19 Aug
2026
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Sea Turtles
Grant Amount: Most awards will fall in the range of $50,000 to $400,000.
Information
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is accepting pre-proposals for the Sea Turtles grant program.
This program implements a multi-species business plan that guides conservation investments to measurably improve the current recovery trajectories of four sea turtle populations in the Western Hemisphere: leatherbacks and loggerheads in the Northwest Atlantic, and leatherbacks and hawksbills in the Eastern Pacific. Key priorities for the program are for the conservation and recovery of populations that depend on or migrate through U.S. waters for their life cycle.
Key conservation strategies for this program include:
- Build capacity for sea turtle stranding response and/or rehabilitation;
- Reduce bycatch in fishing gear – support incentive-based approaches for the development and implementation of turtle-friendly fishing gear and practices;
- Increase and protect the productivity of priority nesting beaches;
- Build strong regional networks to implement conservation activities – support standardized methods, models and learning networks across the population range as well as coordinated monitoring networks to evaluate the progress of conservation efforts
Geographic Focus
Most funded projects will take place along U.S. state or territorial beaches, facilities, or coastal waters. Other projects targeting sea turtle conservation in the Western Hemisphere will be considered but as a lower priority for funding.