Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA R5 GL2022 PC
The "Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components" opportunity is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding announcement aimed at supporting long-term biological monitoring in the Great Lakes, specifically focused on phytoplankton and chlorophyll-a. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the recipient should expect substantial involvement from EPA during the project period (for example, coordination on methods, reporting, schedules, and deliverables). The work sits under GLRI Action Plan III, which reflects a broader, multi-partner effort to restore and protect the Great Lakes through coordinated actions among federal, state, and local agencies, Tribes, businesses, nonprofits, and interested community stakeholders. The GLRI program background and overall goals are referenced through GLRI.us.
Funding is offered through a discretionary program under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 66.469, with EPA as the awarding agency. The announcement anticipates a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1). The total potential funding is up to $3,000,000 over roughly five years, but it is designed as incremental funding of about $600,000 per year rather than a single upfront award. The annual amount effectively functions as the award ceiling for a given budget period, and continuation each year is conditional rather than automatic. In practical terms, the project can run for about five years, but future-year funding depends on factors such as appropriations, overall funding availability, the quality of work produced, and satisfactory performance against the approved scope and deliverables. The notice emphasizes that year-to-year funding is not guaranteed, so applicants need to plan for a multi-year effort that is reviewed and supported in stages.
The applicant pool is described broadly as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which signals that eligibility may extend beyond the standard categories but must be confirmed against the full eligibility language in the official notice. Because the GLRI is explicitly described as collaborative and comprehensive, the opportunity is likely oriented toward organizations with the capacity to coordinate monitoring activities at scale, maintain consistent sampling and analytical methods, manage data quality, and produce reliable outputs that can inform Great Lakes restoration decisions. While the short description does not list specific technical tasks, the title makes clear that the funded work centers on monitoring phytoplankton communities and chlorophyll-a, a widely used indicator for algal biomass and broader water quality and ecosystem condition.
Applications are expected to be built around a detailed, multi-year project design. The EPA requires an annualized budget along with a budget detail narrative, which means applicants need to present costs broken out by year and explain the assumptions behind those costs (staffing, sampling effort, lab analysis, travel, equipment, data management, and other relevant categories). In addition, applicants must include a detailed workplan covering each year of the project, laying out what will be done and when, how progress will be measured, and what deliverables will be produced annually. This format fits the incremental funding approach and helps EPA evaluate whether the project can be successfully implemented and managed over multiple budget periods.
Key administrative details in the source information include the opportunity number (EPA R5 GL2022 PC), the posting timeframe (created December 10, 2021), and the original closing date (February 8, 2022). Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a multi-year, EPA-partnered monitoring investment intended to produce consistent phytoplankton and chlorophyll-a information that supports GLRI restoration planning, tracking of ecological conditions, and basin-wide decision-making across the Great Lakes.Apply for EPA R5 GL2022 PC
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.469.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 10, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 08, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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