Project Grant NA21NOS4290012

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will receive $149,025 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #66.469) to expand its "From Students to Stewards Initiative" program. This program will award grant opportunities to K-12 schools in Michigan to integrate place-based education into their curriculums focused on the Great Lakes. The goal is to help close the Great Lakes literacy gap and...

This $147,468 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Inland Seas Education Association to deliver a Great Lakes watershed field course professional development program. The Association will bring 30 K-12 educators to the Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station in Suttons Bay, Michigan from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 for four-day training sessions emphasizing hands-on experience with regional conservation success stories. Participants will visit...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) provides $199,907 to the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative in Lowell, Michigan. The project, titled "Advancing K-12 Environmental Literacy through Place-Based Stewardship Education (PBSE) in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region", aims to build capacity for increased statewide environmental literacy through PBSE and climate change education. The key...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will deliver two experiential learning programs focused on Great Lakes literacy and environmental stewardship through $133,650 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ODNR's Interpretive Paddle Program and H2Ohio Students Take Action Program (IPP + H2Ohio) will provide guided kayaking experiences for...

The Milwaukee Public Schools was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support the installation of green infrastructure at five Milwaukee area schoolyards to capture an estimated 4.3 million gallons of annual stormwater runoff. Reflo, a subawardee, will lead education and outreach activities and participate in project discussions with the school district and their...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $192,352 Project Grant to the Inland Seas Education Association under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). This funding will support a two-year project to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage responsible environmental behavior in Suttons Bay, Michigan. Key activities include hosting a 4-day Great Lakes...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $105,325 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE). The funding will be used to expand the current Lending Station Place Based Education Program by creating three new satellite locations in Michigan to house educational materials for loan to youth programs across the state. The project activities include...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded $1.3 million to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MIDEGLE) on May 1, 2025, under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to implement a green infrastructure stormwater management project in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The project, which extends through January 31, 2027, will reduce stormwater runoff across the Ox Creek, Paw Paw River, and...

This five-year, $248,355 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of an integrated hydrologic model to better understand groundwater dynamics in the Great Lakes Basin. The research team at Bowling Green State University, serving as primary awardee, will fuse hydrologic modeling with GPS, satellite imagery, and GRACE data to more accurately simulate surface and subsurface water flows. Through data assimilation, the project...

Central Michigan University received a $2.03 million Cooperative Agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) awarded September 30, 2025, to conduct basin-wide coastal wetland monitoring across the Great Lakes through 2031. The university will lead a multi-institutional consortium performing annual field sampling (2026–2030) of fish, macroinvertebrates, birds, anurans, and aquatic vegetation at designated wetland...