Funding
Contact
Michael Russ
(russ.michael@epa.gov)
312-886-4013
Patricia Thompson (thompson.patricia@epa.gov) 312-886-7517
- Great Lakes Long-Term Biological Monitoring Program Request for Applications: EPA-R5-GL2012-2 - closes Aug. 13, 2012
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) 2012 Request for Applications closed May 24, 2012
- Applying for and Managing an Agreement
- Previous Projects - Summaries of GLNPO grants are in these EPA databases; search using the Great Lakes CFDA number: 66.469
- Previous Requests for Proposals
- Sign up for email list greatlakesnews to learn about funding opportunities
Background
U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office provides funding pursuant to pursuant to:
- §104 of the Clean Water Act
- §118 of the Clean Water Act
which call for the achievement of the goals in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The agreement's main goal is the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes basin.
Projects are expected to advance protection and restoration of the Great Lakes ecosystem in support of
- Goal 4 (Healthy Communities and Ecosystems), Objective 3 (Ecosystems), Subobjective 3 (Improve the Health of Great Lakes Ecosystems) of USEPA's Strategic Plan
- the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes