US Fish & Wildlife Service Grant: Saiga Antelope Conservation Small Grants Management

The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to cooperatively manage a small-grants competition in the range states of the saiga antelope. The Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA), a U.K. registered charity, is uniquely positioned in its capacity to conduct a competitive small grants program in the range states of the critically endangered saiga antelope because of their expertise in the field of saiga conservation, their networking in the Central Asia range states, their track record in administering an international small grants program, and their foreign language skills which allow them to effectively communicate with numerous countries. Membership in SCA is comprised of some of the world’s leading saiga antelope scientists and conservationists from a broad range of nations. SCA has had prior experience since 2007 in conducting a multi-country small grants program, including with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service financial support in 2011. SCA conducts widespread outreach about saiga conservation in 6 languages (English, Chinese, Kazakh, Mongolian, Russian, Uzbek) which is an unparalleled achievement. SCA is providing their own additional contribution of $5,050.