The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is pleased to announce the next funding opportunity for the Wildlife Without Borders program of the International Conservation Funds of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Project proposals may be submitted to the Fund for the Conservation of Critically Endangered Species. The USFWS grant application deadline is May 15, 2014.

Instructions for candidates are available here.

This grant aims to promote objectives compatible with those of the Convention and its specialized agreements, and can therefore constitute sources of funding supporting CMS in the implementation of conservation activities in the field. The CMS Secretariat encourages its Parties and partners to propose projects that contribute to the implementation of plans, actions or initiatives developed under the Convention and its instruments, and will endeavour to support these proposals through letters of support.

Anyone who is eligible and who wishes to submit a project proposal to the USFWS program that supports the goals of CMS is invited to contact the following people:

Laura Cerasi

Associate Fundraising and Partnerships Administrator

UNEP/CMS Secretariat, E-mail: lcerasi@cms.int

And

Monika Thiele

Program Administrator/CMS Focal Point in North America

UNEP/CMS Secretariat, E-mail: monika.thiele@unep.org