Call for proposals: small grants in Nepal

WWF Nepal, invites proposals from civil society organizations such as non government organizations, community based organizations, academic institutions as well as individual researchers for its Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Small Grants Program.

The Program will provide grants to civil society organizations to work towards safeguarding globally threatened species of the Eastern Himalayas. Grants will be provided to help generate reliable scientific information on key floral and faunal species to improve their conservation status.

The information generated will be designed to fill critical data / information gaps on lesser studied species, which will contribute to updating their status in the global context (IUCN Red Data Book). The Small Grants Program expects to achieve this by enhancing the capacity and participation of a wider group of civil society organizations and individuals by involving them in the projects.

Projects should focus on research as well as conservation actions.

Interested institutions and individuals are encouraged to go through the Ecosystem Profile of the Eastern Himalayas (pdf file, 3.5 MB) for information on the investment strategy of the program and the priority conservation species, sites and corridors.

For specific guidelines and format for writing proposals, see the background document (pdf file, 254 KB) on the Small Grants Program.

Proposals should focus on research topics other than ongoing ones. Grants have so far been given for:

- identifying bat diversity hotspots in the Kangchenjunga-Singalila Complex and Makalu region of the Eastern Himalayas, and their conservation implication;

- estimating snow leopard population density using camera traps and Snow Leopard Information Management System (SLIMS);

- species accounts, distribution status and threat assessment of turtles in the lowlands of Nepal with a special focus on the Indian-eyed Turtle;

- setting up a community-managed vulture restaurant in Gainda Tal, Lumbini;

- studying the population status, habitat utilization, distribution and conservation threats for Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Bardia National Park of Western Nepal; and

- the conservation of the breeding population of Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) in Sunsari and Morang districts of Nepal.

All completed proposals should be sent electronically to angphuri.sherpa@wwfnepal.org.

For more information
Ang Phuri Sherpa
CEPF Country Coordinator, Nepal
WWF Nepal Program
Tel: +977 -01- 4434820
angphuri.sherpa@wwfnepal.org

Note: CEPF is a joint initiative of Conservation International (CI), l’Agence Française de Développement, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank. CEPF provides strategic assistance to non-government organizations, community groups and other civil society partners to help safeguard the earth’s biodiversity hotspots. A fundamental goal of CEPF is to engage civil society in biodiversity conservation.