For more information, please follow this link: https://www.nfwf.org/programs/bats-future-fund/bats-future-fund-2022-request-proposals
OVERVIEW
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is soliciting proposals to slow or halt the impacts of white-nose syndrome disease (WNS) in North America and promote the survival and recovery of WNS-affected bat populations and species. The Bats for the Future Fund (BFF) will award an estimated $1.5 million in grants in 2022. The USFWS, which leads the national response for combatting WNS, provides significant contributions for the BFF. Additional important funding is provided by the Bureau of Land Management, Southern Company, Apex Energy, and Avangrid Foundation.
The objectives of the BFF are to:
- Advance field treatments and management tools that provide the greatest potential to improve bat survival by preventing exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungal pathogen that causes WNS, and/or enhancing bats’ ability to withstand the disease.
- Implement field treatments, management tools, and habitat conservation strategies that help WNS-affected bat populations to recover from the impacts of WNS; and,
- Support innovative and collaborative research leading directly to development and deployment of treatments and management tools or strategies for WNS that will perpetuate viable populations of bats.