As one of 16 NOAA Cooperative Institutes, CILER helps NOAA accomplish its goals in the Laurentian Great Lakes by

  • Leading exciting new research efforts,
  • Training the next generation of Great Lakes scientists,
  • Expanding NOAA research in the Great Lakes through our Consortium, and
  • Translating research into actionable science to meet societal needs.

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) is our primary NOAA sponsor and home of CILER research personnel.

Our Partners

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Impacts

Since 2008,

$36 million in funding

434 students supported

800+ journal articles & reports

149 post-docs supported

Events

News & Announcements

Welcome to the CILER Team, Emily Davenport!

CILER welcomes Emily Davenport, ESP Research Technician, to the CILER-GLERL harmful algal bloom (HAB) research team this January.  She will be leading deployments of the ESPniagara to monitor western Lake Erie HABs alongside Drs. Tim Davis (GLERL) and Tom Johengen...

Apply for 2017 Summer Fellows Program!

CILER is happy to announce the opening of 2017 Summer Fellow applications! Sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL), this program aims to provide promising undergraduate students (juniors or...

CILER is GLIN’s December Site of the Month

CILER is the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)'s site of the month for December! GLIN Site of the Month "The GLIN December Site of the Month is the newly redesigned Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) website. CILER is a research...