Project Grant SINLEC21GR3432

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.705 Trans-National Crime program) provides $2,123,278.10 to the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to deliver specialized training, supplies, mentorship, and cross-border collaboration mechanisms to wildlife authorities, judicial police officers (OPJs), the judiciary, and prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Angola. The project aims to strengthen law...

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...

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...

This $216,590 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Indiana University to advance efforts to disrupt wildlife trafficking networks. The interdisciplinary research team will develop new algorithms and data discovery tools to automatically collect wildlife trafficking data at an unprecedented scale from multiple online platforms. Using analytical techniques...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,415,701.80 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705) to the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, a non-profit organization in Malawi. This 2-year grant aims to enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies and judicial systems in Malawi and surrounding Southern African countries to combat transnational wildlife trafficking. The project focuses on disrupting organized...

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...

Federal Project Grant Summary The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) received a $3.1M project grant from the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to combat natural resource crime in Mesoamerica from October 1, 2025, through October 1, 2028. The initiative strengthens legislative and regulatory frameworks, improves law enforcement capabilities for investigating and prosecuting wildlife trafficking and related environmental crimes,...

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 $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 Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,789,345 Project Grant to the Freeland Foundation to combat wildlife trafficking between Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines under the Trans-National Crime (CFDA 19.705) federal grant program. The grant period runs from March 22, 2021 through May 31, 2023 and will support efforts to minimize the impact of transnational crime and criminal networks on the U.S. and its allies through enhanced international...