Fund Your Project
The Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon (FCAS) is an independent, federally incorporated, non-profit organization, which was established through a one-time grant of $30 million from the Government of Canada. The interest generated from investment of the grant is used to support activities related to the conservation of the wild Atlantic salmon and its habitat.
The goal of the Foundation is to help achieve healthy and sustainable wild Atlantic salmon stocks in Atlantic Canada and Quebec through partnerships among volunteer conservation groups, Indigenous organizations, governments and others.
Provincial Funding
Applications are now open to organizations in Atlantic Canada and Quebec who wish to apply for 2025 funding toward an Atlantic salmon conservation project. The following types of organizations are eligible to apply:
- Non-governmental organizations (e.g. community-based conservation organizations, cooperatives, watershed-based organizations, etc.)
- Municipalities
- Education institutions
- Indigenous Organizations
$1.5 million will be available for the 2025 round of grants for projects within Québec and the Atlantic provinces.
Apply before November 15, 2024, 5:00 pm EST!
Request for Proposal: Applied Scientific Research
Applied research* project(s) on specific topics that will help contribute to the attainment of healthy and sustainable salmon stocks in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
* Definition of Applied Research: Research that is practical – i.e. that can be applied to a well-defined problem. It’s the opposite of pure or theoretical research for which no specific application has been identified. Applied research is systematic in collection and examination of facts involving the practical application of science. Applied research focuses on solving specific problems or answering specific questions.
Applied research is field or laboratory study, or analysis of existing information that addresses a well-defined question or tests a specific hypothesis such that there is unique information produced, or confirmatory findings with a strong likelihood that the results could be published in primary scientific literature.
Applied research projects can be carried out in any province.