The mission of the Great Lakes Fishery Trust is to provide funding to non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies to enhance, protect, and rehabilitate Great Lakes fishery resources. The GLFT has several funding categories, each of which has a different application process. Please click on the funding category that interests you:

• Ecosystem health and sustainable fish populations
• Access to the Great Lakes fishery
• Great Lakes Stewardship
• Land acquisition for any of the above purposes
• Special projects

For general information on the GLFT's policies pertaining to all funding categories, please click here.

The application timetable for all of the GLFT's grant categories is below.

Click here to visit our searchable grant database.