The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s International Affairs Program offers this grant to support strategic projects delivering measurable conservation results for priority species. Specifically, this grant is for enhancing sustainable, long-term conservation programs for African elephants, whose populations have significantly declined from historical numbers to an estimated 415,000 today due to poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict. Recognizing the reclassification of forest elephants as “Critically Endangered” and savanna elephants as “Endangered,” the program’s goal is to ensure healthy African elephant populations in the wild while improving human-elephant coexistence. This is achieved through financial assistance, convening partners, informing conservation decisions, and cultivating long-term partnerships across Africa’s 37 elephant range states.
Opportunity ID: 350366
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F24AS00060 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | F24AS00060 Protecting and Conserving African Elephant Priority Populations |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.620 — African Elephant Conservation Fund |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Last Updated Date: | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 27, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically through GrantSolutions no later than 11:59 PM ET on the listed application due date. Applications must be submitted in English. Late applications will not be accepted. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number beginning with “FWS-” 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. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION MORE THAN ONCE. Duplicate applications will be discarded. Please see more information about submission requirements in section D7. Other Submission Requirements. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 27, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically through GrantSolutions no later than 11:59 PM ET on the listed application due date. Applications must be submitted in English. Late applications will not be accepted. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number beginning with “FWS-” 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. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION MORE THAN ONCE. Duplicate applications will be discarded. Please see more information about submission requirements in section D7. Other Submission Requirements. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,250,000 |
| Award Floor: | $200,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Applicants may be multi-national secretariats, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, community and Indigenous organizations, and U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers 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.African elephant (Genus: Loxodonta) numbers in the wild have fallen from as many as 26 million individuals at the end of the 18th century to an estimated 415,000 today, due to poaching for ivory, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict. 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 in support of projects that will enhance sustainable conservation programs to ensure effective, long-term conservation of African elephants. In 2021, the African elephant was re-classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) as two separate species, with the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) now listed as “Critically Endangered” and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) listed as “Endangered” under the IUCN’s 2020 African elephant Red List Assessment. The 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’s 37 elephant range states.The goal of the Service’s African Elephant Conservation Fund Program is to ensure healthy African elephant populations in the wild, while improving pathways for human-elephant coexistence. We achieve this through stewardship of a three-decade-old financial assistance program, convening and connecting partners, informing conservation decision making with technical expertise and data, and cultivating long-term partnerships and relationships with field projects and other key stakeholders across African elephant range states. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Matthew Luizza, PhD
mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov Email:mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 350366 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> Foa_Content_of_F24AS00060_Full_Annoucement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Matthew Luizza, PhD mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov Email: mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.620 | F24AS00060 | F24AS00060 Protecting and Conserving African Elephant Priority Populations | PKG00283278 | Sep 27, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
350366 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
350366 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
350366 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
350366 SF424A-1.0.pdf
350366 SF424C_2_0-2.0.pdf
350366 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
350366 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
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