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New York's Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program
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New York Sea Grant (NYSG) in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) created the New York’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program to support stakeholder-driven efforts to restore and revitalize the state’s Great Lakes region and demonstrate successful application of ecosystem-based management (EBM).

The Small Grants Program - which is made possible by the New York State Environmental Protection Fund and Article 14 of Environmental Conservation Law - supports local projects that lead to larger-scale activities described in the Great Lakes Action Agenda (GLAA), and is anticipated to be available on an annual basis, depending on funding.

Ecosystem-Based Management: An integrated approach that incorporates the entire ecosystem, including humans, into resource management decisions, and is guided by an adaptive management approach.

In July of 2014, New York State published an interim copy of New York’s Great Lakes Basin Action Agenda, commonly referred to as the Great Lakes Action Agenda (GLAA), an action plan for the application of EBM principles in New York's Great Lakes basin. The document identifies pressing problems and actions which will benefit from holistic approaches needed to protect natural resources, environmental quality and economic development.

This small grants program is designed to support projects that help implement the goals of the GLAA. Each year, new priorities maybe identified, as sub basin work group meetings identify regional and basin wide collaborative actions needed. New York State researchers are encouraged to apply to the New York State Environmental Protection Fund small grants program, administered by the Great Lakes Research Consortium with support from the NYS DEC and New York Great Lakes Basin Advisory Council.