Project Grant F14AP00589

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to strengthen the management and protection of East Africa's largest remaining elephant population. The award will build on WCS's previous USFWS-funded efforts to consolidate elephant conservation in the Katavi National Park landscape of Tanzania and prevent human-elephant conflict along the migration routes into...

This $1,861,237 federal project grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service through the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620), supports a comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy in Kenya's Tsavo Conservation Area. The key products and services to be delivered include: Continued security and monitoring support for the Tsavo elephant population, Kenya's largest single herd, through aerial patrols, ground monitoring units, and technical...

This $746,242 Project Grant award issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) program will strengthen protection and human-elephant conflict response capacity in Tanzania's Nyerere National Park and Selous Game Reserve. The funding will provide aerial support for anti-poaching patrols, maintain vehicles to enhance ranger mobility, and increase the capacity of rapid response teams to prioritize community...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $530,290.58 Project Grant under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) to Sustainable Innovation Initiatives, Inc. (SII) to address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The 3-year project, awarded on June 5, 2024, will be carried out in partnership with Green Heritage Fund Suriname, Wildlife People Suriname, and the University of the West Indies School of Veterinary...

This $122,327 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports an interdisciplinary collaboration to advance techniques for discovering, analyzing, and disrupting wildlife trafficking networks. Led by researchers at the City University of New York's John Jay College, the three-year award period from August 2022 to July 2025 will develop new algorithms and tools to automatically collect wildlife trafficking data from multiple online platforms on an...

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was awarded a $450,930.54 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The award period is from April 6, 2021 to April 6, 2023. Under this award, WCS will implement a set of activities to improve the counter-wildlife trafficking commitment and capacity of frontline staff in Indonesia. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $134,785.62 Cooperative Agreement to Birdlife International, a global non-profit conservation organization, under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.679). The project aims to enhance collaboration among recipients of the Species Conservation Catalyst Fund, strengthen their capacity, and raise public awareness to reduce illegal and unsustainable international songbird trade, with a focus on...

This $796,957.09 federal Project Grant award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), provides technical assistance and training to Trace Wildlife Forensics Network LTD, a UK-based non-profit organization, to improve evidence security in wildlife law enforcement throughout the evidence chain, from acquisition to disposal, in Cameroon. The project aims to integrate evidence...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded $108,795.00 to the American Samoa Government's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This formula grant provides technical guidance and scientific information to the public and other government agencies to promote wildlife conservation in American Samoa. Under...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,092,648 Project Grant under the African Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.620) to The International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc. (doing business as The Wild Foundation), a non-profit conservation organization. The grant will support the Mali Elephant Project, which aims to develop and apply models of inclusive, community-based natural resource management to protect the internationally important population...