Events and Funding

Explore and identify events and funding sources related to coastal resilience and natural hazard issues throughout the Great Lakes Basin. Events range from conferences, workshops and training courses available through public or private venues. Listed funding sources and opportunities will range from research to on-the-ground implementations in support of local and county issues.

Funding Opportunities

  • Great Lakes Protection Fund

    Source: Great Lakes Protection Fund

    The Great Lakes Protection Fund is welcoming brief pre-proposals to test new regional actions to protect and restore the ecological health of the Great Lakes. There are three themes that the fund is currently exploring, including 1) prototypes of insurance, assurance, and financial products for the ecosystem; 2) performance-based green infrastructure competition; and 3) smarter water and healthier lakes. In addition to these broad themes, the fund is also interested in hearing innovative ideas that might not fit into one of these broad themes. The fund does not have formal deadlines for submitting pre-proposals. Rather, the fund suggests that interested applicants contact them to begin a conversation about potential work before any pre-proposals are generated.

    Please Note: This funding opportunitiy is just one of many listed in the NOAA compiled Climate Funding Opportunities document. The full version is released annually and available for download on The Nature Conservancy's Collaboratory for Adaptation to Climate Change website. - See more at:https://adapt.nd.edu/resources/1672

    Eligibility:

    Event Links:
    Great Lakes Protection Fund

  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Green Municipal Fund

    Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities

    Through the Green Municipal Fund, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities funds the best examples of innovation in municipal sustainable development. The funded work must aim to achieve significant environmental impacts and have the potential to be replicated in other Canadian communities. The fund provides support for three types of initiatives (plans, studies, and projects) in five sectors of municipal activity (including brownfields, energy, transportation, waste, and air).

    Please Note: This funding opportunitiy is just one of many listed in the NOAA compiled Climate Funding Opportunities document. The full version is released annually and available for download on The Nature Conservancy's Collaboratory for Adaptation to Climate Change website. - See more at:https://adapt.nd.edu/resources/1672

    Eligibility:

    Municipal governments and their partners (this includes cities, counties, regional governments, towns, townships, villages, local boards, regulatory authorities, and improvement districts).

    Event Links:
    Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Green Municipal Fund

  • The Kresge Foundations - Current Grant Opportunities

    Source: The Kresge Foundation

    This foundation's environment program launched an initiative that funds community-driven efforts directing support toward 1) climate resilience in coastal cities and regions; 2) climate resilience and urban opportunity; 3) sustainable water-resources management in a changing climate; and 4) urban energy resilience. The Kresge Foundation provides funding through invited applications as well as unsolicited proposals.

    Information about the environment program: www.kresge.org/programs/environment

    Please Note: This funding opportunitiy is just one of many listed in the NOAA compiled Climate Funding Opportunities document. The full version is released annually and available for download on The Nature Conservancy's Collaboratory for Adaptation to Climate Change website. - See more at:https://adapt.nd.edu/resources/1672

     

     
    Eligibility:

    U.S. based 501(c)(3) organizations (and Canadian equivalents). Government entities are also eligible.

    Event Links:
    The Kresge Foundation

  • The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

    Source: The Erb Family Foundation

    The Foundation's mission is to nurture environmentally healthy and culturally vibrant communities in metro Detroit, consistent with sustainable business models, and support initiatives to restore the Great Lakes Ecosystem. The Foundation is focused on improving water quality, in the watersheds impacting metro Detroit and Bayfield, Ontario; promoting environmental health, justice and equitable development; and supporting the arts as a means to strengthen the metropolitan Detroit region.

    Eligibility:

    The Erb Family Foundation will only consider requests from eligible non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations for: 1) The development or significant expansion of programs that meet our desired outcomes; 2) General operating support for organizations whose core work fits our mission. Matching funds or other conditions may be required for these grants. The Foundation generally does not provide support directly to individuals or units of government, nor for loans, grants to support religious activities, capital projects, research (unless solicited by the Foundation), fundraising events or conferences.

    Event Links:
    The Erb Family Foundation

  • Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative

    Source: Department of Interior

    Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) are a network of partnerships working for the sustainability of America's land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. Partnerships include federal, state, and local governments, tribes, universities, NGOs, landowners, as well as other stakeholders. These cooperatives (21 in total, representing different geographic areas of the country) build upon existing science and conservation efforts that preserve water and land resources, as well as cultural partnerships. Periodically, LCCs offer grants that support their core functions. Interested applicants should check the website below to remain apprised to upcoming funding opportunities.

    This year, the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC has identified five distinct areas of research this year that will inform effective conservation and management by resource practitioners and decision-makers. Research projects under consideration for 2014 funding must address one or more of the following science needs:

    • Identifying high priority coastal wetland areas for the Great Lakes region
    • Identifying high risk areas for coastal erosion, sediment sources and accretion areas, and best management practices to address sediment transport concerns across the Great Lakes
    • Facilitate integration of climate change information and strategies into State Wildlife Action Plans in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region
    • Sustaining forest habitats and productivity in the context of invasive, non-native insects and disease
    • Designing landscapes to meet natural resources objectives now and into the future

    Additional details on the science needs, format and timetable for submitting proposals can be found in the full funding announcement at grants.gov.

     Please Note: This funding opportunitiy is just one of many listed in the NOAA compiled Climate Funding Opportunities document. The full version is released annually and available for download on The Nature Conservancy's Collaboratory for Adaptation to Climate Change website. 

    Eligibility:

    Unrestricted, however, interested applicants are encouraged to contact LCC Coordinator John Rogner or Science Coordinator Brad Potter prior to submitting an application package.

    Event Links:
    Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC Grant Opportunity Announcement Upper Midwest and Great Lakes LCC Grant Opportunity Announcement
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