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TCF Grants

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As one of its main functions, TCF administers a turtle conservation and research grants program. Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects dealing with highly endangered tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with either partial or full support as funding allows.

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Priority for funding is given to projects that focus on tortoises or freshwater turtles that are already highly threatened according to the IUCN Red List criteria, either Critically Endangered or Endangered, or which may be highly threatened but not yet officially classified as such on the Red List. Award recipients enter into contractual agreement with either Conservation International or Chelonian Research Foundation to produce the proposed work (these two non-profit organizations serve as TCF's financial umbrella organizations). Award recipients are also encouraged to publish at least partial results of the supported research in the international scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation and Biology , published by Chelonian Research Foundation (www.chelonian.org).

The Born Losers trailer TCF Awards at the present time are approximately in the $2000 to $5000 range per project, with two funding cycles annually. Total disbursement has averaged between $30,000 to $50,000 per year to date, and is growing as the TCF grows. To date we have distributed over $500,000 in grants.

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Turtle Conservation Fund — Priority Species List


The following species of tortoises and freshwater turtles have been prioritized by TCF to be considered for funding support. Other species will be considered only if a strong case can be made that they are highly endangered. Species included are ranked as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List or proposed as CR by recent IUCN Red Listing Workshops (see publication available at www.iucn-tftsg.org/checklist). Listed exceptions currently ranked as Endangered (EN) include Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle), Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise), and Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle).


  • Apalone spinifera atra  (Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Softshell Turtle)
  • Astrochelys radiata  (Radiated Tortoise)
  • Astrochelys yniphora  (Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka)
  • Batagur affinis  (Southern River Terrapin)
  • Batagur baska  (Northern River Terrapin)
  • Batagur borneoensis  (Painted Terrapin)
  • Batagur kachuga  (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle)
  • Batagur trivittata  (Burmese Roofed Turtle)
  • Chelodina mccordi  (Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle, Timor Snake-necked Turtle)
  • Chelonoidis abingdonii  (Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise)
  • Chelonoidis duncanensis  (Duncan Island Giant Tortoise)
  • Chelonoidis hoodensis  (Hood Island Giant Tortoise)
  • Chitra chitra  (Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
  • Chitra indica  (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
  • Chitra vandijki  (Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
  • Cuora aurocapitata  (Yellow-headed Box Turtle)
  • Cuora bourreti  (Bourret’s Box Turtle)
  • Cuora glabinifrons  (Indochinese Box Turtle)
  • Cuora mccordi  (McCord’s Box Turtle)
  • Cuora pani  (Pan’s Box Turtle)
  • Cuora picturata  (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle)
  • Cuora trifasciata  (Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle)
  • Cuora yunnanensis  (Yunnan Box Turtle)
  • Cuora zhoui  (Zhou’s Box Turtle)
  • Dermatemys mawii  (Central American River Turtle)
  • Elusor macrurus  (Mary River Turtle)
  • Erymnochelys madagascariensis  (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle)
  • Geochelone platynota  (Burmese Star Tortoise)
  • Glyptemys muhlenbergii  (Bog Turtle)
  • Gopherus flavomarginatus  (Bolson Tortoise)
  • Heosemys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle)
  • Heosemys depressa  (Arakan Forest Turtle)
  • Leucocephalon yuwonoi  (Sulawesi Forest Turtle)
  • Manouria emys (Asian Giant Tortoise)
  • Mauremys annamensis  (Vietnamese Pond Turtle)
  • Mauremys mutica (Yellow Pond Turtle)
  • Mauremys nigricans  (Red-necked Pond Turtle)
  • Mesoclemmys hogei  (Hoge’s Side-necked Turtle)
  • Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle)
  • Nilssonia lethii  (Leith’s Softshell Turtle)
  • Nilssonia nigricans  (Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Softshell)
  • Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle)
  • Pelochelys cantori  (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle)
  • Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)
  • Podocnemis expansa  (Giant South American River Turtle, Giant Amazon River Turtle, Arrau)
  • Podocnemis lewyana  (Magdalena River Turtle)
  • Psammobates geometricus  (Geometric Tortoise)
  • Pseudemydura umbrina  (Western Swamp Turtle)
  • Pyxis arachnoides  (Spider Tortoise)
  • Pyxis planicauda  (Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise)
  • Rafetus swinhoei (Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle)
  • Sacalia bealei (Beal’s Eyed Turtle)
  • Siebenrockiella leytensis  (Philippine Forest Turtle)
  • Sternotherus depressus  (Flattened Musk Turtle)
  • Terrapene coahuila  (Coahuilan Box Turtle)
  • Testudo kleinmanni  (Egyptian Tortoise)

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(Prepared September 2008, revised March 2011)

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