Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF)- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TCF Has Two Grant Programs:Standard Grant Program · Seed Grant Program Next Proposal Deadline For Both Programs: 1 May 2015 The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) administers two turtle conservation and research grants programs. Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects dealing with tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with either partial or full support as funding allows. Standard Grant Program: Standard grants focus on projects regarding 1) species listed as IUCN Critically Endangered, 2) species that are on the TCF Priority Species List (recently revised, see below), or 3) species other than those listed, provided a convincing rationale is included why the species’ conservation status merits funding from the TCF. Awards at the present time are usually in the US $2000 to $5000 range per project. Seed Grant Program: Seed grants focus on projects regarding 1) species listed as IUCN Critically Endangered or Endangered, 2) species that are on the TCF Priority Species List (recently revised, see below), or 3) species that may become priority species as our knowledge increases about the threats they face or their population status (principally species currently classified by IUCN as Not Evaluated or Data Deficient). Information collected will fill gaps in our knowledge of the conservation status of the species, or indicate needed follow-up conservation work. The maximum amount of each seed grant is US $1000, but smaller grant requests are also encouraged. TCF’s highest priority species targeted for funding are listed below (list recently revised). Award recipients for both grant programs enter into contractual agreement with one of our partner organizations (Conservation International, Chelonian Research Foundation, or Turtle Conservancy) to produce the proposed work. Award recipients are also encouraged to publish at least partial results of the supported research in the international scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation and Biology, published by TCF Alliance Partner Chelonian Research Foundation (CRF; www.chelonian.org). For further information and application guidelines go to www.TurtleConservationFund.org ---------------------------------------------- Turtle Conservation Fund Priority Species List Several New Species Recently Added To The List Also See Underlined Section Below Species included in this list are Critically Endangered (CR) or proposed as CR (by IUCN Red Listing Workshops). Listed exceptions include Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle), Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle), Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle), Centrochelys sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise), Kinosternon angustipons (Narrow-bridged Mud Turtle), Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle), and Terrapene (carolina) yucatana (Yucatan Box Turtle). In addition, the Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) recognizes that the conservation status of many turtle species, particularly those inhabiting Sub-Saharan Africa, is poorly known, and will also consider applications for projects to improve our understanding of the survival prospects of these species, particularly Homopus solus (Nama Padloper), Kinixys erosa (Serrated Hinge-back tortoise), and Pelusios broadleyi (Turkana Mud Turtle) during the 2015 funding cycles. Such projects should clearly describe why a particular species or region might warrant priority funding from the TCF. Dermatemydidae 1. Dermatemys mawii (Central American River Turtle) – Belize, Guatemala, Mexico Kinosternidae 2. Kinosternon angustipons (Narrrow-bridged Mud Turtle) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama 3. Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle) – USA Emydidae 4. Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle) – USA 5. Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) – Mexico 6. Terrapene (carolina) yucatana (Yucatan Box Turtle) – Mexico Geoemydidae 7. Batagur affinis (Southern River Terrapin) – Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand 8. Batagur baska (Northern River Terrapin) – Bangladesh, India, Myanmar 9. Batagur borneoensis (Painted Terrapin) – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand 10. Batagur kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle) – Bangladesh, India, Nepal 11. Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle) – Myanmar 12. Cuora aurocapitata (Yellow-headed Box Turtle) – China 13. Cuora bourreti (Bourret’s Box Turtle) – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam 14. Cuora flavomarginata(Yellow-margined Box Turtle) – China, Japan, Taiwan 15. Cuora galbinifrons (Indochinese Box Turtle) – China, Laos, Vietnam 16. Cuora mccordi (McCord’s Box Turtle) – China 17. Cuora mouhotii (Keeled Box Turtle) – China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam 18. Cuora pani (Pan’s Box Turtle) – China 19. Cuora picturata (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle) – Vietnam 20. Cuora trifasciata (Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle) – China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam 21. Cuora yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle) – China 22. Cuora zhoui (Zhou’s Box Turtle) – China, Vietnam 23. Heosemys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle) – Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam 24. Heosemys depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle) – Myanmar 25. Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Sulawesi Forest Turtle) – Indonesia 26. Mauremys annamensis (Annam Pond Turtle) – Vietnam 27. Mauremys mutica (Yellow Pond Turtle) – China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam 28. Mauremys nigricans (Red-necked Pond Turtle) – China, Vietnam 29. Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle) – Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia 30. Sacalia bealei (Beal’s Eyed Turtle) – China, Hong Kong 31. Siebenrockiella leytensis (Philippine Forest Turtle) – Philippines Platysternidae 32. Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle) – Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Testudinidae 33. Astrochelys radiata (Radiated Tortoise) – Madagascar 34. Astrochelys yniphora (Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka) – Madagascar 35. Centrochelys sulcata (African Spurred Tortoise – only in-situ projects eligible) – Benin, Burkina Faso, CAR, Chad, Eritera, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan 36. Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise) – Myanmar Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise) – Mexico 37. Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise) – Mexico 38. Kinixys homeana (Home’s Hinge-back Tortoise) – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Zaire 39. Malacochersus tornieri (Pancake Tortoise) – Kenya, Tanzania 40. Manouria emys (Asian Giant Tortoise) – Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand 41. Psammobates geometricus (Geometric Tortoise) – South Africa 42. Pyxis arachnoides (Spider Tortoise) – Madagascar 43. Pyxis planicauda (Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise) – Madagascar 44. Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise) – Egypt, Israel, Libya Trionychidae 45. Apalone spinifera atra (Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Softshell Turtle) - Mexico 46. Chitra chitra (Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand 47. Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan 48. Chitra vandijki (Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle) – Myanmar, Thailand 49. Cyclanorbis elegans (Nubian Flapshell Turtle) – Chad, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo 50. Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle) – China, Myanmar, 51. Nilssonia leithii (Leith’s Softshell Turtle) – India 52. Nilssonia nigricans (Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Softshell) – Bangladesh, India 53. Pelochelys cantori (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle) – Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam 54. Rafetus swinhoei (Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle) – China, Vietnam Chelidae 55. Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Chaco Side-necked Turtle) – Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay 56. Chelodina mccordi (Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle) – Indonesia, Timor-Leste 57. Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle) – Australia 58. Mesoclemmys hogei (Hoge’s Side-necked Turtle) – Brazil 59. Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle) – Australia Podocnemididae 60. Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle) – Madagascar 61. Podocnemis expansa (Giant South American River Turtle, Giant Amazon River Turtle, Arrau) – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela 62. Podocnemis lewyana (Magdalena River Turtle) – Colombia The TCF is aware that Gopherus agassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise - USA) is proposed for an assessment as Critically Endangered; however, the TCF is unlikely to fund applications for Desert Tortoise work, and recommends that prospective applicants for projects concerning this species check into grants available from the Desert Tortoise Council [http://deserttortoise.org] and other sources.
