Deadline: 14-Mar-25
The Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program (GLFMSP) helps EPA satisfy statutory requirements under section 118 of the Clean Water Act to establish a Great Lakes system-wide surveillance network to monitor the water quality of the Great Lakes, with a special emphasis on the monitoring of toxic pollutants.
The goals of the GLFMSP are to collect, analyze, and report contaminant concentrations in Great Lakes top-predator fish, improve understanding of contaminant cycling throughout food webs in the Great Lakes, and screen for emerging chemicals in fish tissue to identify priority chemicals warranting future study.
Program Purpose
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program (GLFMSP) is a long-term monitoring program designed to:
- collect, analyze, and report contaminant concentrations in Great Lakes top-predator fish (Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycus) and Walleye (Sander vitreus),
- improve understanding of contaminant cycling throughout food webs in the Great Lakes, and
- screen for emerging chemicals in fish tissue to identify priority chemicals warranting future trend analysis and study.
Funding Information
- Up to $7,200,000 may be awarded under this NOFO over approximately six years, consisting of incremental funding of about $1,200,000 per year, contingent on the quality of applications received, funding availability, future appropriations, satisfactory performance of work, and other applicable considerations.
Program Activities
- Applicants must propose program activities that support the following general goals of the program:
- Annually analyze homogenized fish tissue from Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Program (GLFMSP) stations in the Great Lakes;
- Assess concentrations and trends (both spatial and temporal) of persistent toxic chemicals in Great Lakes top-predator fish;
- Identification of new or emerging chemical threats to the Great Lakes;
- Reporting of results to support Great Lakes ecosystem assessments.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only these types of organizations may apply:
- Indian Tribe.
- State & Local Governments.
- Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs).
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Qualified non-federal entities eligible to apply include non-federal governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and institutions. This includes state agencies; any agency or instrumentality of local government; interstate agencies; federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations; colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations; and other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations. “For profit” organizations, federal agencies, and individuals are not eligible applicants.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.