The Wildlife Conservation Society offers grants to
support individual field research projects in conservation of threatened
wildlife and wildlife habitat.
The Research Fellowship Program (RFP) is
a small grants program designed to build capacity for the next generation of
conservationists through supporting individual field research projects that
have a clear application to the conservation of threatened wildlife and
wildlife habitat.
The society seeks projects that are based on sound
and innovative conservation science and that encourage practices in
conservation that can contribute to sustainable development. Most of the
grantees are professional conservationists from the country of research and/or
post-graduates pursuing a higher degree.
Applications
Location:
The RFP supports marine or terrestrial field research in Africa, Asia, and
Latin America regardless of the nationality of the applicant. In addition, the
RFP accepts applications from Native Americans (US) and First Nation Peoples
(Canada) who intend to conduct work on native lands on issues of direct
relevance to wildlife.
While all applications to work in Asian, African,
and Latin American countries are considered, CLP funding is restricted to
nationals from the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Libya,
Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and
Venezuela.
The RFP does not support research in North America
(except as mentioned above), Australia, New Zealand, Europe or their
territories, or Japan.
Grantees
The RFP will not limit any eligible individual
from applying, however, most of our grantees are:
- Professional
conservationists from the country of research, and/or
- Post-graduates
pursuing a higher degree
Grants
Grants are for up to $25,000 The average grants is
$10,500.
Timeline
The RFP supports projects for only one year, so
preference is given to discrete, short-term projects. Projects extending beyond
one year must highlight achievable goals at the end of the year for which the
funding is requested. Proposals are submitted in a standard format for two
annual cycles with deadlines on March 15 and September 15.
For
more information and application please visit the Wildlife Conservation Society Research Fellowship Program page.
