2001-2002
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 established a Science-Policy Advisory Board to guide the project; supported a pilot project designed to strengthen the science-policy linkage on three policy issues; built a web-based Expert Directory of IAGLR scientists and researchers to answer questions from policymakers; converted all back issues of the Journal of Great Lakes Research into an electronic format for the association's web site; and developed advice for strengthening the science-policy linkage for the Great Lakes in the future. This project was undertaken in direct response to IAGLR's Five-Year Plan (1998-2003), which called for the association to increase its outreach to policymakers, among others.
In January 2001, IAGLR created a steering committee to help guide the project. Members of the steering committee are as follows:
Dr. John Hartig
Great Lakes Science-Policy Advisor
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