2021 RFA for Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components

• Overview
• Documents
• Funding opportunity details
• Who can apply

Overview

Selection: University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute

This Request for Applications is expected to result in the award of grants and/or cooperative agreements to support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan III Focus Area 5: Foundations for Future Restoration Actions, Objective 5.2: Conduct comprehensive science programs and projects. RFA closed February 8, 2022. 

Documents

Request for Applications 

• 2021 GLRI Request for Applications [EPA-R5-GL2021-Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a] (pdf) (599.25 KB)

Funding opportunity details

Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components

Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R5-GL2022-PC  

 This Request for Applications solicits applications from eligible entities for a cooperative agreement to be awarded pursuant to the  Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan III (pdf) (12.51 MB) . Applications are requested for a project to complete sample collection and analyses in support of the Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a components of the Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program.  

Under this competition, approximately $3,000,000 may be awarded for one cooperative agreement over approximately five years, consisting of incremental funding of about $600,000 per year.  

Applications should specify a start date on or around March 1, 2022, and should specify an end date that will allow for the collection, processing, and analysis of the 2022-2026 field seasons. All incrementally funded awards will be subject to the availability of funding, future appropriations, satisfactory performance of work, and other applicable considerations. 

Who can apply