Funding Opportunities - Potentially Related to Great Lakes Priorities

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The "Roadmap to Other Funding Opportunities" section of GLNPO's annual Funding Guidance describes some of the opportunities and links available through USEPA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration, and NOAA (Sea Grant).

We are aware of the following recent funding opportunities:

In addition, we are aware of the following annual funding opportunities:

Closed funding opportunities (for reference use only):

Other Federal Funding Opportunities include:

Information regarding Federal funding opportunities for water quality programs at the National level can be found in the June, 1996 GAO report Water Quality A Catalog of Related Federal Programs (GAO/RCED-96-173). The GAO information is also available via GAO's World Wide Web Home Page ( http://www.gao.gov/ ). The Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection (http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/wacademy/fund.html ) highlights Federal grants and loans that may be used at the local level to support watershed projects, and contains references to many of the other good publications and websites on funding and technical assistance. Information about Federal opportunities can also be found at http://www.nonprofit.gov/index.html . Applicants considering Foundation funding may be interested in information at http://fdncenter.org/ .

Funding opportunities may also be available through:

RECENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

2000 Lake Erie Protection Fund Request for Pre-Proposals (large grant preproposals due March 17, 2000, small grant-less than $7,500 various closing dates)

The Ohio Lake Erie Commission announces its 2000 Lake Erie Protection Fund Request for Pre-Proposals (RFP). The focus of this cycle will be on Ohio research projects that support the priorities of the Lake Erie Commission. The Commission will award research grants to Ohio institutions that will provide valuable information or answer important questions of the Lake Erie Commission agencies. The Commission has budgeted $500,000 for the 2000 research grant cycle. This RFP and the application can be obtained from the Commission web site at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/.

Projects should address the following priorities:

• Project supports the priorities of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission.
• Project addresses specific water quality, resource protection, or public health objectives of the State of Ohio.
• Project may stimulate environmental and economic benefits to Ohio’s North Coast.
• Project results will be made available to the professional community and public.

For more information on the Ohio Lake Erie Commission or the Lake Erie Protection Fund, please contact the Commission at (419) 245-2514 or oleo@www.epa.state.oh.us.

USEPA, NASA Coastal Indicator Research Program – Closes March 7, 2000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are soliciting grant applications to establish up to four Coastal Indicator Research Programs. These programs are designed to identify, evaluate, recommend and potentially develop a suite of new, integrative indicators of ecological condition, integrity, and/or sustainability that can be incorporated into long term monitoring programs. The proposed research of each of the four CIRPs should cover a large coastal area of the United States (Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico Coast). "Coastal" should be broadly interpreted to include near coastal waters, bays, estuaries, wetlands, land margins, and interconnecting watersheds.

EPA and NASA solicit applications that include a number of individual projects with a focus centered on the particular geographic area of the program. Applications are encouraged that present plans for the establishment of CIRPs which will test the capability and utility of ecological indicators within and across eco-regions over a four year period. This solicitation also encourages a diversity of research approaches and collaborations among federal, state, and academic scientists and resource managers.

It is anticipated that a total of $6.0 million, including direct and indirect costs, will be available to fund 4 programs during the first year. It is anticipated that each CIRP will be funded at up to $1.5M per year for a period of 4 years. Additional funds may be available from NASA to support specific remote sensing capabilities. A proposal with a remote sensing component may request up to $150K yearly in support of that project.

Applications are due no later than 4:00 P.M. EST on the closing date March 7, 2000. Additional information and forms used for applications are available at http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

Information is also available by contacting the EPA by mail at:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Center for Environmental Research
and Quality Assurance (8703R)
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460

or by phone at 1-800-490-9194.

Pre-proposals for Improving DOD Lands--closes March 15, 2000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced a call for potential FY 2001 projects to be funded by the Legacy Resource Management Program. DOD's Legacy program funds projects that protect and enhance DOD's natural and cultural resources while supporting military readiness. A Legacy project may involve regional ecosystem management initiatives, habitat preservation efforts, archeological investigations, invasive species control, or monitoring and predicting migratory patterns of birds and wildlife. FWS offices are encouraged to submit pre-proposals that would help a DOD facility in their area in meeting any compliance, but the proposal should be coordinated with the facility. For more information on submitting a Legacy pre-proposal, check out their web site at <http://www.dodlegacy.org>. DOD's final deadline for pre-proposals is March 15, 2000, but each military service is requiring the proposal earlier. 

Contact: Kathi Bangert/Martha Balis-Larsen 

Sea Grant Coastal and Great Lakes Research RFP - Closes March 17, 2000

The University of Minnesota Sea Grant College Program is soliciting proposals for coastal and Great Lakes research for the program period of 1 February 2001 through 31 January 2003. We encourage you to submit a proposal to Minnesota Sea Grant to be reviewed and considered for inclusion in our omnibus proposal to the National Sea Grant Program Office. 

A letter of intent, including a brief abstract of your proposal containing a problem statement, objectives, approach, time frame, and tentative budget, must be submitted to the Minnesota Sea Grant office by March 17, 2000. This will allow us time to begin our internal budget and review process prior to receiving full proposals. You will receive an acknowledgment of your letter of intent. If we feel that the proposal has a low probability of receiving funding we will discuss this with you. A Sea Grant outreach person will be assigned to every proposal to offer any assistance requested by you in identifying user application and outreach opportunities to help strengthen your proposal. Full proposals are due at Minnesota Sea Grant on or before May 1, 2000. Proposal principal investigators must be affiliated with a Minnesota academic institution.

Minnesota Sea Grant will consider all proposals for research concerning improved understanding, use, and management of Great Lakes resources, particularly related to coastal Lake Superior and the adjacent region. Proposals dealing with regional and national coastal problems, including biotechnology, coastal engineering, coastal hazards, etc., are also encouraged. We encourage university faculty to develop collaborative relationships with other academic institutions within and outside of Minnesota, resource management agencies, and industries in developing their proposals, but proposal principal investigators must be affiliated with a Minnesota academic institution. Your proposal may be one or two years in length, as described below:

• A one-year project beginning 1 February 2001 or 2002, with a complete workplan for that year
• A two-year project, beginning 1 February 2001, with a complete work plan for both years.
• We will give special consideration to proposals for research in the priority areas we have identified, but all proposals will be reviewed and evaluated based on their merits. The six thematic areas as described below.
• Priority will be given to multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional proposals that have applicability to regional and national as well as state needs.

THEMATIC AREAS:

1. Understanding, managing, and restoring aquatic communities.
2. Developing new markets, products, technology, and tools for aquatic resource management.
3. Fundamental dynamics of the Lake Superior ecosystem.
4. Pollutant processes and effects.
5. Understanding terrestrial/aquatic interactions to minimize human impacts.
6. Integrating science into policy for coastal resource management.

Full proposal preparation guidelines will be available on the Minnesota Sea Grant Web site (http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/) after February 15. If you would like more information, please contact Judy Zomerfelt at Minnesota Sea Grant, (218) 726-8106,.

North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation Request for Proposals-closes March 31, 2000

The North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation (NAFEC) will accept proposals for the 2000 grant cycle. Proposals may be submitted until 31 March 2000 for community-based projects that focus on: (1) linking biodiversity conservation with trade in green goods and services; or (2) pollutants and health improving public access to information, decision-making and environmental justice. For details, please see the 2000 Call for Proposals at <http://biodiversityeconomics.org/funding/dir3-30.htm> or contact NAFEC at nafec@ccemtl.org. 

North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation (NAFEC)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) 
393, rue St-Jacques ouest, bureau 200 
Montréal QC H2Y 1N9
Canada
Email: http://www.cec.org

NIWR-USGS National Competition RFP-closes March 24, 2000

The Request For Proposals for the NIWR-USGS National Competition is now available. The RFP is only available electronically, for reading and/or downloading. The website for the RFP is: http://www.uky.edu/waterresources/pdf/RFP6.pdf The file is available in the Adobe PDF format, and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader (availableat http://www.adobe.com) Prospective applicants must register at http://www.niwr.org.

Please read the RFP announcement below for additional details. This request for proposals (RFP) for matching grants to support research on non-point source water pollution and water use is issued by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources and the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute. A total of $1-million is being made available for research under this program. At least $500,000 is to be spent on topics addressing non-point source pollution. The remaining funds are to be focused on research in the area of water use.

Any investigator at an institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for a grant through a Water Research Institute or Center established under the provisions of the Water Resources Research Act. Proposals involving substantial collaboration between the USGS and university scientists are encouraged, especially on proposals addressing non-point source pollution. Applications may be for projects of 1 to 3 years in duration and shall not request total federal funds exceeding $250,000 per project. Successful applicants must match each dollar of the federal grant with one dollar from non-federal sources. Applications must be filed on the Internet at http://www.niwr.org by 11:59 PM, eastern time, March 24, 2000 and must be approved for submission to the National Competitive Grants Program not later than 11:59 PM, eastern time, April 3, 2000 by the Institute or Center through which they are being submitted.

ELECTRONIC FILING OF APPLICATIONS REQUIRED (NEW)

Proposal under this Announcement will be accepted only through the website at http://www.niwr.org. Prospective applicants (PIs) must register at that site prior to submitting an application and may do so immediately upon release of this announcement. Registration does not obligate the registrant to submit a proposal. Proposals will be accepted on the Internet site beginning February 15, 2000; full and complete instructions for proposal preparation and submission will be available online at that time.

For further information contact:

Bob Volk, Director
Water Resources Research Institute
233 Mining &amp; Minerals Resources Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0107
PHONE: (606) 257-1299
FAX: (606) 323-1049
EMAIL: bvolk@pop.uky.edu

Wetlands Restoration Grants–closes March 31, 2000 and July 28, 2000

Conservation partnerships and other individuals and organizations interested in applying for matching grants for wetlands restoration, acquisition and enhancement through the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) can apply for standard grants of up to $1 million. The grants available next year, with application deadlines of March 31, 2000 and July 28, 2000. Standard Grant Instructions can now be accessed through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's home page at http://www.fws.gov by clicking on Wetlands, Waterfowl, and Habitat Grants or through the NAWCA home page at http://birdhabitat.fws.gov/NAWCA/grants.htm.

To be eligible for a standard grant, partnerships must match the grant request by at least a 1-to-1 ratio and provide long-term conservation of wetlands and associated uplands through habitat protection, restoration, or enhancement. Projects must also meet certain biological criteria established by the Act. In Mexico, environmental education, training, and management projects also qualify.

The NAWCA home page also contains information on other grants offered through the Act, including Small Grants, Mexican Grants, Canadian Grants, and the pilot Evaluation Grants program.

U.S. Department of Energy Solicitation for Info Dissemination-various closing dates

The U.S. Department of Energy will be accepting proposals for information dissemination, public outreach, training, and related technical analysis and technical assistance activities involving renewable energy and energy efficiency. The solicitation is expected to open in mid-November. Approximately $4-$6 million will be available for renewables and $3.5 to $4.5 million will be available for energy efficiency. Renewable areas of interest include wind, photovoltaics, hydrogen, and bioenergy. Efficiency areas of interest include the transportation, buildings, and industrial sectors. Closing dates will vary by program area. Once open, the solicitation will be accessible at: http://doe-iips.pr.doe.gov. Refer to Sol# E-PS01-00EE10722. For more info, contact Nickolas Demer, DOE, at eere.grants@pr.doe.gov or call (800) 683-0751.

ANNUAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Water Environment Research Foundation Grants-Solicited Research-closes late October on annual basis

WERF awards funding and accepts projects that address water quality issues with a commitment to environmental protection, economic conservancy and enhanced quality of life under various research programs:

WERF accepts Requests for Proposals for projects that address pressing water quality needs. Funding for these solicited research projects will total over $5 million for FY 2000. For information contact Charles Noss or Rose Noerr at (703) 684-2470. RFPs are issued in August and proposals are due in late October.

Applications for and information concerning all programs are available at http:\\www.werf.org.

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is a not for profit organization concerned with water quality. WERF manages research under three trust areas: collection and treatment systems, human health effects and products, and watershed and ecosystem management. Research is awarded under contract through a staff assigned project manager. WERF encourages submissions of research proposals from all qualified entities.

Requests for Project Proposals - Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network & Fund (Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council) - Closes March 31^st for spring funding cycle and September 30^th for fall funding cycle on an annual basis.

Summary: The GLAHF’s goal is to provide financial support to advocacy activities that strengthen the role of citizens working locally to protect and restore Great Lakes shorelines, inland lakes, rivers, wetlands, and other aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin. To accomplish this goal, the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Fund will consider grant applications that employ the following methods:

• Influence the development and enforcement of regulatory, permitting or assessment decisions.
• Gather and disseminate information, which could include accessing Internet resources, case studies, primary research, or collecting existing information.
• Conduct media campaigns, including message development and training, to increase the effectiveness of grassroots protection efforts.
• Build coalitions among the broad diversity of communities in our society.
• Build capacity of grassroots organizations, which could include training, board development, membership expansion, fundraising, strategic planning, electronic communication and equipment purchases.

Dates: There are two funding annual funding cycles. Applications must be received by March 31^st for the spring cycle and September 30^th for the fall cycle.

For further information access the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund web site or phone (616) 347-1181.

CLOSED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

WERF awards funding and accepts projects that address water quality issues with a commitment to environmental protection, economic conservancy and enhanced quality of life under various research programs:

The Emerging Technologies Program was established to promote and encourage development of new and emerging technologies applicable to the water quality field. Two hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars are available for this program. The maximum award is $75,000 per year. Specific guidelines and instructions are available from the WERF web page or WERF offices at 601 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314_1994. All proposals are due in WERF’s offices by 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 17, 1999.

Applications for and information concerning all programs are available at http://www.werf.org

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is a not for profit organization concerned with water quality. WERF manages research under three trust areas: collection and treatment systems, human health effects and products, and watershed and ecosystem management. Research is awarded under contract through a staff assigned project manager. WERF encourages submissions of research proposals from all qualified entities.

River Network - Watershed Mini-Grants  (closes 6/15/99)

River Network is dedicated to strengthening the efforts of America’s nearly 3,000 grassroots river and watershed conservation groups by providing information, technical assistance, and strategic guidance. To further joint goals, River Network and EPA joined under a cooperative agreement to establish the pilot watershed assistance grants in late 1998. River Network convened a diverse advisory panel, representative of the many stakeholders typically involved in watershed decisions, who developed the criteria to select recipients of mini-grants.

The mini grants do not exceed $4,000 and must support short-term organizational development projects.  A round of larger $4,000 to $30,000, longer-term grants to support more complex projects will be
awarded later this spring.

Applications procedures are available on the River Network web page at: http://www.rivernetwork.org/.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Request for Proposals-National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program (closes 6/8/99)

PURPOSE: The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Authorizes the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to grant funds to coastal states, including states bordering the Great Lakes, to carry out coastal wetlands conservation projects.

Funds for Coastal Wetlands Grants are made available for: 1) the acquisition of coastal lands and waters; and 2) the restoration, management, or enhancement of coastal wetland ecosystems. Eligible projects must provide for the long-term conservation of such lands and waters and the hydrology, water quality, and fish and wildlife.

Guidance for administration of this program define Great Lakes coastal wetlands ecosystem as including wetlands adjacent to any of the Great Lakes including Lake St. Clair and connecting waters, and mouths of river or stream systems draining directly into the Great Lakes. Shorelands, dunes, offshore islands, and barrier islands and associated headlands are included in the definition since these interrelated features are critical to Great Lakes fish, wildlife and their habitats.

FUNDING: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may reimburse up to 75 percent of the cost of such projects; the applicant must provide the rest of the project funding from a nonfederal source(s). Federal Grants awarded under this program cannot exceed $1,000,000.

PROJECT APPLICATION/SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants submit proposals through their designated State Federal Aid Coordinator (See contacts listed below) to the Service Regional Office by June 8, 1999. These are then reviewed for eligibility, and forwarded to the Service's Washington Office where they are ranked according to nationally established criteria, and compete against all eligible projects. The Washington Office makes the final
determinations, and the Service's decisions are announced by October 1.

STATE FEDERAL AID CONTACTS:

• Illinois: Mike Sweet, Department of Natural Resources, 217-785-8280
• Indiana: Mark Burch, Department of Natural Resources, 317-232-8166
• Michigan: Eric Sink, Department of Natural Resources, 517-335-3051
• Minnesota: Laurie Caspers, Department of Natural Resources, 651-297-2424
• Ohio: Ron Schaefer, Division of Wildlife, 614-265-6335
• Wisconsin: Tom Niebauer, Department of Natural Resources, 608-266-5893

Pennsylvania and New York states are also eligible, contact the Service contacts below for their State Federal Aid Coordinators.

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CONTACTS:
Richard Greenwood, Liaison to U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, (312) 886-3853

David Pederson, Coastal Wetlands Grant Administrator, (612) 713-5143

Web Home Pages: http;//www.fws.gov and, http://www.fws.gov/cep/coastweb.html

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Request for Proposals - Quantification of Incremental (Cumulative) Loss of Critical Great Lakes Habitats (closes 6/30/99)

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is soliciting research that leads to practical methods for assessment of losses of aquatic habitats from the Great Lakes and their tributaries.

The objective of the research is to produce a system of habitat classification and inventory and to demonstrate its feasibility for measuring the amount of and changes to important habitats in Great Lakes near-shore and tributary environments. The proposed system should 1) be potentially applicable on a large scale, ultimately to include the entire Great Lakes basin, 2) include an ecologically defensible rationale for the choice of specific habitat features to be measured, and 3) at a minimum consider losses of emergent vegetation along Great Lakes shorelines and modification of natural river-flow regimes caused by anthropogenic changes in land use. Feasibility involves the ability to document cumulative losses on a recurring basis at intervals not exceeding five years and the practicality of the methodology for eventual use by environmental management agencies. The methodology must be general and applicable to the diversity of shoreline habitats and rivers occurring in the Great Lakes basin and should favor application of new approaches applied to existing or readily available data. The proposal should discuss precision/accuracy of methods in relation to costs and alternatives. Principal investigators will be expected to communicate research progress and opportunities for collaboration to other interested researchers and to specialists from environmental management agencies by organizing and conducting a coordination meeting at the end of each year of the research. This meeting should be identified as a deliverable in the proposal.

Two original signed copies of each proposal must be received in the Commission's office by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 1999.  Notification of awards will be provided in late December 1999. Inquiries regarding this RFP should be directed to Randy Eshenroder or Ann Krause at Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

The Commission’s website (http://www.glfc.org/research/curr_gen.htm) provides a list of current research projects and their costs.

Request for Research Grant Applications - USEPA National Center for Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) - (various closing dates).

SUMMARY: The US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (ORD), invites research grant applications in the following five areas of special interest to its mission:

1. Airborne Particulate Matter Health Effects: Closing Date: June 2, 1999
2. Drinking Water: Closing Date: May 19, 1999
3. Combustion Emissions: Closing Date: May 19, 1999
4. Combusting Technology for Ecosystem Modeling: Closing Date: May 12, 1999
5. Exploratory Research: Closing Date: June 23, 1999

For additional information, see: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/.

Additional information on this and other solicitations are available in HTML and PDF formats on the NCERQA web site at URL: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa

USEPA - Trends in Great Lakes Fish Contaminants (closes 7/16/99)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) is requesting proposals for reporting trends in Great Lakes fish contaminants, including analytical chemistry support and scientific input. The project would support the Great Lakes Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program (GLFMP), a program begun in 1980 as a cooperative effort by USEPA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (no longer participating), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (now the Biological Resources Division of U.S. Geological Survey), and the eight Great Lakes States, to monitor and better define the fish contaminant problem in the Great Lakes. The GLFMP has, since its inception, served as a model for interagency cooperation and coordination.

Element 1 of this program is directed at monitoring contaminant trends in the open waters of the Great Lakes, and assisting in evaluating the impacts of contaminants on the fishery.

The program provides for collection and analysis of lake trout (walleye in Lake Erie) from each of the Great Lakes. Fish samples are collected in the fall of the year, using fish of similar size to reduce the impact of size variation on contaminant trend data. Whole fish are analyzed.

Element 2 is directed at monitoring potential human exposure to contaminants through consumption of popular sport species, as well as providing trend data for top predator species that have shorter exposures than the lake trout collected in Element 1. The inclusion of coho salmon in this program also provides a snapshot of contaminant concentrations across the Great Lakes in fish of consistent age, complementing the size based data collected in Element 1. Coho and chinook salmon are collected from tributary mouths during the fall spawning run. Rainbow trout are collected from the Ohio and Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie. Skin-on fillets are analyzed.

Through this Request for Proposals, USEPA expects to issue a cooperative agreement to fund analysis, interpretation and scientific input on data evaluation for elements 1 and 2 of this program for the next two years.

For the full text of this request for proposals go to http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/fund/fishrfp.htm   Applicants seeking additional information regarding the project may contact Sandra Hellman at (312) 353-5006 or via e-mail at hellman.sandra@epamail.epa.gov at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office.

USEPA Request for Proposals - Great Lakes Atmospheric Deposition Projects (closes 6/1/99)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Great Lakes States are now accepting proposals for Great Lakes atmospheric deposition projects to be awarded from Fiscal Year 1999 Great Waters Section 105 funding. Proposals must focus on atmospheric deposition of toxic pollutants to the Great Lakes region and be based on one or more of the following priorities:

• Air toxics source identification and emission inventory development.
• Air toxics monitoring.
• Atmospheric dispersion and deposition modeling for toxic pollutants.
• Assessment of long-range atmospheric transport of toxic pollutants to the Great Lakes region.
• Assessment of the effects of atmospheric toxic pollutants on fish and wildlife.

Projects must be consistent with the goals of the Great Waters program under Section 112(m) of the Clean Air Act and provide a direct benefit to the Great Lakes from a regional perspective.

Summary
USEPA has designated the Great Lakes as a national program for funding under section 105 of the Clean Air Act. These Section 105 funds designated for the Great Lakes States support improvements to, and applications of, multimedia strategy development and assessment tools, needed to identify and determine the contribution and effects of hazardous air pollutant deposition to the Great Lakes region.

Eligibility
Proposals will only be accepted from non-profit agencies including but not limited to accredited academic institutions, federal and state agencies, and regional government organizations.

Format
Proposals should be at least two pages but no more than six pages in length. Proposals must include the following components:

1. Relevance to Great Lakes atmospheric deposition priorities (listed above);
2. Problem statement;
3. Proposed work and outcomes;
4. Budget;
5. Key personnel;
6. Great Lakes region collaboration;
7. Other funding sources.

Applicants who accept and receive funding will be required to submit quarterly progress reports and a final report regarding the outcome of their project.

Deadline
Proposals must be received by June 1, 1999. Proposals should be submitted to:

Marty Burkholder
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Air Management
101 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921

Procedure
All proposals will be reviewed cooperatively by USEPA and the Great Lakes States environmental programs. Final funding decisions will be made by June 30, 1999. Grants will be awarded to approved projects by September 30, 1999. All applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal shortly after the June 30, 1999 final decision date. If necessary, applicants submitting proposals may be asked to make changes to their proposals or provide additional information regarding their project.

For More Information
Please contact Marty Burkholder, Wisconsin DNR, at (608) 264-8855; or Todd Nettesheim, USEPA Region 5, at (312) 353-9153.

Request for Preproposals - Chicago Wilderness - A Regional Nature Reserve (closes 5/19/99)

Funding will be provided through new U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants to Chicago Wilderness and will be administered by The Illinois Conservation Foundation.

To be eligible for review and ranking, preproposals must:

• directly address the priorities and needed actions as stated in the draft Chicago Wilderness Biodiversity Recovery Plan;
• relate directly to biodiversity conservation and education in the Chicago region;
• follow the format and content guidelines.

Criteria for preproposal review (for funding priority)

The Proposal Committee and Coordinating Group will review your proposal based on the extent to which the project:

1. addresses an important conservation, management, or educational need;
2. enables important further work to be accomplished in the Chicago Wilderness area; for example, by providing critical data or services, or by increasing public awareness of the conservation and management of the region's biodiversity;
3. proposes an effective work plan, realistic goals, and a qualified team that can accomplish the work plan;
4. bases its work on sound scientific, educational, policy/planning, or land management techniques;
5. has a reasonable, clearly described and justified budget.

Your completed preproposal must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, May 14th, 1999.   Proposal forms, including the Project Budget Information sheet, will be available on the Chicago Wilderness web page at http://www.chiwild.org

Information is also available from:

David Wachtel
Chicago Wilderness
8 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 900
Chicago, IL  60603
Email: dwachtel@tnc.org

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