NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you run a conservation non-profit or agency aligned with Great Lakes fishery management, this covers major habitat restoration work with awards up to $30M.
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What this is
This is a competitive grant program supporting habitat restoration work in the eight U.S. Great Lakes states. Funded projects must address either toxic substances and areas of concern (GLRI Focus Area 1) or habitat restoration for native Great Lakes fish species (GLRI Focus Area 4). Priority is given to projects identified by Lake Committees as Environmental Priorities. This is mission-driven conservation funding for organizations with demonstrated capacity to execute environmental restoration work at scale.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants likely include state/provincial fishery agencies, intertribal authorities, non-profits, and universities working on Great Lakes habitat restoration. Solo founders and most startups are not the intended audience. See 'Additional Information on Eligibility' in original solicitation for full details.
Eligible applicant types
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
The principal objective of the NOAA Great Lakes Fish Habitat Restoration Partnership Grants competition is to provide federal financial and technical assistance to habitat restoration projects that meet NOAA's mission to restore coastal habitats and support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) (https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-10/documents/glri-action-plan-3-201910-30pp.pdf) goal to protect and restore habitats to sustain healthy populations of native fish species in the eight U.S. Great Lakes states. Proposals submitted under this solicitation will be evaluated based on alignment with our program priorities, including: 1) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 1 (Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern) goals to implement management actions within Areas of Concern (AOC), and 2) contribution to GLRI Focus Area 4 (Habitats and Species) goals to restore habitat for native Great Lakes fish species whose populations have been impacted by habitat degradation. Through this solicitation, we intend to address GLRI Focus Area 4 goals by prioritizing a subset of habitat restoration projects identified by the Lake Committees as Environmental Priorities to meet fish community objectives for Great Lakes fish species. Lake Committees are composed of senior officials from state, provincial, and U.S. intertribal fishery agencies, convened by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Together, they are responsible for managing the Lakes’ fisheries and developing plans and guidance to sustain healthy populations of Great Lakes commercial and recreational fish species. *Please note that the Project Abstract Summary Form is not required in the Application.
Topics: great lakes restoration · fish habitat · environmental priorities · coastal habitat restoration · glri funding
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