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Great Lakes Stewardship
Funding Priorities
The goal of the GLFT's Great Lakes Stewardship
grant category is to increase awareness and understanding
of the ecology of the Great Lakes so that Michigan’s
residents become (1) active and effective stewards of the
Great Lakes and (2) advocates for strategies that support
the long-term sustainability of the Great Lakes fisheries.
This goal is being achieved primarily through
the Great
Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI), which the GLFT
has launched with the support of the Wege Foundation and with
the advice and counsel of an Advisory
Group and Funders’ Collaborative. The GLSI supports a proven method of community-based learning in K–12 classrooms across Michigan. In these places, the local environment provides the context for education: students learn academic content while studying issues or problems of local importance. This approach builds students’ enthusiasm for learning and results in higher academic achievement. Click
here for more information about the GLSI.
The GLFT recognizes that there may be worthy stewardship projects that employ structures or strategies other than those used in the GLSI. As stated in its Policy on Great Lakes Stewardship Proposals, the GLFT will consider projects that
- increase awareness and understanding
of the ecology of the Great Lakes so that Michigan’s
residents become (1) active and effective stewards of the
Great Lakes and (2) advocates for strategies that support
the long-term sustainability of the Great Lakes fisheries;
- have stewardship benefits primarily directed to the Lake Michigan basin of the Great Lakes;
- complement and enhance (but not duplicate) existing stewardship efforts in the Great Lakes basin;
- involve sufficient support and collaboration of individuals and/or organizations;
- contribute to Michigan's education reform efforts;
- include a plan for effectively communicating results;
- include a plan to evaluate the project;
- include a plan to sustain the effort beyond the GLFT grant;
- have large benefits relative to the GLFT investment requested;
- involve applicants that have the capacity to administer and complete the proposed project.
Application Information
For information about applying for a grant through the GLSI, click here. To apply for a grant outside of the GLSI, please use this application package:
Proposals can be submitted at any time and must be delivered by email to glft@glft.org as one PDF. Funding decisions are made four times per year (the first Tuesday of the months of February, May, August, and November).
Funded Projects
Information about GLFT-funded stewardship projects
can be found in our searchable
grant database.
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