Deadline: 6-Aug-21
The International Elephant Foundation (IEF) is currently accepting applications for the Asian and African elephant conservation initiatives for funding in 2022.
The Foundation is requesting proposals that specifically target the following:
- 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
- African 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
- Disease investigation
Funding Information
- Awards typically range about US$10,000 per year.
Eligibility Criteria
- International individuals and organizations are eligible as are students, scientists and institutions. Students are required to provide faculty advisor approval; the advisor should be a co-investigator on the application and must accept the responsibility of project completion and reporting.
- 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 https://elephantconservation.org/2022-grant-application/