# F23AS00375 - Counter-Wildlife Crime Capacity Building and Policy Assessment in the Eastern Caribbean

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/f23as00375-f23as00375-counter-wildlife-crime-capacity-building-and/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348220

> Fish and Wildlife Service offered grants of up to $600,000 (at least $600,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $600,000 in total. Applications closed on July 18, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | F23AS00375 |
| Agency | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 18, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $600,000 |
| Award floor | $600,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $600,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.640 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Applicants under this program can be multinational secretariats, foreign governments, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, community and Indigenous organizations, and U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education. Individuals are not eligible to apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. In addition, tuition for individuals and field expenses for projects carried out in support of masters, doctorate degrees, and post-doctoral research are not eligible under this Notice of Funding Opportunity.

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“Service”) 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 projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. The goal of the Service’s Caribbean Program is to conserve priority species, habitats, and ecological processes across landscapes with high biodiversity value in the Caribbean Region. The objectives of the Caribbean Program are:To reduce underlying threats and address the human elements of biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean by supporting the implementation of on-the-ground projects;To conserve the flora and fauna of the Caribbean Region by strengthening the ability of local institutions, decision-makers, and civil society to deliver enduring conservation actions; andTo maximize conservation impact by developing strategic partnerships with key stakeholders at the local, national, regional and international level. Withing the Caribbean region, the Eastern Caribbean is an important hot spot for biodiversity. Each island has unique communities of endemic wildlife, making them especially vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbances, including habitat loss, invasive species, and poaching for the illegal pet trade. The last few years have seen a significant uptick in the volume of Eastern Caribbean species trafficked online and in markets of Europe and the United States. This funding opportunity would provide opportunities for source, transit, and consumer countries of Eastern Caribbean to build capacity within governments to protect wildlife from poaching and trade, strengthening their abilities to detect and prosecute wildlife crimes, improving national and international networking and coordination, and developing and communicating best practices. Through this funding opportunity, the Service, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI), intends to fund one 18-month cooperative agreement that addresses the root causes of illegal wildlife trade by improving the capacity of Eastern Caribbean government agencies and their personnel to protect biodiversity from poaching and trafficking.

## Questions people ask

### Is F23AS00375 still open?

No. It closed on July 18, 2023.

### Who can apply for F23AS00375 - Counter-Wildlife Crime Capacity Building and Policy Assessment in the Eastern Caribbean?

Fish and Wildlife Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for F23AS00375 - Counter-Wildlife Crime Capacity Building and Policy Assessment in the Eastern Caribbean?

Closed July 18, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $600,000 each. About $600,000 in total.

### Who has won Western Hemisphere Regional grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Wildlife Conservation Society, Re:wild, World Wildlife Fund, Inc. The program made 59 awards worth $10.3 million in that time.