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2026-27 Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Projects is sponsored by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York Sea Grant. Funding for projects benefiting New York's Great Lakes basin by demonstrating the application of ecosystem-based management approaches to local watershed challenges and implementing Great Lakes Action Agenda priorities.
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Healthy Coastal Ecosystems Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture Resilient Communities & Economies Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development Healthy Coastal Ecosystems Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture Resilient Communities & Economies Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development NYSG and NYSDEC Announce $200K in Funding for 2026-27 Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Projects NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Extension News > Extension News The 2025 application deadline for New York’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program is March 27, 2026, at 4:30 PM.
For more, See the Great Lakes Small Grants Hub's "Apply for Funding" page.... NYSG and NYSDEC Announce Nearly $200K in Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Project Awards NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Extension News > Extension News $2 Million have been invested since 2015 to support projects that enhance the health and resilience of New York State’s Great Lakes lands and waters....
Empowering Communities Through Local Plan Implementation Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2025) Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories Small grants projects converted eight local community plans into action, utilizing ecosystem-based management principles to advance NY’s Great Lakes Action Agenda....
Publications: Success Stories Education News > Education News Education News > Success Stories Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories Research > Success Stories Included in this annual review are over 40 summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources that support local communities, businesses, and individuals....
NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program Requesting Proposals for 2025-26 NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Extension News > Extension News NYSDEC and New York Sea Grant announce $200,000 in funding now available for projects to implement Great Lakes Action Agenda priorities....
New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program 2023 Projects Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024) Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories Small grants produce significant results for Great Lakes region communities...
New York's Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program The Small Grants Program 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....
NYSG and NYSDEC Announce Over $388K in Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Project Awards NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Extension News > Extension News Over $388K in grant awards, supported via a NYSG-NYSDEC partnership, funds eight NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants projects to address the diverse environmental needs of waterfront communities in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River region....
In Media: Town of Butler Receives Grant to Enhance Town Properties NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News This project, which received some Great Lakes Small Grants funding, will assist the Town of Butler to enhance the Mill Pond through a community-driven planning process, to develop needed improvements and to facilitate the initiation of a community-based effort for continued management....
NYSG Featured in NYSDEC's 2020-2022 Great Lakes Program Progress Report New York's Great Lakes - News Extension News > Extension News People and communities are benefiting from collaborative projects, including a number of them with Sea Grant, to restore New York's Great Lakes resources...
On YouTube: Spotlight on Environmental Justice Stewards Pilot Program NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Education News > Education News During the10-week Environmental Justice Stewards Pilot Program, students analyzed and graphed local data to identify trends that they later shared in a scientific report and through creative ways, which include posters, infographics, music, and short videos....
Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Projects Engage Youth Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023) Education News > Education News Education News > Success Stories Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories NYSG, in partnership with NYS DEC, administers New York’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program to benefit diverse coastal stakeholders, including youth....
NYSG and NYSDEC Announce $460,000 Available in Grants for Great Lakes Basin Projects NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Funding to support projects that implement Great Lakes Action Agenda Priorities, local priorities to restore and protect Great Lakes Lands and Waters 2023; Applications for funding due March 1, 2023....
On Air: Small Grant Programs of Both GLRC, NYSG Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - News Extension News > Extension News "We fund a Great Lakes small grants program as well as the [Great Lakes] Research Consortium does," says Dave White, New York Sea Grant's Coastal Recreation and Tourism Specialist....
On Air: Spotlight on Great Lakes Research Consortium's Small Grants Great Lakes Boating & Marine Trades - News Extension News > Extension News "All the issues that we talk about, whether it be water quality, socioeconomics, harmful algal blooms, invasive species, you know, a lot of times what folks don't realize is there's a large cadre of researchers and students behind that at our great universities."
New York’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants: 2021 Grants Underwrite Outreach to Engage Youth Audiences Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022) Education News > Education News Education News > Success Stories Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories New York Sea Grant administers a small grants program in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to advance New York’s Great Lakes Basin Action Agenda priorities....
New York’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants: A Projects Dashboard for the Program Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022) Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories New York Sea Grant’s new interactive, online dashboard provides information on Great Lakes Basin Small Grant projects’ accomplishments and inspires future applications....
New York Coastlines, Spring 2022 In Media: Clarkson Professors Partner to Bolster Training of Tomorrow’s Watershed Stewards NY Great Lakes Basin / Marine Small Grants Programs - News Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News The goal of the project is to expand Project WHIRL, a K-12 program developed as a volunteer program for school-aged children by the Indian River Lakes Conservancy.
The project focused on aquatic resource stewardship in the northeast region of New York State....
Small Grants, Big Impacts: Making NY’s Coastal Resources Accessible for All NY Great Lakes Basin / Marine Small Grants Programs - News Extension News > Extension News Small grants funding through a NYSDEC collaboration with NYSG is creating big opportunities for sportsmen, residents, and visitors to access New York’s aquatic resources statewide....
NYSG and NYSDEC Announce $400,000 Available in Grants for Great Lakes Basin Projects NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Awards of up to $50,000 per project will be available from the New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program. Proposals must be submitted by 4:30 p. m.
EST on July 1, 2022.... $199,801 Awarded for 8 Small Grants Engaging Youth in Great Lakes Environmental Conservation NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News Great Lakes Basin Small Grants are awarded by New York Sea Grant, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation....
New York Coastlines, Summer 2021 Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News In Media: Genesee River Wilds Signs Mark the Way NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News A new Genesee River Blueway Map, funded via a small grant program through a NYSDEC-NYSG partnership, is ready for use by canoeists and kayakers who wish to explore and connect with the river....
New York Coastlines, Spring 2021 Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News On Air: Next Round of Great Lakes Small Grants Must Involve Youth NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News Dave White talks with Finger Lakes Radio about a pot of $200,000 being offered (via a partnership program of NYSG and NYSDEC) for clubs, organizations or agencies who want to create a project for the Great Lakes Watershed...
On Air: $25,000 Available for Projects Engaging Youth to Address Local Watershed Challenges NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News NYSG's Dave White shared with 93Q Syracuse that the coastal program, along with NYSDEC, is offering grants of up to $25,000 for project that engage youth under the age of 21 with local watershed challenges....
On YouTube: Engaging Youth in the Health and Fun of the Great Lakes NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News As shared on Spectrum News, NY Sea Grant is working with NYSDEC to provide $200,000 for area groups and agencies that want to take on a project that would improve the Great Lakes Watershed....
On YouTube: NY Sea Grant Teaching Kids About the Environment NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News As NYSG shares with the hosts of the "Bridge Street" morning show, the coastal program is partnering with the NYSDEC on a small grants program to help engage youth and build the next generation of environmental stewards....
In Media: What's New for Genesee River Kayakers This Spring and Summer? New Signage Aids Adventures NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News A new Genesee River Blueway Map, funded via a small grant program through a NYSDEC-NYSG partnership, is ready for use by canoeists and kayakers who wish to explore and connect with the river....
NYSG Featured in NYSDEC's 2018-2020 Great Lakes Program Progress Report New York's Great Lakes - News Extension News > Extension News People and communities are benefiting from collaborative projects, including a number of them with Sea Grant, to restore New York's Great Lakes resources...
Projects Directly Involving Youth the Focus of $200,000 in Grants Available via NYSDEC and NYSG NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release 2021 applications for funding are due April 30th for grants now available to support projects that engage youth in implementing Great Lakes Action Agenda priorities....
NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program Supports Community-Based Projects Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2021) Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories New York Sea Grant manages the New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program to the benefit of diverse coastal communities...
In Media: Genesee River Blueway Map Launched NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News A new Genesee River Blueway Map, funded via a small grant program through a NYSDEC-NYSG partnership, is ready for use by canoeists and kayakers who wish to explore and connect with the river....
Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News Earth Day at 50: New York Sea Grant looks at the past, present, and future Education News > Education News In celebration of 50 years of Earth Day, NYSG joins NOAA, its federal parent agency, to examine some of its education programs that are making a measurable difference for the environment....
New York Coastlines, Spring 2020 Publications - Articles / Web Extras Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News More than $1 Million in Small Grants Support NY Great Lakes Action Projects 2015-2019 Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2020) Education News > Education News Education News > Success Stories Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants encourage community- and stakeholder-driven ecosystem-based management applications...
New York Coastlines, Winter 2020 Publications - Articles / Web Extras Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News In Media: New map will connect Genesee River kayakers, communities NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News This 2017-18 project is among eight community-based projects in the state that will receive a portion of $199,575 in grant money from New York Sea Grant and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation....
In Media: St. Lawrence County Chamber gathering tourism ideas for Lake St. Lawrence NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News This 2019-20 project is among nine community-based projects in the state that will receive a portion of $200,000 in grant money from New York Sea Grant and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation....
In Media: Professor’s Research Warns of Potential Mercury Release in Upper St. Lawrence River NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News Findings from a NYSG-funded Great Lakes small grant project will appear in an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Great Lakes Research this June....
NY Sea Grant and DEC Award $200,155 to Nine Great Lakes Action Agenda Projects NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - Press Release Extension News > Extension News As part of a press conference and visit to the greater eastern Lake Ontario region in early August, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new suite of community-based projects focused on enhancing ecological and economic resiliency throughout the Great Lakes watershed....
New York Coastlines, Early Summer 2019 Publications - Articles / Web Extras Education News > Education News In Media: Additional Funding Announced for Restore the Gorge Effort NY Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program - News Extension News > Extension News 'Restore the Gorge' is an effort to transform the ecological health of the Niagara River Gorge and rim by controlling invasive species and planting native trees, shrubs, grasses and flowers in the Niagara Gorge from the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center to Devil's Hole State Park....
Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News NYSG Featured in NYSDEC's 2016-2018 Great Lakes Program Progress Report New York's Great Lakes - News Extension News > Extension News People and communities are benefiting from collaborative projects, including a number of them with Sea Grant, to restore New York's Great Lakes resources...
New York Coastlines, Late Winter 2019 Publications - Articles / Web Extras Education News > Education News Extension News > Extension News Great Lakes’ Environmental, Economic, Educational Value Noted in NY Sea Grant Impact Series Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2019) - Press Release Education News > Education News Education News > Success Stories Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories The environmental, economic, and educational benefits of Great Lakes-focused projects spanning Lake Erie to the 1000 Islands region are highlighted in the 2019 New York Sea Grant series of impact statements....
On YouTube: NY’s Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2019) Extension News > Extension News Extension News > Success Stories New York Great Lakes Basin Small Grants encourage stakeholder-driven ecosystem-based management application...
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Stakeholder-driven efforts including non-profits, municipalities, local governments, public agencies, and educational institutions implementing Great Lakes Action Agenda priorities. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $200,000 total Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is March 27, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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Review timelines vary by funder. Federal agencies typically take 3-6 months from submission to award notification. Foundation grants may be faster, often 1-3 months. Check the program's timeline in the official solicitation for specific dates.
Many federal programs offer multi-year funding or allow competitive renewals. Check the official solicitation for continuation and renewal policies. Non-competing continuation applications are common for multi-year awards.