The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) North America Program is currently inviting applications for its Climate Adaptation Fund – a program to support projects that implement effective interventions for wildlife adaptation to climate change.
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) North America Program is currently inviting applications for its Climate Adaptation Fund – a program to support projects that implement effective interventions for wildlife adaptation to climate change.
This year the Climate Adaptation Fund is expanding its focus for ecosystem and wildlife adaptation projects based in and around urban environments
Funds
With funding managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the WCS Climate Adaptation Fund will provide up to $2.5 million in competitive grants in 2016. Grants will be one to two years in length. Awards will be made to non-profit conservation organizations for applied, on-the-ground projects focused on implementing priority conservation actions for climate adaptation at a landscape scale.
New this year, the Fund is expanding its focus and inviting applications for wildlife adaptation projects based in and around urban environments in addition to the adaptation projects we will continue to support in less developed landscapes.
Eligibility:
- This program provides grants to U.S.-based non-profit conservation organizations with approved IRS 501(c)(3) status.
- Grants can be awarded for projects only within the 50 U.S. states and six U.S. territories.
- The WCS Climate Adaptation Fund is unable to make grants to for-profit corporations, individuals, universities, public agencies, municipalities or other types of government entities.
- Public agencies, tribal governments and universities may partner on proposals submitted by an eligible non-profit conservation organization or work as paid contractors on funded projects.
- It is encouraged and expected that many project proposals will emerge from collaborations between the applicant organization and any number of partners from academia, public agencies, and other non-profit organizations.
More information at Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Climate Adaptation Fund to Support Ecosystem