January/February 2015

Funding for Great Lakes Research: Three Opportunities Available Deadline for Pre-Proposals: March 6 Michigan Sea Grant recently released a biennial call for proposals. We are seeking three types of projects for the next research funding cycle, from 2016-2018. For the...

December 2014

Preparing For Launch: Knauss Fellows Ready to Step Into the Future Alison Stevens, or Ali as she is known in the Sea Grant office, is a newly placed Knauss Fellow, a recent University of Michigan-School of Natural Resources and Environment graduate, a post-grad...

November 2014

Stakeholder Engagement Key To Successful Michigan Sea Grant Federal Site Review Michigan Sea Grant welcomed a site review team as part of a regularly scheduled program evaluation on October 28-29. Once every 4 years, a site review team visits each of the 33 Sea Grant...

Summer 2014

New Research Projects Examine Muck, Great Lakes Knowledge, Sustainable Harbors and Open Channels Michigan Sea Grant is funding four new, two-year research projects focused on wicked problems in the Great Lakes region. The projects follow an Integrated Assessment...

March/April 2014

Dangerous Currents In thinking ahead to swimming season, learning about potential hazards before hitting the water can save your life. Dangerous currents occur throughout the Great Lakes and are very common along the shore of Lake Michigan. The currents do not pull a...

December 2013

Creating Vibrant Coastal Communities Coastal communities in the Great Lakes face a challenge when trying to balance natural resources with human needs. This balance is crucial to creating vibrant coastal communities. The term used to summarize such multi-use,...