White Nose Syndrome Rapid Response Fund

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The purpose of theNSS White Nose Syndrome Rapid Response Fund is to initiate or continue field and laboratory research into White Nose Syndrome in bats, especially where other funding is not readily available, and would result in critically identified seasonal research not occurring.
White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is the name given to a condition of unknown cause that has led to the death of hundreds of thousands of bats in the eastern United States. Since its initial identification in a New York cave in 2006, WNS has now spread to scores of sites in nine states, now as far south as the Virginias.  Numerically, it has affected the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) most severely, but has had a more significant impact on the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis).  WNS has now been documented to affect northeastern hibernating bat species.

The WNS Rapid Response Fund gives you an opportunity to provide timely, direct, and much-needed support for WNS research.  Because the NSS is a private organization, we can respond rapidly to appropriate research requests.  Given the seasonal nature of bat research, this is most critical.

Over the past year, the NSS WNS Rapid Response Fund  has been able to fund five projects that were research priorities and would not have occurred without our support. Read what your money has done here.

Now, another hibernation season has ended, and funding for summer and fall work is being sought.  Recently awarded government grants are not available until later in the year, and were only limited to state wildlife agencies.

Your help is needed. Make your tax-deductible donation online at the NSS Donation Page, or write a check to the NSS WNS Rapid Response Fund and mail it to: NSS, 2813 Cave Ave., Huntsville, AL 35810-4431. The NSS is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

Thank you!

Researchers interested in applying for funding can find the application guidelines here.

WNS Liaison web page - updates on WNS research, media coverage, and key WNS links.