Arctic Community Wildlife Grants Program

WWF's Arctic Community Wildlife Grants program supports conservation, stewardship, and research initiatives that focus on coastal Arctic ecology, community sustainability, and priority Arctic wildlife, including polar bears, walrus, ice seals, belugas, bowhead whales, and Arctic seabirds in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas and adjacent coastal areas. Arctic Community Wildlife Grants address community concerns and achieve meaningful outcomes for the conservation of Arctic wildlife and the people who depend on them.

The program provides grants of up to about $25,000 per project per year. Projects are intended to have a 1-year duration and must demonstrate the following, in one of the target geographies mentioned above:

• tangible outcomes for ecosystems, wildlife, or their habitats
• involvement and relevance to Alaskan coastal communities
• relevance to WWF's Arctic conservation priorities, as outlined in regularly updated calls for proposals
  

The ACWG program is open to US-based applicants from all backgrounds and fields, including community groups, Tribal councils, co-management bodies, governments, universities, independent research entities, and non-governmental organizations. We value diversity and welcome applications from all on a rolling basis. Applications are reviewed quarterly.