INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION
APPLICATION FOR IEF FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN 2025
Due Date: Friday 19 July 2024
Please be sure to read this entire application prior to beginning to compose your submission.
Those applications that do not follow the instructions will not be considered for funding.
Grant Information:
- On average IEF will fund 20 – 1 to 2-year projects for an average amount of $15,000.
- IEF is interested in supporting effective, sustainable conservation projects that will make a positive impact for elephants, habitats and the communities that share their land. The application must show that the project goals, methods and interventions are perceived to be or known to be functionally effective, ethically and culturally appropriate, and feasible.
To guide you in your project submission, the following criteria have been established:
IEF will support:
- Projects that propose methods of Human Elephant Conflict mitigation;
- Habitat conservation and management;
- Conservation education and community outreach;
- Transfrontier or transboundary elephant conservation;
- Elephant protection programs including anti-poaching patrols, infra-structure development, security, investigation and prosecution;
- Reducing and preventing the ivory and bushmeat trade; and
- Research into elephant diseases.
Before you begin to write your proposal, consider that IEF prefers to fund:
- Community-based programs that show promise for future growth;
- Projects that have an immediate and measurable effect on elephant conservation;
- Projects whose initial success(es) can be evaluated within 1-2 years and indicate long-term benefits for elephant conservation;
- Project investigators’ CV demonstrates experience or a strong indication of their ability to be successful; and
- Project investigator has established field-based operations in the project area.
As you prepare your budget, these are some items that IEF will not fund:
- Activities or interventions that have been proven ineffective therefore make sure you research the methods you are using to see what has already been tried:
- Out of country travel to project site;
- Purchase of guns and ammunition;
- Paid informants;
- Tuition fees; and
- Overhead, indirect, contingency, and miscellaneous costs.
This application form will guide you through the process of providing the information we are seeking that is valuable to us in determining if IEF will fund your project. If you are unable to use this form for some reason, please let us know and we will discuss alternatives with you. We are primarily interested in content, clarity, and well-thought-out methodology. Reviewers will base their evaluations only on the information presented in this application.
Guidelines to submit a full proposal to the International Elephant Foundation’s (IEF) small grants program:
Combine all elements of the application into a SINGLE Word or SINGLE PDF document (this includes the cover page, narrative, CVs, maps, supporting documents etc.). Applications sent in multiple files will NOT be considered for funding without prior approval provided by: Sarah Conley, Conservation Coordinator (click link to email).
Proposal file name must use the following naming convention:
Project Investigator’s surname, Year the project will occur (2025), country where the project will take place.
Example: Olson2025Kenya
If you have any questions, please contact:
Sarah Conley, Conservation Coordinator
Deborah Olson, Executive Director
