Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00072
The Marine Turtle Conservation Fund and Combating Wildlife Trafficking Strategy and Partnerships Program (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00072) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under CFDA 15.679. It was created on December 18, 2018, with an original closing date of February 19, 2019. The program sits within the USFWS International Affairs portfolio, which funds projects intended to produce clear, measurable conservation outcomes for priority species and habitats worldwide. In this case, the focus is tightly defined: stopping the illegal killing and trade of hawksbill turtles in East and Southeast Asia.
The grant is built around the reality that wildlife trafficking is a multibillion-dollar illegal industry that often overlaps with corruption and organized transnational crime. Within East and Southeast Asia, hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are targeted because there is ongoing demand for their shells, meat, and eggs. This pressure is especially alarming because the hawksbill turtle is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning continued poaching and trafficking can have direct, irreversible impacts on the species survival. The opportunity also reflects broader U.S. conservation priorities, aligning with the USFWS mission to conserve fish and wildlife and with Department of the Interior leadership priorities around building a lasting conservation stewardship legacy.
Geographically, the NOFO prioritizes work in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and China. Projects must be designed to address hawksbill turtle trafficking in these countries and should be structured around practical interventions that either reduce supply (poaching and collection), disrupt trafficking networks, strengthen enforcement, or reduce consumer demand. The agency signals that competitive proposals will generally connect on-the-ground conservation action with improved targeting of trafficking routes and stronger compliance with existing protections.
USFWS identifies four main result areas that it will prioritize for funding. First, it seeks a reduction in illegal killing and trafficking through increased community-based protection on key nesting beaches, which typically implies activities like locally led beach patrols, nest monitoring and protection, community guardian programs, and other approaches that make poaching harder while providing local stakeholders a role in conservation. Second, it prioritizes improved understanding of trafficking routes and transit points, emphasizing the need for better intelligence on how turtle products move from source areas to markets, where they are stored or consolidated, and which nodes are most strategic for interdiction. Third, it supports enhanced application and enforcement of existing laws and prohibitions, which can include strengthening investigative capacity, supporting cross-agency coordination, improving prosecution outcomes, and ensuring that regulations already on the books are actually used effectively. Fourth, it encourages the development and promotion of evidence-based behavior change strategies to reduce demand for marine turtle products, meaning outreach and demand-reduction campaigns should be grounded in research, tailored to the audiences driving consumption, and evaluated for impact rather than relying on generic awareness messaging.
In terms of funding details, the opportunity uses the grant instrument type and anticipates making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $200,000 per award. Eligibility is broad, covering state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private universities; nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and individuals. Overall, the program is designed for applicants that can demonstrate a credible plan to curb hawksbill turtle trafficking by combining community protection, actionable intelligence, stronger enforcement, and demand reduction into interventions that can be tracked and shown to produce measurable outcomes.Apply for F19AS00072
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Marine Turtle Conservation Fund and Combating Wildlife Trafficking Strategy adn Partnerships Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.679.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 18, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 19, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Individuals, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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