African Elephant Conservation Fund

Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service

Assistance Listings

15.620 -- African Elephant Conservation Fund

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Important dates

Archived: July 30, 2021
Closed: June 25, 2021
This opportunity is open from 04/27/2021 to 06/25/2021. Electronically submitted applications may be submitted at any time from the posting of this opportunity until 11:59 PM EDT, 06/25/2021. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted in English. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number will be sent to applicants upon submission. If you do not receive this email within five days of the opportunity closing date, contact mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov. The only exception is the government letter of endorsement, which must be received before award.

Award details

Expected project funding: $5,300,000
Expected awards: Not specified

Award min.

$100,000

Award max.

$400,000

Funding opportunity number:F21AS00490
Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
Category of Funding Activity:
- Environment
Category Explanation:Not specified

History

Posted date: April 27, 2021
Archive date: July 30, 2021
Version: 1

View version history on Grants.gov

Summary

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its financial assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. In 1988, the U.S. Congress passed the African Elephant Conservation Act in response to the alarming decline of African elephant populations. The Act provides for...

the establishment of the African Elephant Conservation Fund to provide financial assistance to support projects that will enhance sustainable conservation programs to ensure effective, long-term conservation of African elephants. Recently, the African elephant was re-classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) as two separate species[1], with the forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) now listed as “Critically Endangered” and the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) listed as “Endangered” under the IUCN’s 2020 African elephant Red List Assessment [2-3]. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) works closely with national governments, U.S. agencies, and a range of other partners to ensure a strategic, results-based approach to conservation of both elephant species across Africa’s 37 elephant range countries. This funding opportunity aligns with the Service mission.

Eligibility

Miscellaneous

Other

Additional information on eligibility

Applicants can be individuals; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; non-profit non-governmental organizations; for-profit organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; U.S. territorial governments; and Tribes and Tribal organizations.

Documents

File name	Description	Last updated
F21AS00490_FullAnnouncement.pdf	F21AS00490_FullAnnouncement.pdf	Apr 27, 2021 06:33 PM UTC

Agency contact information

Email: mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov

mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov

Amy Pokempner mscf_africanelephant@fws.gov

Link to additional information

No additional information is available