MERIP has extensive partnerships and affiliations and has been fortunate to receive funds from many different organizations. Our most important partnerships are with the communities of Micronesia whom MERIP is committed to supporting.
Commercial Partners
Ocean Reefs and Aquariums and Marshall Islands Mariculture Farm
Micronesian Marketing and Management Enterprises, Kosrae, FSM.
Academic and Technical Assistance Partners
University of Hawaii Hilo–Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (UHH-PACRC)
UHH-PACRC is MERIP’s largest technical and funding affiliate. Dr. Maria Haws, a faculty member at UHH is also a MERIP board member and Simon Ellis, the current director of MERIP is also an affiliate faculty member of UHH-PACRC
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
The aquaculture division at SPC has provided MERIP with significant technical assistance and training. In return, MERIP has provided technical assistance to SPC when our expertise is relevant
University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant)
Current Funding Partners
NOAA Fisheries through the University of Hawaii Hilo–Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (UHH-PACRC);
New Zealand North Pacific Development Fund
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
The Nature Conservancy Micronesia
University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant)
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia Department of Resources and Development
Local and Regional Organizations that MERIP currently, or has, partnered with
College of the Marshall Islands
College of Micronesia FSM (COM-FSM)
Conservation Society of Pohnpei (CSP)
International Organization for Migration
Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization (KCSO)
Kosrae State Government Resource and Development
Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority
Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT)
Pohnpei State Office of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Past Funding Partners
Canada Fund for Local Initiatives
Commission of Development Cooperation Basel-Stadt
Coral Reef Initiatives for the Pacific (CRISP)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
European Union – Conservation and Environmental Protection Programme
Micronesian Conservation Trust (MCT)
Pacific American Climate Fund – United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
United Nations Development Program-SGP
United States Department of State through the United States Embassy Fiji
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE).