Arctic Community Wildlife Grants (ACWG) 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.

Projects 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