Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET)

Great Lakes B-WET Funding Opportunities

The Great Lakes B-WET program anticipates a funding opportunity will be available in 2026.

Applicants must register with three different Federal systems before submitting an application. First, obtain an active account with SAM.gov and a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). After you obtain your UEI, you can complete your Grants.gov and eRA Commons registrations. If you anticipate applying for a funding opportunity, it is highly recommended that you begin these registrations as soon as possible.

Get to know Great Lakes B-WET through this video profile of grantee, Huron Pines. Through their partnership with the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative, they bring many organizations together in support of students and teachers who are using the outdoors as a classroom and taking on environmental stewardship projects for their community in the Lake Huron watershed.

Educating the Next Generation About the Great Lakes!

The Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program supports place-based, experiential learning opportunities for youth to promote Great Lakes stewardship. Eligible projects must serve students and educators in the Great Lakes watershed in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin. In the Great Lakes region, funds are provided through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

For more information contact: bwet.program@noaa.gov

Get to know Great Lakes B-WET through this video profile of grantee, Inland Seas Education Association. Through the Great Lakes Watershed Field Course, Inland Seas staff educate students and teachers on the importance of the Great Lakes basin. In 2019, students featured in this video, who were inspired by their Lake Michigan "school-ship" field experience, returned to Ohio and took action in their local watershed.