Assistance Listing 15.679

Combating Wildlife Trafficking

Department of the Interior · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Assistance Listing 15.679, “Combating Wildlife Trafficking,” is a federal program administered by Department of the Interior. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 1 closed opportunities under this listing. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 31 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Program objective

The objective of the fund is to provide for the conservation of fish, wildlife, and plants including endangered species and threatened species, and to support capacity for CITES implementation.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 15.679

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

Unrestricted by Entity Type

Non-domestic (outside of the United States) government agencies responsible for combating wildlife trafficking and any other U.S.- based or non-domestic public or private non-governmental organization or institution or individual with demonstrated experience in the activities proposed.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$3M

FY25

—

FY26

— est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): $50,000-$400,000 per year for a period of performance of two to five years. The average award is $180,000 per year.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.679. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 31 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 15.679, and prime recipients reported 6 sub-awards to other organizations.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22

$5.36M

FY23

$1.96M

FY24

$2.99M

Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY24 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Largest recipients since October 1, 2023

Where recipients are located

New York$337K

Most recent awards

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYTHE STRONG CULTURE OF KEEPING SONGBIRDS FOR SINGING COMPETITIONS IN BRAZIL INCREASES DEMAND FOR THESE SPECIES FROM THE WILD. LOW ENFORCEMENT ABILITY AND WEAK GOVERNANCE CREATE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN BRAZIL WHICH HAS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS WITH SEVERAL COUNTRIES AND THE LOWEST NUMBER OF AGENTS FROM PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS. NORTHERN BRAZIL ALSO HAS THE LARGEST PROPORTI$142KStarts Aug 1, 2024 · Award ↗
MONITOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH SOCIETYTHIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS ISSUES CONNECTED TO ILLEGAL AND UNSUSTAINABLE SONGBIRD TRADE THAT CAN HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON WILD SONGBIRD POPULATIONS. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO ENSURE THAT INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SONGBIRDS FOR USE IN SINGING COMPETITIONS IN CANADA AND THE NETHERLANDS IS NOT A THREAT TO WILD SONGBIRDS IN THE GUIANA SHIELD AND THE CARIBBEAN. THE PROJECT HAS FOUR INTERCONNECTED$510KStarts Jul 1, 2024 · Award ↗
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDONILLEGAL HUNTING AND TRADING OF WILDLIFE AND THEIR PRODUCTS IS A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR, GLOBAL INDUSTRY THAT POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY. WHILE ICONIC SPECIES LIKE ELEPHANTS AND RHINOCEROSES OFTEN RECEIVE ATTENTION AND FUNDING, LESSER-KNOWN TAXA SUCH AS REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS ARE AMONG THE MOST POACHED AND TRADED. THE PROGRAM SEEKS TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG HERPETOLOGISTS IN KENYA BY E$999KStarts Jul 1, 2024 · Award ↗
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH (CIFOR) · NYTHE TRADE IN WILD CAUGHT SONGBIRDS POSES A MAJOR THREAT TO SEVERAL SPECIES BUT HAS RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION COMPARED TO OTHER ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADES ESPECIALLY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. SPECIES FROM THE GUIANA SHIELD LIKE THE RED SISKIN AND GREAT BILLED SEEDFINCH HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED DUE TO TRAPPING FOR THE PET TRADE AND SINGING COMPETITIONS ON BOTH A DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL $337KStarts Jun 6, 2024 · Award ↗
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCTHE GRAVITY OF THE THREATS POSED BY THE TRADE IN NEOTROPICAL SONGBIRDS FOR COMPETITIVE KEEPING IN THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN AND GUIANA SHIELD SCGS AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD DEMANDS INNOVATIVE CONCERTED AND COLLABORATED RESPONSES. TO MEET THIS DEMAND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INITIATIVES INC. GREEN HERITAGE FUND SURINAME AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE$114KStarts Jun 6, 2024 · Award ↗
BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONALTHE EXPLOITATION OF ORGANISMS IS RECOGNIZED AS A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON NATURE WITH WILDLIFE TRADE BEING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA CITES PROVIDES A POLICY FRAMEWORK BUT BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION EXIST AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS THE PROJECT SEEKS TO CONVENE AND SUPPORT STAKEH$135KStarts Jun 6, 2024 · Award ↗
THE CONSULTANCY GROUP INCTHIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE PRESSING NEED TO MITIGATE THE ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC AND HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNREGULATED SONGBIRD TRADE IN GUYANA. THE PROJECTS OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE ILLEGAL AND UNSUSTAINABLE SONGBIRD TRADE IN GUYANA AS PART OF A BROADER REGIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: 1) IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE S$233KStarts Jun 6, 2024 · Award ↗
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INITIATIVES, INC.THE GRAVITY OF THE THREATS POSED BY THE TRADE IN NEOTROPICAL SONGBIRDS FOR COMPETITIVE KEEPING IN THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN AND GUIANA SHIELD (SCGS) AND COMMUNITIES ABROAD DEMANDS INNOVATIVE CONCERTED AND COLLABORATIVE RESPONSES. TO MEET THIS DEMAND, SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INITIATIVES INC. (SII), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GREEN HERITAGE FUND SURINAME (GHFS), WILDLIFE PEOPLE SURINAME (WPS), AND THE UNIVERSI$502KStarts Jun 5, 2024 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDTHE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SAIGA ANTELOPE SAIGA SPP IS HUNTED FOR ITS HORN, WHICH IS USED AS AN INGREDIENT IN TRADITIONAL ASIAN MEDICINES UNSUSTAINABLE AND ILLEGAL HUNTING HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN SAIGA POPULATIONS, AND AS A RESULT, NO LEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN WILD SAIGA PRODUCTS HAS BEEN PERMITTED SINCE 2019 HOWEVER, LEGAL DOMESTIC MARKETS IN SOME COUNTRIES STILL EXIST, AND RECENT CU$506KStarts Dec 1, 2022 · Award ↗
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYAN ESTIMATED 7,000 WILD CHEETAHS ACINONYX JUBATUS REMAIN ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, OCCUPYING ONLY 13 OF THEIR FORMER RANGE HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICTS, HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION, LOSS OF PREY DUE TO GRAZING COMPETITION, AND THE TRADE OF SKINS AND LIVE ANIMALS ARE A DIRECT THREAT TO WILD CHEETAH POPULATIONS THE IUCN RED LIST ASSESSMENT STATES THAT ILLEGAL TRADE IN LIVE CHEETAHS IS LIKELY TO HAVE $1.02MStarts Oct 1, 2022 · Award ↗

Pass-through funding: largest sub-awards

Prime recipients (often state agencies, universities or national organizations) passed funding to these organizations. If your organization can't apply directly, a prime recipient may run its own sub-grant competition.

THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDONfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$81.4K · Nov 4, 2024
TORRID ANALYTICS LIMITEDfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$75.7K · Nov 14, 2024
TORRID ANALYTICS LIMITEDfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$75.7K · Apr 16, 2024
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDONfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$30.8K · Jan 31, 2024
HIROLA CONSERVATION PROGRAM LIMITEDfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$9.9K · Nov 21, 2024
HIROLA CONSERVATION PROGRAM LIMITEDfrom COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$3.59K · May 7, 2024

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Recently closed under 15.679

Closed opportunities under 15.679
Opportunity	Status	Award range	Closes	ALN
F24AS00017 - Species Conservation Catalyst Fund on Songbird TradeFish and Wildlife Service	Closed	$100K – $1M	Dec 8, 2023	15.679

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 15.679?

15.679 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Combating Wildlife Trafficking.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 15.679?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Unrestricted by Entity Type. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

Who has received funding under ALN 15.679?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 31 grant awards under 15.679. The largest recipients by obligations were THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON ($999K), MONITOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH SOCIETY ($510K), SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INITIATIVES, INC. ($502K), CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH (CIFOR) ($337K) and 1 more. Prime recipients also reported 6 sub-awards to other organizations. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.