The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin receives $5 million per biennial budget from the Wisconsin State Legislature. These funds are distributed to the UW institutions through a Request for Proposal process. Questions about RFPs or grants that have been awarded? Please email rfp-questions@uwm.edu.
Award Change Requests
If you have a current award from the Freshwater Collaborative and need to request a change to program timeline, activities, partners, PI, lead institution, funding, or project goals and objectives, please use the form below.
Funds designated for salary and fringe vary from what was approved in the original grant. No additional funds can be moved to salary and fringe, and no funds from fringe and salary can be moved to other categories.
Award Change Request FormReporting Requirements
Annual evaluation surveys are due Oct. 31. The annual survey gathers progress updates and outcomes that took place between Sept. 1, 2024, and Aug. 31, 2025. For projects involving multiple campuses, please coordinate with co-PIs to gather the necessary data to complete the survey for ALL participating campuses.
Data from ALL participating institutions should be collected and provided in ONE survey per grant.
Here is a link to the PDF of the questions you will be asked. Evaluation Surveys
Please note important details below:
- For projects involving multiple campuses, coordinate with co-PIs to gather the necessary data to complete ONE survey for ALL participating campuses.
- Budget numbers must be submitted for each campus that received funding.
- If you need to stop the survey and complete it later, you may do so. Use your customized link to resume.
- If you are a PI on more than one grant, you complete and submit the surveys using the customized link for each individual grant.
If you have questions, contact us at freshwater-collab@uwm.edu.