ML 2008 PROPOSAL & FUNDING PROCESS
2008
Projects (updated 5/26/08)
The
LCCMR funding
recommendations for projects to begin July 1, 2008, were adopted by the
legislature on Sunday, May 18, and signed into law by the Governor on
Friday,
May 23. The final version of the bill appears in Conference Committee
Report on S.F.
2492 and
the
final language will appear in M.L. 2008 Chapter
367, SF 2492 (HF 2745). All appropriations were passed at
the exact funding levels recommended by the LCCMR. A total of
nearly $23.5
million, primarily from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust
Fund, has
been appropriated to 72 individual projects around the state. Projects
will
protect and improve habitat and water quality, collect essential
natural
resource information, and provide environmental education.
- Peer
Review
for 5 Research Projects in 2008
Recommendations (updated
01/24/08)
Proposals
for 2008 funding from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund
*In response to the RFP for the
approximately $22.8
million in funding beginning July 1, 2008, 118 proposals requesting a
total of $98.5 million were received.
After full consideration of all proposals received, the LCCMR made
final allocation recommendations for
72 individual projects on 10/30/07. These recommendations ranged from
full funding for the full project and $ amount requested to partial
funding for specific project elements and partial $ amount requested.
- Summary of 2008 proposal categories (pdf file)
- Table of 2008 proposals with a pdf link to each proposal
- Peer Review for 5 Research Projects in 2008 Recommendations
- 2008 Request for Proposal (RFP) (pdf file)
- Instructions for presenters (pdf file)
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
- October 9, 2007 (pdf file)
- October 10, 2007 (pdf file)
- October 15, 2007 (pdf file)
- October 16, 2007 (pdf file)
- October 22, 2007 (pdf file)
ALLOCATIONS: October 29-30, 2007
PROCESS UPDATE (updated 10/12/2007)
The LCCMR members will be reviewing all of the proposals. Those selected for further consideration will be invited to a 30 minute session before the commission in October. (See the calendar for scheduled meeting dates.) The sessions will include a 5-10 minute presentation with 20-25 minutes available for question and answers. All project managers will be contacted by LCCMR staff as to their status.
On October
9, LCCMR members finalized their decision about which of the proposals
received
for 2008 funding should be brought in to present before the commission.
This first cut effectively narrowed the number of
proposals still under
consideration from the original 118 received, requesting a total of
$98.5
million, down to 63 proposals, requesting a total of $79.6 million.
This narrowing process is necessary because the $22.8
million in Trust
Fund dollars available for 2008 were cumulatively requested at a rate
of more
than four dollars to every one dollar available.
Proposal presentations will occur through October 22 and
further
narrowing will occur as commission members make allocation decisions on
October
29-30.
