Opportunity Information: Apply for F24AS00060
F24AS00060, titled "Protecting and Conserving African Elephant Priority Populations," is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under its International Affairs Program (CFDA 15.620). The opportunity is built around the Service's broader mission to conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats, and it specifically uses financial assistance to support strategic, results-oriented conservation work outside the United States. In this case, the focus is African elephants across their range, with an emphasis on projects that can show clear, measurable conservation outcomes for priority populations and the landscapes they depend on.
The program is grounded in the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988, which Congress passed in response to severe population declines driven by poaching for ivory, habitat loss, and escalating human-elephant conflict. The notice highlights the scale of decline over time, from historical estimates as high as 26 million elephants in the late 1700s to roughly 415,000 in the wild today. It also reflects the current scientific and conservation context: in 2021, the IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group recognized two distinct African elephant species, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Under the IUCN's 2020 Red List assessment, forest elephants are categorized as Critically Endangered and savanna elephants as Endangered, reinforcing the urgency of targeted conservation investment.
The stated goal of the African Elephant Conservation Fund Program is to ensure healthy, viable elephant populations in the wild while also improving pathways for human-elephant coexistence. In practical terms, the grant program supports sustainable conservation efforts intended to deliver long-term protection and management, not just short-term interventions. The Service describes its approach as strategic and partnership-driven, working closely with national governments, other U.S. agencies, and a broad network of partners across Africa's 37 elephant range states. Beyond funding, the program emphasizes convening and connecting partners, using technical expertise and data to inform decisions, and building long-term relationships with on-the-ground projects and stakeholders.
Eligibility is intentionally broad to encourage strong field-based and collaborative proposals. Applicants may include multinational secretariats, U.S. and foreign nonprofit organizations and NGOs, community and Indigenous organizations, and U.S. and foreign public or private institutions of higher education. The funding instrument is a grant, the opportunity category is discretionary, and the activity area is environment. The listed award ceiling is $1,250,000. The opportunity was created on 2023-09-27, with an original closing date of 2023-11-27.Apply for F24AS00060
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "F24AS00060 Protecting and Conserving African Elephant Priority Populations" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.620.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-09-27.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-11-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,250,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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