Virginia CZM Program Grantee Information
Access the following through this page...
Grant Application and Procedure Guidance
Grant Reporting Guidance and Forms
Availability of Additional Funds
Grant Acknowledgment Requirements
NOAA and Virginia CZM Program Logos
Interpretive and Acknowledgement Signage
Grant Application and Procedure Guidance
- Virginia CZM Program Proposal Guidance (revised March 2011) (PDF)
- Virginia CZM Program Proposal Template (Word)
- Virginia CZM Program Planning District Commission TA Grant Minimum Standards (PDF)
- Virginia CZM Program 306A Project Guidance - outlines the documentation and steps required by the grantee before construction and land acquisition projects can proceed.
Grant Reporting Guidance and Forms
Semiannual Narrative Progress Report (Word)
Semiannual Financial Report - please contact April Bahen, Virginia CZM Grants Coordinator, (804) 698-4005, or your assigned Virginia CZM Program Project Manager, for a copy of this personalized form. (Image at left is not a link.)
Final Project Summary (Word) - Final project summaries are posted on the Virginia CZM website (a link to a detailed description page for each funded project is provided from the Virginia CZM Project lists.)
Budget Amendments
Please contact your assigned Virginia CZM Program Project Manager if you need to request any adjustments within the categories of your orignially approved grant budget. April Bahen, Virginia CZM Grants Coordinator - (804) 698-4005, will then send you a customized "Budget Amendment" form, which will include your original budget. (Image at right is not a link.)
Availability of Additional Funding
Reprogrammed grant funds may be available through the year on a limited basis. Please contact Laura McKay, Virginia CZM Program Manager, at (804) 698-4323, or our Coastal Planners, Shep Moon, (804) 698-4527 or Beth Polak (804) 698-4260 - for more information about the availability or allocation of these funds.
Grant Acknowledgment Requirements
All final products produced through a grant from the Virginia CZM Program must acknowledge the program.
Products - draft and final - should display the following:
- NOAA and Virginia CZM Program acknowledgment language
- NOAA and Virginia CZM Program logos
Standard acknowledgment language:
This project (or mapping project, research project, planting project, nature trail, etc:) was funded by (or "funded, in part, by" if match funds were also used) the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through Grant #NA (e.g., FY07 #NA07NOS4190178) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
If the product is a report or research paper intended for general distribution, the following sentence should be added to the end of the credit:
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, or any of its subagencies.
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Projects (grant tasks in the 80's series) should use the following acknowledgement language:
This project was funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through grant number #NAXXNOSXXXXXXX of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. This project was conducted as part of the Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program in partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA or any of its subagencies or DEQ.
Logos
The Virginia CZM Program logo and NOAA logos are downloadable below (zipped files):
Virginia CZM Program Logo - download .tif format for printed products (copy file using "save as")
Virginia CZM Program Logo - download .jpg format for web, Word docs and digital products
Virginia CZM Program Logo - "block format" - download .jpg format for Web, Word docs and digital products
Virginia CZM Program Logo - "block format" - download .tif format for printed products
NOAA Logo - download .tif format for printed products (copy file using "save as")
NOAA Logo - .jpg format for web, Word docs and digital products
The Virginia CZM Program and NOAA logos are also available in an .EPS format upon request.
When using the Virginia CZM Program logo, you must follow the program's "Logo Use Standards".
If you have any trouble with these files, require the .eps format, or need the logo e-mailed or provided on disk, please contact Virginia Witmer at (804) 698-4320.
Interpretive and Acknowledgement Signage
Signs, recognizing funding from NOAA and the Virginia CZM Program, must be erected at land acquisition, restoration and construction sites. Upon start of construction, a temporary sign must be in place and replaced with permanent signage.
Before signs are printed and erected, the sign's layout and language must be reviewed and approved by the Virginia CZM Program Project Manager assigned to your project.
Due to space and design issues, the acknowledgment language may be altered or eliminated, but the NOAA and Virginia CZM Program logos must be incorporated into the sign design.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding these acknowledgment requirements, please contact your assigned Virginia CZM Program Project Manager, or contact Virginia Witmer, Outreach Coordinator, at (804) 698-4320.
For comments or questions concerning this program's web pages, contact the Web Author.
This web site is provided by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program through a federal Coastal Zone Management Act grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Department of Commerce.