Sue Hunter Animal Welfare Grant

The Sue Hunter Animal Welfare Grant

The Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA) announces an annual competitive grant that will provide financial support up to $2,000 addressing the following criteria. The grant should include at least 1 of the following criteria (Note: Documenting and evaluating how the assistance will help your program will be necessary to receive funding for your project): 

• A program that needs assistance with purchasing materials for operant conditioning training
• A program that needs assistance with purchasing materials for animal enrichment needs
• A program that could use assistance with funds for a conservation project that is showing a positive and affective change for the conservation of a species
• A program that needs assistance with purchasing materials for animal welfare advancement.

The following are ineligible expenses/costs which are not supported:

• Salaries
• Indirect or other administrative costs, including institutional overhead  
• Travel unrelated to completion of the project 
• Grants may not be used for political lobbying, litigation or travel funds for attending or presenting at conferences
• General institutional support, projects considered to be normal institutional operating expenses, or shortfalls in budgets 
• Grants will not be provided to fund projects that are already completed

Animal Behavior Management Alliance will consider qualified individuals for grants without regard to any legally protected status, including age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or special disabled or other covered veteran status in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND DEADLINE

The proposal must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or PDF to the ABMA BMF Committee (BMF@theabma.org) by August 31st by 5pm EST.  Should your project receive funding, we will disburse funds as specified in the award letter.  Recipients will be notified by October 1st of the same calendar year. The organization receiving the funding will be responsible for ensuring all grant requirements are met, including in the event of staff changes. If grant requirements are not met, the receiving institution is expected to return funds to ABMA.

GRANT PERIOD

Grant funds must be spent within 12 months after the grant is awarded, and a final report, including itemized receipts, sent to bmf@theabma.org, is required within 2 months of the completion of the project. The final project report will be published in our newsletter, Engage, for our membership. ABMA reserves the right to display and promote this project on their website and other social media pages.  ABMA will require an update for a midyear report that will be due to the board before the ABMA Midyear meeting and must be completed for use on theabma.org and the ABMA social media. The grant reward recipient will receive an invitation to present their final project at an ABMA Virtual Conference to show our membership the results of the grant and how it was able to help the animals in their care. The ABMA will offer a comped registration for the Virtual Conference. The applicant will need to acknowledge the Animal Behavior Management Alliance in its publications, presentation and academic media forums.

THE APPLICATION

• Only complete applications will be considered for review and possible funding. Separate mailing of materials will not be accepted. The application contains a budget (see below) and must include the following:
• Support letters from the CEO of the Primary Investigator(s) and collaborating institution(s)
• Copies of permits or letters of approval by the appropriate regulatory agencies or recovery team, and/or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approvals for conservation projects
• Curriculum vitae of Primary Investigator(s). Maximum one page per investigator
• Format must not deviate from the following form. Total application length may not exceed seven typewritten pages. Appendices are permitted, but may only clarify, and not supplement, information in the narrative (i.e., photos/diagrams would be acceptable, but not videos/publications)

1. Project Proposal (Include a detailed description of the issue, materials, and methods, expected results, or outcomes, and proposed sustainability).
2. Budget and anticipated expenditures (Provide an itemized list of all expenditures associated with the project, including justifications for each item).
3. Itemized list of community individuals, volunteers, equipment and supplies, etc. that are supporting the project.

NOTE: All applicants must have a valid checking/savings account for direct deposit, unless the funds or going directly to an institution.

Please supply us with 2 letters of recommendation for your request below.