Greater Lake Superior Foundation Grant Program

The Greater Lake Superior Foundation Grant Program provides $2000 grants annually to support graduate research on Coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior and its tributaries. Eligible applicants must be graduate students from accredited universities in Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, or Wisconsin, focusing on Fisheries Management, Limnology, Ecology, or Biology. Research topics include habitat requirements, migratory behavior, and management activities. Recipients must submit a project summary for publication on the GLSF website.

Each year, the GLSF offers grants of $2000 US each to assist graduate students in research on Coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior or its tributaries. The recipients must be graduate students at a Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario or Wisconsin university or college pursuing a degree in an accredited program of Fisheries Management, Limnology, Ecology, or Biology with a focus in fisheries or a related field. The research may be part of a broader body of work, such as a graduate thesis and the financial assistance added or matched with other funds.
Key areas of research could include, but are not restricted to: Habitat requirements of coasters; Life-history strategies and patterns; Factors limiting coasters in various Lake Superior habitats; Migratory behavior patterns; Interactions with other migratory salmonids; Evaluation of management activities; Watershed restoration approaches toward coaster rehabilitation; Reintroduction strategies including genetic issues; Mapping coaster habitat, such as groundwater outwelling sites. See the Research Projects page of this website for examples.
In exchange for the financial assistance, we require a one page written summary describing the project, specifically for publication on the GLSF website, and the right to link from our website to a PDF of the main body of the research document. We will retain no other rights to the research. The financial assistance will be directed jointly to the intitution and the student and can be spent on equipment, labor or con-sumables, such as fuel or other costs. Equipment purchased from the grant funding will be retained by the institution.

Eligibility

The recipients must be graduate students at a Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario or Wisconsin university or college pursuing a degree in an accredited program of Fisheries Management, Limnology, Ecology, or Biology with a focus in fisheries or a related field.