Deadline: 28-Feb-25
The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is currently accepting applications to build and strengthen the capability and capacity of organizations to successfully design and deliver conservation or restoration projects.
The grant provides funds to support and develop strategies and abilities to initiate actions that benefit fish, wildlife, and habitat conservation aligned with objectives of the HCTF. Capacity Grants assist with the first steps in planning, designing, engaging, or implementing a project.
Goals
- Support preliminary planning to address a conservation issue or challenge in the community
- Increase capacity to enhance the ability to implement a project
- Develop skills and abilities of communities to undertake conservation projects
- In support of the strategic plan, the grant will emphasize the following:
- Indigenous community-led fish, wildlife, and habitat conservation
- Climate change adaptation, mitigation, and cumulative effects on fish, wildlife, and their habitats
- Caribou habitat restoration or conservation projects taking place in current caribou herd ranges
- Broad and diverse participation in HCTF programs and projects
Funding Information
- Eligible expenses up to $25,000. Grant completion must be within 2 years of approval. 80% of the grant will be issued up front and 20% once completed and the final summary of work is submitted.
Eligible Budget
- Honorarium, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Local Knowledge Holders (EKLK), and contract labor costs.
- Field equipment, materials, and supplies related to training (to a maximum $10,000).
- Mileage and other travel expenses.
- Specialized training that leads to effective conservation outcomes or enhances the ability to engage in conservation work
Eligible Activities
- Pilot projects, surveys, test field methods, scoping or feasibility studies including desktop research, mapping, literature review, discussions with regional and/or biology experts, Indigenous knowledge systems and methodologies, and best practices review.
- Partnerships or networking meetings, planning workshops, focus groups, sharing knowledge, collecting community input.
- Hiring a consultant; short-term salary or facilitation fees to lead or do planning, training, and advising, including honoraria, elders, and EKLK; or salary for field-based mentors, trainers, and advisors.
- Specialized training courses relevant to the project such as guardians or keepers training (e.g., Streamkeepers, Wetlandkeepers etc.); technical and scientific training (e.g., GPS, mapping, data collection, testing equipment); sampling and surveying techniques, monitoring and cameras, remote sensing or vegetation monitoring that directly link to project objectives; or training for the development of a conservation leader(s) in Indigenous communities by supporting post-secondary training (1- or 2-year certificate/diploma)
Who is Eligible to Apply?
- Applications must be made by an individual with the lead organization. The Project Lead is the individual with the authority and ability to administer the grant and fulfill the obligations to conduct the grant activities, deliver value for money, and manage risk and financial controls while fulfilling the other terms and conditions of the grant.
For more information, visit HCTF.