Eligible organizations in Michigan can apply for funding to conduct volunteer benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring in Michigan’s rivers, streams, and creeks. To learn more about these projects, refer to the Requests for Proposals below.
2024 proposal submission is now closed. Grants will not be offered in 2025 but are expected to be offered in 2026.
These grants are for organizations who seek to learn the MiCorps protocols of monitoring and set themselves up to submit successful Implementation Grant proposals in future years. There is a maximum amount of $5,000 per grant award for one-year projects under this funding area.
Start Up Grant RFP PDF
These funds support volunteer training and macroinvertebrate data collection for the purpose of assessing water quality that help state and local efforts to protect and manage water resources. Grants may be used to fund a monitoring coordinator and/or purchase water quality monitoring supplies. There is a maximum dollar amount of $20,000 per grant award for two-year projects under this funding area.
Implementation Grant RFP PDF
These grants are for groups who are already monitoring with MiCorps procedures. Funds can pay for staff time, equipment, and travel to MiCorps trainings and conferences, are a maximum of $3,000, and last for eight months.
Maintenance Grant RFP PDF