Partnerships | Long Island Sound Study

LISS CCMP Enhancement Award Program

Long Island Sound is one of North America's most urban and biologically diverse estuaries. While the Sound is a resource of extraordinary productivity, it is under significant stress. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) and the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) administer the LISS CCMP Enhancement Award Program to fund innovative, cost-effective project proposals aimed at protecting and restoring the Sound's living resources, water quality, and vital habitats; promoting sound land use, and engaging the public, educators and communities. Annual Enhancement priority topics are selected by the LISS Management Committee based on program needs.

NEIWPCC is seeking applicants to develop a framework for coordinated water quality monitoring in the Sound’s embayments and harbors.  This effort will involve assessing LISS data needs, evaluating current monitoring programs and developing recommendations and other guidance documents.  Eligible applicants include state or local government agencies, interstate water pollution control agencies, private non-profit organizations and institutions, for-profit organizations, and educational institutions, including colleges, universities, and public or private elementary and secondary schools. 

RFP Announcement
Priority Topic
Appendix B
Appendix C

Proposals should be submitted via email as described in the RFP Announcement, and must be uploaded no later than Midnight (EST), Friday, February 3, 2012. For more information on this request for proposal, contact Clair Ryan, NEIWPCC’s Long Island Sound Program Manager.