The IEF Conservation Project Grant 2015 for Asia & Africa

Deadline: 15 August 2014

The International Elephant Foundation invites proposals for African, Asian Elephant in SITU Conservation and Ex SITU Elephant Conservation and Research Funding Support 2015.

African Elephant in SITU Conservation Themes

1. Human elephant conflict action
2. Action to eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of elephants
3. Community capacity building
4. Conservation education
5. Management of elephant populations

Asian Elephant in SITU Conservation Supported Overarching Factors

1. Lack of adequate status and threats assessment
2. Habitat fragmentation and loss
3. Human-Asian elephant conflict
4. Illegal killing and trade
5. Managing captive Asian elephants

Asian Elephant in SITU Conservation Priority

1. Managing captive range country Asian elephants
2. Human-Asian elephant coexistence
3. Reducing habitat fragmentation and loss

Ex SITU Elephant Conservation and Research Themes

1. Critical diseases – EEHV or Tuberculosis
2. Quantify the impacts of conservation education at U.S elephant holding facilities on public action in the U.S and/or in Asian and/or African elephant range countries

Eligibility Criteria

• Proposals must be grounded in sound scientific methodology, be logistically feasible, and have a high probability of success.
• Proposals must be part of an established conservation program or be well-suited to become a long-term program.
• Proposals must validate a new approach for long-term elephant and/or habitat conservation
• Proposals must be action-oriented not simply data collection or survey.
• Proposals must have multi-institutional participation and matching funds.
• Proposals must demonstrate a spirit of cooperation with ex situ elephant facilities and other like-minded conservation institutions.
• Principal investigators must have a reputation for completing projects, publishing results in an expeditious manner and cooperating with funding agencies in providing reports and educational materials. If awarded funding previously by the IEF, satisfactory performance on previous grant awards is essential.
• Proposals must meet humane standards of care when animals are involved.
• Proposals must be approved by the appropriate governmental body in the range country or agency at the facility or institution where the study is conducted.
• For African Elephant in-SITU Conservation Funding, proposals must contribute to the in situ of African elephants or their habitats.
• For Asian Elephant in-SITU Conservation Funding, proposals must contribute to the in situ of Asian elephants or their habitats.
• For ex-SITU Elephant Conservation and Research Funding, proposals must contribute to the in situ or ex situ of African or Asian elephants or their habitats.

Funding Criteria

1. Requests for funds must provide thorough information for justification and evaluation of the project and the specific request, including a detailed evaluation of background literature and design/methodology.
2. Projects that designate local/public education/awareness as a significant program outcome must include an evaluation component.
3. Projects must begin in the year that they are applying for funding, (but not before funds are to be awarded) and contain a clearly defined beginning and end.
4. Funds will not be awarded for elements of a project that will have already occurred before awards are made.
5. Budget requests that consist primarily of salary will generally not be considered favorably.

For more information, please visit Conservation Project Grant.