><div><i>Mass Bays Program Regional Coordinator, Cape Cod</i></div><div><i>Association to Preserve Cape Cod</i></div><div><i>P.O. Box 398, </i><i>3010 Main Street, </i><i>Barnstable, MA 02630</i></div>
<div><i>Ph: </i><i>(508) 362-4226, Ext. 16</i></div><div><i>Email: <a href="mailto:jmuramoto@apcc.org" target="_blank">jmuramoto@apcc.org</a></i></div><div><br></div></div>
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