Restoration ResearchAward Program

Status ReportNarrative Questions

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Complete the status report narrative questions below. After completing your narrative questions, save this document on your computer and then submit the document via your Chesapeake Bay Trust Online System account. You can access your account using this link

1.Awardee Information

Organization Name:

Project Leader:

Award Number:

2.Project Summary

  1. Describe the status of the project and results achieved during this reporting period.

3.Restoration ResearchAward Program Narrative Questions

  1. Provide updates for any pieces of your project that were proposed to be developed during this reporting period. For example, if you proposed to select project sites, provide updates on the sites selected.
  2. Did your project need permits? If so, please provide updates.
  3. Did you provide regulatory presentations and/or trainings?
  4. If yes:
  5. Include the meeting location, title, date/time, agenda, notes, and number of people that attended.
  6. Provide sign in sheets and photos, if available.
  7. What were the action items and next steps?
  8. If no, what regulatory support do you plan to do?
  9. Did your project have any significant changes to the scope of work? (Yes or No)
  10. Were there any changes to the research questions to be addressed, methodology or experimental design to be used, or sites to be used that were submitted and approved? (Yes or No)
  11. Do you have any substantial timeline changes? (Yes or No)
  12. Do you have any substantial budget changes? (Yes or No)
  13. Did you present this project at a restoration conference for the practitioner audience? (Yes or No) If yes, list conference title, date, location, and presentation title.

If you answered yes to d through h,describe here andcontact the Trust program manager to discuss at 410-974-2941.

4.Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned

  1. Provide a written evaluation of this phase of the project and the method(s) used.
  2. Discuss major changes that have occurred in the project and how those changes will impact the next award phase(s).
  3. Briefly describe any lessons learned, including challenges or potential roadblocks to future progress.
  4. How will you overcome these challenges during the next phase of the project?

Notes to awardees: 1) products may be externally reviewed and this may lead to revisions that should be factored into the budget and timeline 2) for questions with your project or status report, contact the Trust program managerat 410-974-2941.

Directions to submit your status report online:

  1. Sign into your account using this link and the same username and password as when you applied.
  2. Once signed in click on the Requirements tab.
  3. If you do not see your requirement, use the dropdown on the right and in the middle of the page to shift between “Show: New” and “Show: In Progress.”
  4. You should see below the yellow bar at least 2 links. One link is your Status Report and the other is your Final Report.
  5. Click on the Status Report link and follow the instructions.
  6. Once complete, click Submit & Review and make sure you have uploaded and entered all of the necessary information.
  7. If so, click Submit.

To confirm your requirement was successfully submitted use the dropdown to shift between “Show: In Progress” and “Show: Submitted Requirements.”

Photos: Upload any photos, digital images, newsletter articles, or press clippings to supplement your written description. These supplemental files can be uploaded into your status report’s narrative section under “additional attachments,” located on your Chesapeake Bay Trust Online System account.

DISCLAIMER: By submitting photos and videos in your final report, you are acknowledging ownership and copyright of the photos and videos submitted. The copyright will remain with the photographer. However, the Trust reserves the right to publish all items in publications, websites, advertising and promotional materials. You also confirm that you have written consent from all subjects in the photos/video submitted including if any subjects are minors under the age of eighteen.

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