The Great Lakes Protection Fund welcomes brief preproposals to test new regional actions to protect and restore the ecological health of the Great Lakes. We are ready to support a new set of project teams and we welcome the chance to discuss your ideas and explore how we can work together to make the Great Lakes healthier.
Preproposals received by August 3, 2015 can be considered for support at the Fund’s December 2015 board meeting. We welcome (and encourage) early submittals, inquiries and conversations.
Below are themes we are currently exploring. Please review them for ideas but they should not necessarily limit what you consider proposing. We are interested in your innovative ideas even if they don’t fit neatly into one of these categories.
· Prototypes of Insurance, Assurance & Financial Products for the Ecosystem
· Performance-Based Green Infrastructure Competition
· Smarter Water – Healthier Lakes
To find out more about this call for preproposals, please visit our Projects Wanted page. For information about how an idea becomes a grant, visit our Submitting an Idea page.
We welcome your ideas, questions, suggestions, solutions, and not-yet-fully-formed enquiries. Give us a call at 847-425-8150, leave a comment on the blog, or start a conversation.
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation formed in 1989 by the Governors of the Great Lakes states. It is a permanent environmental endowment that supports projects that lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem; promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and economic systems; and are innovative, creative, and venturesome.
To date, the Fund had made 260 grants and program related investments representing more than $73.4 million in regional projects to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Contact:
Stephanie Lindloff, Project Development Manager, slindloff@glpf.org | 847-425-8193
David Rankin, Program Director, drankin@glpf.org | 847-425-8150
Source: Great Lakes Protection Fund