OpportunityTitle: African Elephant Conservation Fund
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants can be individuals; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; non-profit non-governmental organizations; for-profit organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; U.S. territorial governments; and Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its financial assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. In 1988, the U.S. Congress passed the African Elephant Conservation Act in response to the alarming decline of African elephant populations. The Act provides for the establishment of the African Elephant Conservation Fund to provide financial assistance to support projects that will enhance sustainable conservation programs to ensure effective, long-term conservation of African elephants. Recently, the African elephant was re-classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) as two separate species[1], with the forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) now listed as &#8220;Critically Endangered&#8221; and the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) listed as &#8220;Endangered&#8221; under the IUCN&#8217;s 2020 African elephant Red List Assessment [2-3]. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) works closely with national governments, U.S. agencies, and a range of other partners to ensure a strategic, results-based approach to conservation of both elephant species across Africa&#8217;s 37 elephant range countries. This funding opportunity aligns with the Service mission.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Amy Pokempner&lt;br/&gt;mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov
CloseDateExplanation: This opportunity is open from 04/27/2021 to 06/25/2021. Electronically submitted applications may be submitted at any time from the posting of this opportunity until 11:59 PM EDT, 06/25/2021. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted in English. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number will be sent to applicants upon submission. If you do not receive this email within five days of the opportunity closing date, contact mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov. The only exception is the government letter of endorsement, which must be received before award.