SCF’s Small Grant program supports achieving its organizational objectives and builds NGO capacity around the world. These grants provide an excellent opportunity for small NGOs, especially in developing countries, to join SCF’s global shark conservation campaign. The threats facing the world’s sharks and rays are dire and require immediate action. So, as with all of our grants, small grants must have a direct connection to advancing shark and ray conservation in the near future. And to help ensure that Small Grant results are used for advancing management, we encourage applicants to partner with our larger national-level projects.
The Small Grant program supports SCF’s 3 primary objectives:
- Fisheries management reform through the adoption of 60 effective, science-based management measured that result in mortality reductions for species primarily threatened by trade;
- Prevent extinctions by conserving and restoring at least 65 species of sharks that are threatened with extinction for which trade is not the main threat; and
- Identify and protect important shark areas in at least 50 sites in new or modified marine protected and conserved areas.