The Sea Grant Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative (GLAC) is a federally funded project that seeks to create a regionwide group to foster relevant, science based initiatives that support aquaculture industries in the Great Lakes region that are environmentally responsible, competitive, and sustainable.
Eligibility requirements.
- Recipients include students, current and potential aquaculture producers, and aquaculture speakers from historically excluded or underrepresented groups in Great Lakes states.
- Applicants must live or work primarily in a Great Lakes state (IL, IN, OH, MI, MN, NY, PA, VT, WI).
- Recipients identify as part of an underrepresented group. This can include being a beginning aquaculture farmer.
- Recipients must be 18 years or older.
- Recipients are to use the reimbursement to attend one of the following aquaculture-related events:
- A state aquaculture association meeting in one of the Great Lakes states.
- A Great Lakes state or Great Lakes regional American Fisheries Society Meeting.
- A North Central Regional Aquaculture Center Conference.
- An Aquaculture America Conference.
- A Great Lakes state-specific aquaculture event.
Review:
Funds will be reviewed and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applicants who receive funds will be provided with resources and mentorship prior to and during the aquaculture event they attend.
Application:
Qualtrics form from Michigan State University
Contact:
Emma Hauser, aquaculture outreach and education specialist, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, Wisconsin Sea Grant.