Funding 

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PLCI is now accepting proposals for BPA FY26 funding.

Deadline: October 6, 2025 (6:00pm PST)

PLCI and BPA are accepting project proposals from Monday, August 18, 2025 – Monday, October 6, 2025 (6:00pm PST). PLCI and BPA will award $320,341 in FY2026 for projects located within at least one of the Columbia River Basin RMUs:

  • Willamette
  • Lower Columbia
  • Mid-Columbia
  • Upper Columbia
  • Snake
  • Mainstem Columbia and Snake

PLCI is seeking project proposals that address PLCI’s priorities and Regional Management Unit (RMU) specific threats and concerns. Updated RMU Regional Implementation Plans (RIPs) detailing region specific threats and research needs, as well as contact information for RMU leads can be found on our website.

Projects must clearly demonstrate a direct benefit to Pacific Lamprey; conservation, habitat restoration, or passage improvements are a higher funding priority for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) than research, monitoring, and evaluation projects. However, in some cases, research, monitoring, and evaluation are necessary to inform conservation, habitat restoration, and passage improvements for Pacific Lamprey.

Types of eligible projects include:

  • Restoration (habitat & supplementation)
  • Passage or infrastructure improvements
  • Assessments that inform range-wide or site-specific guidance that will lead to future on-the-ground projects or best management guidance
  • Research questions that inform management
PLCI/BPA FY26 RFP Guidance Document
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Funding Pacific Lamprey Conservation

PLCI is supported by two dedicated project funding sources: Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) PLCI Columbia River Basin Projects and National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) project funding. 

Collaborative discussions and project development within the RMUs are highly encouraged and all project proposals will be required to demonstrate which and how threats relative to the RMUs where the project would occur are addressed.

Each year, the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative’s (PLCI) Regional Management Units (RMUs) meet to revisit, and when necessary, revise their Regional Implementation Plans (RIPs). These RIPs summarize the status and threats to Pacific Lamprey and identify projects (e.g., habitat restoration, passage improvements, research, outreach and education, etc.) needed to address threats to and/or information needs for Pacific Lamprey and their habitats. The purpose of this process is to encourage communication and collaboration among partners, facilitate access to funding, and support the development and implementation of high-priority restoration and research projects that directly benefit Pacific Lamprey throughout their historical range in the United States.

A table of potential funding sources for Pacific Lamprey work can be found here.

The request for proposals for funding from the PLCI/National Fish Habitat Partnership is closed. Due to a shift in funding timelines, the next request for proposals for 2027 funding will occur in the summer/fall of 2026.

 

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