Deadline: 28-Apr-23
The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) is now accepting Pre-Proposals for 2024 Elephant Conservation and Research Funding.
Pre-Proposals should specifically target at least one of the following:
- African Savannah Elephant:
- Human-elephant conflict mitigation and coexistence.
- Reducing habitat fragmentation and loss.
- Action to eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of elephants.
- Community capacity building.
- Conservation education.
- African Forest Elephant:
- Human-elephant conflict mitigation and coexistence.
- Reducing habitat fragmentation and loss.
- Action to eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of elephants.
- Community capacity building.
- Conservation education.
- Asian Elephant:
- Human-elephant conflict mitigation and coexistence.
- Reducing habitat fragmentation and loss.
- Action to eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of elephants.
- Community capacity building.
- Conservation education.
- Managing captive range country Asian elephants.
- Disease investigation.
Funding Information
The International Elephant Foundation typically awards grants up to $15,000 but larger amounts will be considered for exceptional projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria for funding:
- Clearly contribute to the in situ or ex situ conservation of African or Asian elephants or their habitats.
- Be grounded in sound scientific methodology, be logistically feasible, and have a high probability of success.
- Be impact and action-oriented not purely data collection or survey.
- Must include a component that evaluates the success in saving elephants.
- Projects must begin in the year for the portion of the project which funds are requested, but not before funds are to be awarded. Funds will not be awarded for elements of a project that will have already occurred before awards are made.
- If the project includes direct contact or capture of animals, it must meet humane standards of care when animals are involved.
For more information, visit IEF.