# F24AS00160 - Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Fund

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/f24as00160-f24as00160-tortoise-and-freshwater-turtle-fund/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351512

> Fish and Wildlife Service offered grants of up to $450,000 (at least $150,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $1.0 million in total. Applications closed on February 19, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | F24AS00160 |
| Agency | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 19, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $450,000 |
| Award floor | $150,000 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | $1.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.645 |

## Who can apply

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

Applicants may be individuals, multinational secretariats, foreign national and local government agencies, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, for-profit organizations, community and Indigenous organizations, U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education, and U.S. territorial governments.

## What the grant funds

Background, Purpose and Program Requirements: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its financial and technical assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. Turtles represent one of the most imperiled animal groups on earth. Of the world’s 342 species of tortoises and freshwater turtles, more than half face the threat of extinction. Habitat loss and the legal and illegal trade of turtles and turtle products (for food, pets, and traditional medicines, etc.) continue to drive sharp declines in turtle populations globally. Recognizing the ecological value and alarming declines of turtles worldwide, the U.S. Congress established a conservation fund for tortoises and freshwater turtles (through the John Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, 2019, Public Law 116-9*), signed into law on March 12, 2019. The Service’s Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Conservation Fund is soliciting proposals that conserve threatened tortoise and freshwater turtle species that occur in foreign countries and in territories of the United States. Proposed work must occur outside of the 50 U.S. states or must demonstrate substantive conservation benefits to populations outside of the 50 U.S. states. The primary purpose of this new conservation fund is to provide financial support for projects that conserve populations and habitats of freshwater turtles and tortoises and address threats to their survival. The United States, second only to Asia in diversity of turtle species, has acted in recent decades as a steward of chelonian conservation, and this fund allows the Service to expand efforts to protect imperiled turtle species around the world. Proposed work must occur outside of the 50 U.S. states or must demonstrate substantive conservation benefits to populations outside of the 50 U.S. states. The primary purpose of this new conservation fund is to provide financial support for projects that conserve populations and habitats of freshwater turtles and tortoises and address threats to their survival.

## Questions people ask

### Is F24AS00160 still open?

No. It closed on February 19, 2024.

### Who can apply for F24AS00160 - Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Fund?

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 F24AS00160 - Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Fund?

Closed February 19, 2024. 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 $450,000 each. About $1.0 million in total.

### Who has won Marine Turtle Conservation Fund grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were African Aquatic Conservation Fund Inc, Environment Society of Oman, Wildlife Conservation Society. The program made 98 awards worth $16.2 million in that time.