Funding Opportunities
The Merced MLRP includes multiple funding opportunities for projects that help reduce reliance on groundwater while providing community health, economic well-being, water supply, habitat, and/or renewable energy benefits. To be considered, projects must provide a public benefit for at least ten years, and align with the broader MLRP Program goals as well as with regional land repurposing and Groundwater Sustainability Strategies in the Merced Subbasin.
Information on Project Solicitations
Funding is available NOW for projects that provide meaningful benefits to disadvantaged communities in the Merced Subbasin. On April 25, 2025 the Merced MLRP released a special funding solicitation for Community Benefit Projects. Please note this is a new solicitation, separate from the RFP for Implementation Projects, which closed on March 14, 2025.
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Please contact us for a free consultation about project ideas.
Current
Past
Upcoming
Requests for Projects (RFPs) and Application Forms
Community Benefit Project Funding (APPLY NOW)
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Implementation Project Funding: Application Window is CLOSED (as of March 14, 2025)
Project Development Funding: Solicitation
Coming Summer 2025
The Merced MLRP will release an additional funding solicitation for the design and permitting of projects that will not be implemented prior to the end of the grant period (March 30, 2027).
Updates and information on this RFP will be posted on this page when available. Sign-up for email announcements and updates HERE.
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