Great Lakes Science & Policy:
Strengthening the Connection

In December 2000, IAGLR was awarded a $176,500 grant from the Joyce Foundation to improve communication between Great Lakes scientists and policymakers. Among other things, this two-year grant will:

• establish a Science-Policy Advisory Board to guide the project;
• support a pilot project designed to strengthen the science-policy linkage on three policy issues;
• build a web-based directory of IAGLR scientists and researchers to answer questions from policymakers;
• convert all back issues of the Journal of Great Lakes Research into an electronic format for the association's web site; and
• develop advice for strengthening the science-policy linkage for the Great Lakes in the future.

This project is being undertaken in direct response to IAGLR's Five-Year Plan (1998-2003), which calls for the association to increase its outreach to policymakers, among others.

For more information, contact IAGLR Past President John Hartig at jhartig@msodetroit.uscg.mil.