Great Lakes Funding
Descriptions of Previous Projects
Previous Requests for Proposals
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Previous requests for proposals
2008
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Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program. Announced August 28, 2008. Closed: November 17, 2008. Project funders expected to include USEPA-GLNPO, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and ArcelorMittal. See National Fish and Wildlife Foundation website.
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Request for Proposals for Great Lakes Pollution Prevention and Reduction and Rochester RAP Management (EPA-R5-GL2008-4). Announced April 24, 2008. Closed June 10, 2008. 30 Proposals submitted totaling $2,835,769 for Pollution Prevention and Reduction. Seven projects selected totaling $565,278. 1 Proposal, totaling $485,785 was submitted and selected for Rochester RAP Management.
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Lake Priorities (EPA-R5-GL2008-3)
Announced April 24, 2008. Closed June 10, 2008. 12 Applications submitted totaling $1,146,908. Six projects selected totaling $682,463. -
Intermediary Support for Ecological Protection and Restoration Projects in the Great Lakes Basin (EPA-R5-GL2008-2) Announced March 19, 2008. Closed May 21, 2008. 1 project totaling $3,000,000 submitted and selected.
Great Lakes Collections of Household Unwanted Electronics and Medicines (EPA-R5-GL2008-1). Announced January 15, 2008. Closed February 28, 2008. Offered $275,000. 28 submitted totaling almost $600,000. 17 selected totaling $350,000 -
Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program. Announced September 1, 2007. Closed November 2007. 54 submitted totaling $5.8 million (including $$3.8 million in requests and $2 million in match). 16 projects totaling $3.909 million selected (including $1.209 million in requests and $2.7 million in match) to be funded by USEPA-GLNPO ($500,000), US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, US Forest Service, NRCS, and by ArcelorMittal ($209,000). See National Fish and Wildlife Foundation website.
- Great Lakes Collections of Household Unwanted Electronics and Medicines Closed February 28, 2008. Offered $275,000. 28 submitted totaling almost $600,000. 17 selected totaling $350,000
2007
- Great Lakes Legacy Act Request for Projects. First Due Date: September 15, 2006. Received 21 proposals requesting $26,115,125.
- Request for Proposals - Disappearing Diporeia in the Great Lakes. Closed March 22, 2007. Offered $200,000. 9 submitted totaling $1.15 million. 2 selected totaling $200,000.
- Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program. Closed November 15, 2006. 38 submitted totaling $2.7 million. 22 projects selected totaling $1.1 million in federal funds. See National Fish and Wildlife Foundation website .
- FY2006 - 2007 Funding Guidance/Request for Proposals. Closed October 26, 2006. Offered $6,185,000. 82 submitted totaling $16.57M. 32 projects selected totaling $5.17 million.
2006
- 2006 Great Lakes Legacy Act Request for Projects. First Closing Date: September 5, 2006. Received 3 proposals requesting $1,388,125.
- Eighteenmile Creek RAP Priorities / LaMP Public Forum Coordination FY2006. Closed June 29, 2006. Offered $835,000. 5 submitted.
2005
- Request for Proposals: Use the R/V Lake Guardian to Conduct an Educational Course on the Great Lakes. Closed December 21, 2005. 3 submitted. 1 selected.
- New grant program: Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program. The RFP was posted September 12, 2005 and closed November 15th. Award announcements are anticipated in March 2006.
- Request for Proposals: For Chemical Analysis of Fish Tissue for the Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program (GLFMP). Closed August 26, 2005. Offered $1,750,000. 6 submitted totaling $11,287,883. 1 selected totaling $1,737,994.
- FY2005 - 2006 Funding Guidance/Request for Proposals
GLNPO’s FY2005-2006 Funding Guidance. Closed May 31, 2005. Offered $4.692 million. 211 submitted totaling $22.7 million. 52 projects selected totaling $3.3 million.
2004
- For the Operation of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). Closed June 4, 2004.
- Great Lakes Legacy Act Request for Projects By the March 31, 2004 due date 14 projects totaling $80 million were submitted for the FY2004 appropriation of $10 million.
- 2004-2005 Funding Guidance. Closed March 29, 2004. Offered $4,180,000. 265 submitted totaling $25 million. 77 selected totaling $3.8 million.
2003
- Educational course on the Great Lakes . Closed December, 2003.
- 2003-2004 Funding Guidance. Closed March 31, 2003. Offered $4.9 million. 340 submitted totaling $28.5 million. 93 selected totaling $4.9 million
- Request for proposals for the determination of hydrophobic organic contaminants in the water column of Lake Michigan. Closed February, 2003.
- Educational course on the Great Lakes. Closed January, 2003.
2002
- Trophic Status of Lake Erie . Closed February 2002.
- 2002-2003 Funding Guidance. Closed February 15, 2002. Offered $2.9 million. 192 submitted totaling $20.2 million. 48 selected totaling $3 million.
2001
- 2001-2002 Funding Guidance. Closed February 16, 2001. Offered $ 3.15 million. 242 submitted totaling $27 million. 42 selected totaling $3.12 million.
2000
- Great Lakes Plankton and Benthos: Support for Monitoring and Surveillance Program. Closed October 2000.
- Great Lakes International Coastal Wetlands Monitoring. Closed April, 2000.
- 2000-2001 Funding Guidance . Closed February 18, 2000. Offered $3.04 million. 264 submitted totaling $31 million. 38 selected totaling $2.9 million.
1999
- 1999-2000 Funding Guidance . Closed January, 1999. Offered $4 million. 244 submitted totaling $28 million. 56 selected totaling $3.8 million.
1998
- 1998-1999 Funding Guidance. Closed January, 1998. Offered $3.7 million. 230 submitted totaling $30.2 million. 59 selected totaling $4.4 million.
- Operation of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Quality Assurance Requirements for GLNPO Grantees. Closed August, 2001.
1997
- Lake Michigan winter-spring plume. Closed November 20, 1997.
1996
- Mercury Bioaccumulation in Fish. Closed July 22, 1996.
- Atmospheric Loadings for Lake Michigan. Closed July 15, 1996.
- Biotic Index Based on Plankton Data - for Open Waters of the Great Lakes . Closed August 9, 1999.
- Trends in Great Lakes Fish Contaminants. Closed July 16, 1999.
- 1996-1997 Funding Guidance (Closed Jan 1997). Offered $3.7 million. 289 submitted totaling $26 million. 63 selected totaling $4.4 million.
1995
- 1995 Funding Guidance (Closed September 1994). Offered $3.29 million. 176 submitted requesting $25.5 Million. 36 selected totaling $3.3 million.