Sea Lamprey Research Program
Sea Lamprey Research Program supports researchers conducting basic and applied science to improve integrated sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes and develop novel, effective control strategies.
Funder: Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (Pre-proposals and spring pilots) | June 1, 2027 (Invited full proposals) | July 15, 2027 (Fall pilots)
Funding Amounts: Typically $35,000–$150,000 per year for multi-year projects; pilots up to $20,000 USD for one year
Summary: Supports basic and applied research to improve integrated sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes.
Key Information: PIs generally must be permanent employees; qualifying post-docs and Ph.D. students need institutional accountability policies.
Description
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s Sea Lamprey Research Program funds basic and applied science to improve integrated sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes, including novel, effective control strategies. Its competitive, peer-reviewed portfolio is led by the Sea Lamprey Research Board and organized around barriers and trapping, lampricides, assessment, chemosensory communication systems, and genetic control. Cross-cutting projects addressing multiple themes or integrating disciplines are encouraged; work outside existing themes may be considered as non-theme research.
Special topics include extreme weather effects on control, lampricide impacts on non-target organisms, granular Bayluscide effectiveness, and human dimensions of control. The program also invites research addressing fishery management and sea lamprey control issues important to Indigenous Peoples around the Great Lakes, with Indigenous leadership or fully engaged Indigenous partners throughout the project.
