North Central Water Network's Successful Proposals

by Rick Koelsch and Rebecca Powers, 1/15/15

The North Central Region Water Network just announced funding for four seed projects in 2015. These seed grants are financed by the Extension Deans/Directors of the North Central region and designed to build regional collaborative teams addressing water issues.

The Network funds three types of projects including 1) Planning projects that lead to competitive grant proposals or other funding opportunities, 2) program delivery projects to support new multi-state Extension programming and 3) professional development for extension professionals on water related topics.

Additional information about the North Central Water Network and their funding opportunities are available at their web site. You can also participate in discussion among water resource professionals in the region by posting and subscribing the listserv maintained by the Network: 
Posting Address               ncrwater@lists.wisc.edu

Subscribe Address          join-ncrwater@lists.wisc.edu

Unsubscribe Address     leave-ncrwater@lists.wisc.edu

The 2015 funded proposals include:

Title: Increasing Volunteer Nutrient Monitoring and Outreach with Extension across States

Lead investigator: Kris Stepenuck (WI), kris.stepenuck@ces.uwex.edu, (608) 265-3887
Participating states: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin

Award Amount: $26,480

Title: Mapping the Pathways for Effective Information Dissemination and Education between Manure Nutrient Management Agriculture Professionals

Lead investigator: Erin Cortus (SD), erin.cortus@sdstate.edu, (605) 688-5144

Participating states: Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota

Award Amount: $25,658

Title: Watershed Management:  Developing Leadership Capacity in Collaboration and Civic Engagement for Collective Action
Lead investigators: Joe Bonnell (OH), 614-292-9383, bonnell.8@osu.edu and Barbara Radke (MN)
Participating states: Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin

Award Amount: $22,945

Title: Capacity Building Workshop for Irrigation Professionals in the North Central Region

Lead investigator: Joshua Stamper (MN), jstamper@umn.edu, 612-626-4986

Participating states:, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota

Award Amount: $16,034 (approximate)