American Wildlife Conservation Foundation: Grants for Animals and Wildlife
/OVERVIEW: The America Wildlife Conservation Foundation awards grants to research and outreach programs that focus on wildlife/habitat relationships and/or human-wildlife interactions.
IP TAKE: The American Wildlife Conservation Foundation’s grantmaking has recently focused on scientific research on the interaction of specific species and habitats. Many grants go to individual researchers working at U.S. universities, although funding is not strictly limited to the U.S. This small foundation makes fewer than ten grants a year in amounts up to $2,500. It accepts applications for its two annual grantmaking cycles, with due dtaes on the first of February and August each year.
PROFILE: The American Wildlife Conservation Foundation's history dates back to 1911 when conservationists Harry Leonard and William Clark established the American Game Protective and Propagation Association. In 1970, the association joined with the New York Conservation Council Foundation and the American Game Association. In 2003 the organization changed its name to the American Wildlife Conservation Foundation. Based in Hamilton, New York, the AWCF seeks to “aid in sustaining and enhancing the fish and wildlife resources of North America, by funding conservation, research and public education initiatives so that present and future generations may continue to enjoy these resources.” The foundation’s current funding priorities include research, public outreach and other “projects that focus on wildlife-habitat relationships, or human-wildlife interactions.” A majority of grants are awarded to projects at U.S.-based research universities.
The American Wildlife Conservation Foundation’s recent funding has focused on academic research assessing concerning specific species and/or habitats. In a recent year, the foundation supported a study of “mercury concentrations in alligator snapping turtles” at the University of Southern Mississippi and research on the effect of climate change on the feeding habits of prairie lizards at the University of Arkansas at Fayeteville. Another grant supported the work of a researcher at the Conservacion de Fauna del Noreste in Baja California, Mexico on the nesting of burrowing owls in urban and suburban areas.
This small foundation made about $12,000 in grants in a recent year. Grants are generally awarded in amounts up to $2,500, and often go to individual research projects at research universities or conservation organizations. The foundation does not name geographic limitations to its funding, but the vast majority of grants go to organizations in the U.S. In a recent year, the foundation funded six of the 32 applications it received. For additional information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s recent annual report.
The American Wildlife Conservation Foundation accepts applications for its two annual grantmaking cycles. Due dates are on the first of February and August each year. The foundation links its grants request form to its homepage, and requests that applicants return completed forms and attachments to grants committee chair Robert Gotie via email. General inquiries may be submitted to the foundation via its contact form.
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