Grant Applications — Request For Proposals — Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program

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GLRI-logoThe Great Lakes Commission is pleased to announce the 2014 Great Lakes Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program (formally known as the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control) grant program. This year’s emphasis will be on the reduction of phosphorus runoff into the Great Lakes.

This year, there are two grant options, a small scale grant project and a larger watershed scale grant project. Please check the “2014 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS” for details. The due date for applications is 6:00 pm ET April 24, 2015. About $1.8 million is available for grants depending on funding. A twenty five percent match is required. Match can be cash or in-kind services. Funding is provided by the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Please visit this website at and click on the “Apply for Grants” button at the top right hand side of the page.

 

PROJECTS
All grant projects must be explicitly relevant to the reduction of sedimentation and/or phosphorus into the Great Lakes.

An estimated ten to fifteen small scale projects will be funded for up to a maximum of $30,000 each. Projects can be up to 36 months in duration. An example of a small scale project is stabilization a 500 foot section of a severely eroding streambank to reduce sediment and particulate phosphorus from entering the Great Lakes.

An estimated three to five watershed-scale projects will be funded up to maximum of $250,000 per project. Funding will be available for both technical assistance and financial assistance. The projects will be up to 36 months in duration. An example of a watershed scale projects is planting cover crops on 50,000 acres to reduce phosphorus runoff.

The Great Lakes Commission is an interstate compact agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River. Its members include the eight Great Lakes states with associate member status for the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec. Each jurisdiction appoints a delegation of three to five members comprised of senior agency officials, legislators and/or appointees of the governor or premier. Please check the website regularly for updates.

Any questions should be directed to Gary Overmier at garyo@glc.org or 734-971-9135.