Deadline: 25 May 2017
Save our Species (SOS), in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is currently accepting applications for its grant program for African wildlife.
Save Our Species channels funds from donors to existing frontline conservation actors working to protect from extinction some of the world’s most threatened species of plants and animals.
Objectives
The initiative achieves its mission by:
- Identifying and selecting the best frontline conservation projects for funding and ensuring grantees achieve their stated objectives.
- Communicating about projects’ work and achievements in order to reach, engage and educate the global community.
- Connecting people across the public sector, private enterprise and civil society with an effective conservation tool.
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant cycle focuses exclusively on a subset of Sub Saharan African mammals. It is focusing mostly on large African carnivores (lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and Ethiopian wolf) and extended to other carnivores and ungulate species.
- Proposals must directly target threatened species and their habitats and meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Projects must focus on improving the status of threatened species. “Threatened species” include those listed as Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN) or Critically Endangered (CR) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- Projects must be based in Sub Saharan continental Africa.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Niger, Liberia, Lesotho, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Ghana, Rwanda, Somalia, Sao Tome & Principe, Kenya, Mozambique, Gabon, Equitorial Guinea, Djibouti, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, Namibia, Mali, Madagascar, Guinea, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, Angola, Eritrea, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Togo, Zambia, Ethiopia, Sudan South, Sudan, Uganda, Senegal, Swaziland
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.