published July 21, 2010
Great Lakes

GLISTEN Awards Planning Grants

Amanda Moodie, Program Assistant

Earlier this spring, the GLISTEN (Great Lakes Stewardship Through Education Network) project awarded five planning grants to facilitate meetings of faculty, students, and administrators from two- and four- year institutions with members of their communities to discuss ways to increase Great Lakes stewardship in their respective regions. Grants were $10,000. At the conclusion of the planning period, planning grantees submitted applications to become full Collaborative Clusters. Subgrant recipients will be announced in the fall, following an intense review of proposals by GLISTEN program staff and Advisory Board members.


Clusters that received planning grants this spring include:


Brockport Cluster (Rochester/Brockport, New York)

  • Great Lake - Ontario
  • Lead Institution - SUNY at Brockport
  • Coordinator - Jim Haynes, jhaynes@brockport.edu


Buffalo Cluster (Buffalo, New York)

  • Great Lake - Erie
  • Lead Institution - Daemen College
  • Coordinator - Stephanie Malinenko, smalinen@daemen.edu


Erie Cluster (Erie, Pennsylvania)

  • Great Lake - Erie
  • Lead Institution - Gannon University
  • Coordinator - Gretchen Fairley, fairley002@gannon.edu


Grand Rapids Cluster (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

  • Great Lake - Michigan
  • Lead Institution - Grand Valley State University
  • Coordinator - Elena Lioubimtseva, lioubime@gvsu.edu


Milwaukee Cluster (Greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Photograph by NOAA/GLERL