Sound science is critical to informing the management and protection of Lake Champlain and its Basin. Since 1992, the LCBP and its partner organizations have funded numerous projects by universities, consultants, research foundations, nonprofit organizations, and others. These projects range from scientific research, to best management demonstration projects, to education and outreach. Technical reports resulting from many of these projects are available in our publications database.

Below are the current Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Earlier RFPs have been included for reference. Please click on the link to view the complete RFP in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

There are currently no open RFPs through the LCBP. Please check back in the spring of 2011.

All proposals must follow the Technical Proposal Format Requirements.

Request for Proposals for Research 2012 - 2014. The Lake Champlain Sea Grant requests proposals for applied research to improve understanding, use, and management of Lake Champlain and Lake George, the Basin's inland waters, and the Great Lakes in general. Due August 19, 2011.

• Request for Proposals

• VT ANR: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy [Closed 6/15/11]
• CCRPC: Chittenden County Stream Team [Closed 4/22/11]
• Quantifying the extent and effect of shoreline development on littoral habitat in Lake Champlain [Closed 12/15/10]
• Survival and Dispersal of Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass following Catch-and-release Tournament Angling in Lake Champlain [Closed 12/15/10]
• Assessing Fish Passage and Connectivity in a Lake Champlain Tributary [Closed 12/15/10]
• A Synoptic Assessment of Mercury and Re-evaluation of PCBs in Lake Champlain Fishes – Northeast Regional TMDL Phase II Reassessment [Closed 12/15/10]
• Water Quality Improvement Grants for Agricultural Operations in the Southern Lake Champlain Watershed [Closed 10/21/10]
• VT NRCS: RFP for Alternative Manure Management Program [Closed 10/10]
• VT Center for Clean and Clear: Request for Pre-Proposals for Ecosystem Restoration Grants [Closed 10/1/10]
• VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets: Livestock exclusion from streams and Enhanced management of ditch systems adjacent to annual crop fields [Closed 8/27/10]
• Lake Champlain Sea Grant: RFP for Research 2011-2013 [Closed 8/13/10]
• Targeted Watershed Implementation Initiative Development of Farm-Specific Action Plans [Closed 7/30/10]
• NEIWPCC: Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Demonstrations in New York and New Jersey [Closed 5/14/10]
• Climate change projections and impact on the hydrologic regime of Lake Champlain tributaries [Closed: 5/7/10]
• State of Vermont: Request for nonpoint source pollution reduction project proposals [Closed: 5/7/10]
• Road drainage network impacts to Lake Champlain water quality [Closed: 5/3/10]
• Determining the contribution of internal phosphorus loading to Missisquoi Bay [Closed: 3/5/10]
• Identifying Critical Source Areas of Phosphorus Pollution [Closed: 3/5/10]
• Nutrient Management Planning in the Missisquoi Bay Watershed [Closed: 11/17/06]
• Funding for Innovative Approaches to Improving Water Quality Through Agricultural Nutrient Management (Poultney-Mettowee NRCD) [Closed: 10/13/06]
• Feasibility Study for the Control of Internal Phosphorus Loading in St. Albans Bay, Lake Champlain (VT DEC Website) [Closed: 08/01/06]
• Watershed Restoration Projects in the Lake Champlain Basin [Closed: 06/30/06]
• Lake Champlain Byway Website Design Services [Closed: 1/13/06]
• Lake Champlain Byway Website Design [Closed: 10/07/05]
• Update of Lake Champlain Basin Land Use Data and Nonpoint Source Phosphorus Loading Analysis [Closed: 04/08/05]
• Watershed Restoration Projects in the Lake Champlain Basin [Closed: 02/11/05]
• Demonstrating Technologies for Reducing Nutrients in Farm Waste Streams [Closed: 06/04/04]
• An Evaluation of Herbicides and Other Factors that Have the Potential to be Contributing to Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Champlain [Closed: 05/17/04]
• Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Egg Survival [Closed: 05/14/04]
• Request for proposals for a study of sediment phosphorus concentrations in St. Albans Bay, Lake Champlain, VT DEC. Visit www.vtwaterquality.org/grants.htm for more information. [Closed: 04/30/04]
• LCBP RFP: Integrated Ecological-Economic Cost Benefit Analysis [Closed: 10/03/03]
• LAKE CHAMPLAIN SEA GRANT RFP: Lake Champlain Research Initiative for 2003-04 [Closed: 08/15/03] (links to LC Sea Grant website for more information).
• Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling of Causeway Removal at Carry Bay in Lake Champlain (North Hero, Vermont) [Closed: 02/07/03]
  
• Demonstrating Innovative, Low-Cost Methods for Controlling Pathogens in Agricultural Runoff [Closed: 9/16/02]
  
• Stormwater Management and Smart Growth Outreach [Closed: 6/21/02]
  
• Development of Policy Options for Reducing Phosphorus Loads to Lake Champlain [Closed: 12/12/01]
  
• Alternative Manure Management Technology Coordination [Closed: 11/19/01]
  
• Lake Champlain Public Attitudes Survey [Closed: 5/18/01]
  
• Framework for Heritage Program Implementation [Closed: 4/23/01]
  
• Demonstrating Practical Methods for Controlling Pathogens in Agricultural Runoff [Closed: 10/20/00]
  
• Animal Feed Education Demonstration Project [Closed: 8/18/00]
  
• Lake Champlain Ecological Indicators [Closed: 11/05/99]
  
• Lake Champlain Food Web Linkages [Closed: 5/28/99]