Michigan Clean Boats, Clean Waters Now Accepting Grant Applications

The Michigan Clean Boats, Clean Waters program has opened the application period for grant funding, and is now accepting applications until January 19, 2024. Now in its fourth year of the grant program, the funding helps support aquatic invasive species outreach efforts, and is open to Michigan organizations furthering efforts to protect local waterways, including lake associations, local government agencies and groups, and nonprofits.

Funding requests can be up to $3,000 dollars each, and the organization has up to $35,000 available for grant funding this year. Funding can be used in a variety of ways, including for signage, supplies and staff time.

Over the last three years Clean Boats, Clean Waters has awarded 31 grants to lake associations, watershed groups, high schools, local units of government, and nonprofit organizations in efforts to help educate the public about aquatic invasive species, and advance efforts to protect local waterways.

For more information, or to apply, visit canr.msu.edu.