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Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) will be reviewed on May 5−8, 2025 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted virtually and will consider all aspects of IISG’s program including management and organization, performance, engagement, and collaborative activities from 2018 to 2023.

This notice invites you to participate in this review by emailing your comments about IISG to oar.sg-feedback@noaa.gov. Send your thoughts at your earliest convenience—the comment period ends on April 25, 2025. Please include “Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant site review” in the email subject line.

Thank you for assisting us by letting the review team hear from you!

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Got a research idea worth a bigger room? The 2026 State of Lake Michigan Meeting is accepting proposals for symposia and workshops, and we want to hear yours!📅 Nov. 4–6 | Michigan City, IN⏰ Proposals due June 1 at 1 PM ETHelp shape what the Great Lakes research community discusses this year.🔗 Submit at the link in bio.
To every educator who has brought the Great Lakes into their classroom, thank you. 🍎Your curiosity is contagious. Your lessons last. And the students who learn to love these waters? They’ll protect them.Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from all of us at IISG.
Located in Washington, D.C., the Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. This is a one-year fellowship open to any student, regardless of citizenship, who is enrolled toward a degree in a graduate or professional program on the day of the deadline.Students enrolled at an Illinois or Indiana university or college should submit their applications through Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant by emailing Angela Archer at amcbride@purdue.edu. Students in surrounding states without a Sea Grant program should contact the National Sea Grant College Program at oar.sg.fellows@noaa.gov for a referral. Application deadline: June 3, 2026.To learn more about the fellowship, visit the link in bio.