International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
African Bird Club
Award/Scholarship
Conservation Award;
Expedition Award
African Wildlife
Foundation
Charlotte Fellowship;
Macarthur
Professional
Leadership in
Conservation Award
Alexander F.
Skutch Award
Research grant
Amazon
Conservation
Association
Peruvian university
student award;
Graduate research
grant; Seed grant
Description
The ABC's Conservation Programme supports small
conservation projects in Africa. Conservation awards are
given to projects surveying and researching African birds,
educational projects or training courses, production of
guides to the common birds of a country in local languages,
interpretation material for nature reserves, and other ideas
will be considered. Expedition awards are provided for
larger projects.
In 1996, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) introduced
the Charlotte Conservation Fellowships to provide support
for African nationals pursuing masters degree courses or
doctoral research. Charlotte Fellowships enable recipients
to improve their qualifications, update their skills, acquire
the latest information on natural resource management and
adapt new technologies to their work. The Program is
committed to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of
African nationals in the field of conservation through the
increased knowledge, skills, and credentials obtained
through an advanced degree. AWF is offering scholarships
for full or partial MSc or Ph.D. programs with field research
components that produce knowledge offering solutions or
insight into specific conservation challenges that
complement AWF's conservation programs in the African
Heartlands. The countries of focus for this year's program
are Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Expenses that AWF expects to cover under the scholarship
will vary depending on the individual program selected by
the scholarship recipient.
Funding to support the study of life histories, especially
social relations and reproduction, of little known birds on
the continental neotropics, including Trinidad and Tobago.
The Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) and its
Peruvian counterpart, Asociación para la Conservación de
la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA) announce three grant
programs to support field research in pure and applied
biology, systematics, resource use and related topics at the
Los Amigos Research Center and Conservation Area in
Amazonian Peru during 2004.
Award Amount
Conservation
Award:
US$1,000;
Expedition
award: US$1500
Website
http://www.africanbirdclub.org/
conservation@africanbirdclub.
org
Scholarships
valued at a max
of US$20,000.
http://www.awf.org/
One award of
US$8,000 $10,000 offered
annually.
Peruvian
student award -US$3,000 $5,000; Grad
grant -- $5,000;
Seed grants -$20,000
http://www.afonet.org/english/s
kutchapp_english.pdf
www.amazonconservation.org/
home/grants.htm
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
American Bird
Conservancy
Award/Scholarship
William Belton Small
Grants Fund
American Museum
of Natural History
International Graduate
Student Fellowship
Program
American Society
of Mammologists
Latin American
Fellowship
American Society
of Primatologists
Awards; small grants
Description
ABC's William Belton Small Grants Fund will provide
support for projects to conserve Endangered and Critically
Endangered bird species in Latin America and the
Caribbean, in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service. Conservation projects at sites identified by the
Alliance for Zero Extinction as essential for the
conservation of Endangered and Critically Endangered bird
species will be given highest priority for support. ABC Small
Grants can provide funding for development of
Conservation Plans. Completed Plans would be required to
include the following information (these items are not
required for the initial proposal): Deadlines for applications
do apply.
One or two people per year receive funding to enter a
doctoral program at Columbia, Cornell, Yale or City
University of NY. The program aims to equip students with
the practical and theoretical training in conservation biology
they will need to address environmental problems in their
home countries. Currently, six students are enrolled,
among them citizens of countries in which the CBC has
ongoing research projects. Most have presented their
research at international conferences, as well as published
in leading scientific journals. Since the program's inception,
five Ph.D. students and three Master's students have
completed their studies, including two Ph.D. recipients in
June 2003.
The Latin American Fellowship has been established to
promote the support of field research by Latin Americans in
Latin America. Eligible students must be citizens of Latin
American countries (excluding Puerto Rico), and enrolled in
a graduate program in either a Latin American or North
American university. Proposed projects must be primarily
field oriented with a research emphasis in the areas of
natural history, conservation, ecology, systematics, wildlife
biology, biogeography, or behavior. These areas of
research in mammalogy shall be considered equally
important by the selection committee.
Awards and small grants for primate research.
Award Amount
Most grants less
than $5,000.
Website
http://www.abcbirds.org/intern
ational/small_grants_2004.htm
Website:
http://research.amnh.org/biodi
versity/center/programs/grad.h
tml
Contact: Ana Luz Porzecanski
Tel: 212-313-7052
Email: alporze@amnh.org.
US$1,000
http://www.mammalsociety.org
/committees/indexlatin.asp
Awards: $750;
Small grants:
http://www.asp.org/conservatio
n
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Bat Conservation
International
Award/Scholarship
Student Scholarship
Program
British American
Tobacco
Biodiversity
Partnership
British Ecological
Society (BES)
Early Career Project
Grants
British Ecological
Society (BES)
BES Bursaries and
Fellowships
British Ecological
Society (BES)
Expedition Grants
Description
Each year, BCI sponsors students in conducting
conservation-relevant research. Lack of knowledge about
bat ecology and behavior is one of the greatest
impediments to bat conservation progress. The goal of this
program is to support exceptionally talented students in
research initiatives that will contribute new knowledge
essential to conserving bats and the ecosystems they
serve. To this end, BCI has set aside a minimum of
$40,000 annually for its student scholarship fund.
The British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership,
launched in 2000, involves British American Tobacco and
four conservation NGOs: Earthwatch Europe; Fauna &
Flora International; the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and
the Tropical Biology Association. It aims to: work through
external projects to contribute to the conservation of global
biodiversity by building a portfolio of activities that assist
countries where the partners operate in meeting their
obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity;
and work within the British American Tobacco Group and
amongst the other partners to enhance the partners’ own
ability to conserve and manage biodiversity. British
American Tobacco is donating £1 million a year to the
Partnership for an initial five years.
The aim of this programme is to assist promising young
ecologists by supporting innovative or important research
of a pure or applied nature. Initiating or developing
research programmes is becoming increasing difficult for
ecologists during the early stages of their career, and this
programme principally aims to provide an opportunity for
ecologists recently appointed to academic posts to
establish themselves.
British Ecological Society (BES) Overseas Bursaries
scheme provides grants for ecologists in developing
countries for innovative ecological research. It aims to
encourage links between ecologists in developing countries
with those in the UK and other European countries.
The Expedition Grants are intended to further the education
of young ecologists by extending their experience overseas
Award Amount
$1500
Awards range
from $1,000 $2,500; and
average about
$2,000 each.
Website
http://www.batcon.org/
www.batbiodiversity.org
Grants up to
£25,000.
http://www.britishecologicalsoc
iety.org/articles/grants/researc
h/ecpg/
Grants up to
£7,000.
http://www.britishecologicalsoc
iety.org/articles/grants/researc
h/obf/
Grants up to
£2,000.
http://www.britishecologicalsoc
iety.org/articles/grants/researc
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
British
Ornithologist’s
Union
Research grants
Canon USA, Inc.
Canon National Parks
Science Scholars
Program for the
Americas
Description
through assisting student expeditions. No restriction is
made on the country(ies) visited, but travel must normally
be to or from the United Kingdom or Eire (sixth form
expeditions may be within the UK). Expeditions must
consist of at least three people (preferably undergraduates
or sixth-form students), although participation of
postgraduate students and staff is not excluded. It is
understood that teaching staff may help in the planning of
the expedition, and participate in the trip, but it should be
clear that the application is not for a field or adventure
training course. The expedition should be distinct from
timetabled teaching activities and should primarily have
been planned and organised by students. Funding will not
be given for work that contributes directly to the higher
degree of any of the expedition members.
The British Ornithologists’ Union will promote
understanding and conservation of the world’s birds,
advance ornithology within the scientific community and
promote scientific ornithology to the wider bird watching
public. The BOU has a long tradition of providing financial
support for research and expeditions. It administers the
David Lack and Landsborough Thomson Trusts, funded by
bequests and donations, from which research grants are
awarded annually to sponsor scientific and conservation
projects. Most of BOU’s support is in the form of small
grants, but the BOU does from time to time sponsor much
larger projects.
The Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program for
the Americas has an ambitious goal: To encourage the
best graduate students in the Americas to conduct
research critical for conserving national parks throughout
the region. For this program, the Americas include Canada,
the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central and
South America, and the countries of the Caribbean. The
program's objectives are to: 1.) support research on critical
problems facing the region’s national parks, 2.) encourage
the use of national parks as laboratories for science, and
3.) develop world leaders in science and conservation. By
providing support to Ph.D. students throughout the region,
Award Amount
Website
h/expedition/
Grants of £1000.
http://www.bou.org/
US$78,000 ea.
for 8 individuals.
http://www.nature.nps.gov/can
onscholarships/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Center for Tropical
Forest Science
(Smithsonian
Tropical Research
Institute)
Research grants
ChevronTexaco
Conservation Awards
Chicago Zoological
Society
Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo
Scott Neotropical
Fund
Description
the Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program for
the Americas hopes to develop the next generation of
scientists working in the fields of conservation,
environmental science, and national park management. It
is these scientists who will learn, discover, invent and
create solutions to preserve the national parks of the 21st
century.
Program is designed to provide opportunities for senior
researchers and graduate, predoctoral and postdoctoral
students to utilize existing Forest Dynamic Plots and to
conduct research with scientists associate with these plots.
Preference is given to scientists from the countries with
CTFS sites and to all graduate students and post-doctoral
researchers.
Program annually recognizes outstanding contributions of
individuals and organizations to the conservation of natural
resources.
Brookfield Zoo provides small grants assistance for
conservation and research projects that help support and
advance the zoo's mission. The Chicago Zoological Society
Conservation and Research Fund, in operation since 1976,
has provided nearly 200 grants for field conservation and
research. Typically, grants and awards help scientists,
conservationists, or graduate students focusing on
research and conservation projects concerned with
species, geographic areas, or topics of concern to the zoo.
Applications for grants are by invitation only and are
screened carefully to identify projects of the highest priority
to the zoo.
The Scott Neotropical Fund was initiated to provide funds
to deserving students and scientists living and working in
Latin America. Annual awards are made to research and
conservation initiatives involving animals and their habitat
or programs involving local people that directly impact
animal conservation. The primary beneficiary of the funds
as well as the impact of the project must be within the
neotropics (Mexico, Central America, South America and
the Caribbean). The Scott Neotropical Fund supports the
Award Amount
Website
US$3,000 $5,000 (with one
or two larger
awards up to
$40,000)
http://www.ctfs.si.edu/CTFS%
20Research%20Grants%20804.pdf
Six awards are
given per year in
the amount of
$10,000.
http://www.chevrontexaco.com
/social_responsibility/communi
ty/programs_conservation.asp
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/
Awards range
from $3000 $5000.
http://www.clemetzoo.com/con
servation/grants.asp
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Columbus Zoo
Conservation Fund
Conservation and
Research
Foundation
Conservation
International –
Critically
Endangered
Neotropical
Species Fund
Research grant
Conservation
International –
Margot Marsh
Biodiversity
Foundation
Research grants
Description
work of neotropical residents in their countries through
direct project support, training opportunities, and/or
technical assistance that will continue to benefit the local
people, wildlife and habitats of the neotropics into the
future.
The Conservation Fund serves as a small grants program
that field researchers throughout the world can access by
submitting applications directly to the Field Conservation
Coordinator. The conservation committee reviews
proposals each month, and in 2003, the zoo has provided
funds to over 80 projects in 36 countries.
The Foundation awards grants for seed money to promote
conservation and enlightened use of renewable natural
resources; encourage related research in the biological
sciences; deepen understanding of the relationships
between man and the environment; and address the
problem of overpopulation. Preferred projects are those
that might not qualify for funding from traditional sources.
Grants are made to organisations as well as individuals. In
the area of research, the sponsor prefers to support
investigations that might be ineligible for funding from
conventional sources. Scholarships are not provided.
Inquiry regarding the possibility of support should be in the
form of an exploratory letter.
CENSF aims to contribute to global biodiversity
conservation by providing strategically targeted, catalytic
support for the conservation of Critically Endangered
species (as listed on the 2002 IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species; www.redlist.org) living in their natural
habitats in the Neotropics (here defined as all of Latin
America, from Mexico southwards, and including the
Caribbean and other offshore islands). Program does not
accept unsolicited proposals.
Provides strategically targeted, catalytic support for the
conservation of endangered nonhuman primates and their
natural habitats. Projects submitted to the foundation
should have one or more of the following characteristics:
focus on critically endangered and endangered nonhuman
primates living in their natural habitats; be conducted in
Award Amount
Website
http://www.colszoo.org/Conser
vation/con2001.html
Up to US$5,000
http://biodiversityeconomics.or
g/funding/dir3-13.htm
Awards range
from $1,000 $3,000 with a
max of $5,000.
Contact: Mike Hoffman
m.hoffman@conservation.org
Contact: Bill Konstant
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Conservation
International –
Primate Action
Fund
Research grant
Conservation
International –
Turtle Conservation
Fund
Research grant
Description
areas of high overall biodiversity and under great threat
(e.g., “threatened hotspots”, “megadiversity” countries) - to
ensure maximum multiplier effect for each project; be
carried out by nationals from the tropical countries to
increase local capacity for implementing biodiversity
conservation; be projects that strengthen international
networks of field-based primate specialists and enhance
their capacity to be successful conservationists; and result
in publication of information on endangered primate
species in a format that is useful both to experts and the
general public.
Projects submitted to the foundation should have one or
more of the following characteristics: a focus on critically
endangered and endangered nonhuman primates living in
their natural habitats; location in areas of high overall
biodiversity and under great threat (e.g., “threatened
hotspots”, “megadiversity” countries) - to ensure maximum
multiplier effect for each project; direction and management
by nationals from the tropical countries, to help increase
local capacity for implementing biodiversity conservation;
the ability to strengthen international networks of fieldbased primate specialists and enhance their capacity to be
successful conservationists; and projects that result in
publication of information on endangered primate species
in a format that is useful both to experts and the general
public. Program does not accept unsolicited proposals.
Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for
specific conservation or research projects dealing with
tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with
either partial or full support as funding allows. Priority for
funding is usually given to projects that focus on species
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
recognized as such. Award recipients enter into contractual
agreement with Conservation International to produce the
proposed work (CI serves as TCF's umbrella organization).
Award recipients are also encouraged to publish at least
partial results of the supported research in the international
Award Amount
Website
Awards range
from US $1,000
- $3,000 with a
max of $5,000.
Contact: Anthony Rylands
a.rylands@conservation.org
Awards range
from $1000 $5000.
http://www.chelonian.org/tcf/
Contact: Rod Mast
Email:
r.mast@conservation.org
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Critical Ecosystem
Partnership Fund
(CEPF)
Darwin Initiative
Main Darwin projects
Darwin Scholarships
Pre-project funding
Post-project funding
Disney
Wildlife Conservation
Description
scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation and
Biology, published by TCF Alliance Partner Chelonian
Research Foundation.
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). A joint
initiative between Conservation International, The Global
Environment Facility, the MacArthur Foundation and the
World Bank. Investments support such projects as
managing of protected areas and coordinating biodiversity
corridors; training; transboundary planning; encouraging
local dialogue with extractive industries; engaging in
conflict resolution; priority setting and consensus building;
strengthening indigenous organizations and facilitating
partnerships between the private sector and protected
areas.
To assist countries rich in biodiversity but poor in resources
with the conservation of biological diversity and
implementation of the Biodiversity Convention. To draw on
British expertise in the field of biodiversity. Projects funded
under the Initiative will be collaborative, involving either
local institutions or communities in the host country.
Projects will have a real impact on the ability of the host
country to meet its obligations under the Biodiversity
Convention. Projects will be of high quality and scientific (or
other appropriate professional) excellence. Whenever
possible, Darwin funding will be used as a catalyst to lever
additional funding for project work, which would not
otherwise be forthcoming. The outputs and outcomes from
projects should be additional to that from work being
funded through other mainstream environmental or
research programmes. Projects funded under the Initiative
will demonstrate good value for money. Darwin
Scholarships are targeted at promising members of recent
or current Darwin Initiative projects and are from countries
rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources. Drawing
on UK expertise in biodiversity, the programme aims to
give Scholars the opportunity to broaden their professional
knowledge and experience in biodiversity, typically through
work experience in UK organisations.
The Fund was established in 1995 as a global awards
Award Amount
Website
http://www.cepf.net/xp/cepf/
£35,000 £70,000 per yr
per project
(most project
last 3 years)
http://www.darwin.gov.uk/
http://disney.go.com/disneyha
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Earthwatch Institute
East Asia and
Award/Scholarship
Fund
Research Grants;
African Fellowship
Program
Description
program for the study and protection of the world's wildlife
and ecosystems. It provides annual awards to US nonprofit conservation organizations working alongside their
peers in other countries. Many of the recipient
organizations concentrate their activities on "biological
hotspots" - areas rich in plant and animal life at risk of
imminent destruction. Since its inception, the Fund has
supported more than 200 projects in 20 countries. Each
project is evaluated on specific criteria, including scientific
methodologies, magnitude of need, involvement of partner
organizations, ability to impact an area in the near-term and
elements of public education and community involvement.
Any project that Earthwatch supports must be able to
demonstrate clearly how the outcomes will address local or
global environmental issues. We currently support 140
projects in 50 countries, ranging from mangrove restoration
of the Kenyan coastline, or exploring how insect
interactions maintain critically endangered habitat in Costa
Rica's tropical forest, through to monitoring bird migration
between Europe and Africa. Earthwatch awards grants on
a per capita basis, determined by multiplying the per capita
grant by the number of volunteers deployed to the project.
The long-term goal of the African Fellowship Program is to
build the capacity of African conservation institutions
through providing training, in an African context, to their
staff. The two-week field placements are intensive but
cause minimal disruption to the institutions' day-to-day
activities, because staff is only released for a short period.
Fellowships are open to people with a wide range of
academic and professional backgrounds, including those
with experience but no formal qualifications. Earthwatch
works with 23 local partners to: 1.) provide young scientists
with the skills and confidence to engage in their own
research programs, 2.) bridge the skills gap to enable NGO
workers and park staff to understand and participate in data
collection and processing. The Programme started in 1994,
and over 670 conservation professionals from 25 African
countries have been awarded Fellowships.
International Development Aid Donor Internet Guide.
Award Amount
Website
nd/environmentality/index.html
Per capita
grants average
$900 (range
$250 to $1,200),
and project
grants average
$25,000 (range
$7,000 to
$130,000)
annually.
http://www.earthwatch.org/eur
ope/
http://www.earthwatch.org/
http://eapei.home.att.net/dpsite
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Pacific
Environmental
Initiative
EPA
Erik Hosking Trust
European Tropical
Forest Research
Network
Explorer’s Club
(US)
Award/Scholarship
Star Graduate
Fellowship
Small grants
Exploration Fund
Exxonmobil/Esso
Save the Tiger Fund
Fauna and Flora
International
Flagship Species
Fund
Description
Excellent resource with comprehensive, annotated links to
dozens of donors present on the web.
Award Amount
Website
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part
of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is
offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral
level students in environmentally-related fields of study.
Applicants must be citizens of the United States, or its
territories or possessions, or be lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence.
Awards are granted annually to applicants pursuing project
on birds and other natural history subjects that are of
scientific and conservation value, using the media of
writing, photography, painting or illustration.
The ETFRN is a forum for communication between
European organizations, researchers, EU institutions and
others concerned with (sub-)tropical forest research.
The Exploration Fund of The Explorers Club provides
grants in support of exploration and field research. Grants
in amounts up to $1,200 are made primarily to graduate
students. Applicants do not have to be members of The
Explorers Club and do not have to reside in the United
States to qualify for an award.
The Save The Tiger Fund supports organizations and
governmental agencies to conduct a broad range of tiger
conservation activities. To date, the Fund has provided
awards to 53 grantees. The Fund's diversity of grant
recipients has grown every year. In 2002, we have invested
in 19 projects and supported a total of 15 grantees, four of
them new to the Fund.
The Flagship Species Fund aims to provide practical
support to the conservation of endangered species and
their associated ecosystems in developing countries. This
dedicated fund focuses on popular and highly visible
threatened species of animals and plants. The Flagship
Species Fund Small Grants Programme provides urgently
needed support to small scale and pilot conservation
projects worldwide, funding activities concerned directly
with the protection of endangered flagship species. The
US$37,000
http://www.umass.edu/researc
h/gsgs/epastar.html
£500
http://www.hoskingtours.co.uk/EricHosking/Bursar
y.pdf
s.htm
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resou
rce/frames/linkfund.html
US$1200
http://explorers.org/research_g
rants.php
http://www.nfwf.org/programs/
stf.htm
http://www.faunaflora.org/help/funds.html
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Ford Foundation
International
Fellowship Program
Haribon Foundation
Conservation
Research Grants
Idea Wild
Institute of
International
Education
Fulbright and
Humphrey
scholarships
International
IFS grantee awards –
Description
Programme now disperses grants once a year rather than
three times a year.
The International Fellowships Program provides support for
up to three years of formal graduate-level study leading to
a masters or doctoral degree. Fellows are selected from
countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America,
and Russia, where the Ford Foundation maintains active
overseas programs. U.S. nationals are not eligible,
although Fellows may study in the US. (Environment and
Development is one of 15 fields of study and falls within
“Asset Bldg and Community Dev.” The foundation has
invested $280 million through 2010.
Haribon in cooperation with the Critical Ecosystems
Partnership Fund awards research grants to fill in gaps in
knowledge of threatened species and their habitats, and to
build local capacity for research. Proposals for field-based
projects are accepted from students, conservationists,
enthusiasts and organizations from all over the Philippines.
Museum and laboratory-based components may be
included. Proposals are evaluated based on: 1.) Relevance
to the conservation of threatened species and their
habitats; 2.) Scientific merit and value of the research; 3.)
Capacity of researcher(s) to conduct the study; 4.)
contribution to the professional development of Filipino
researchers.
Provides equipment and supplies for projects from $50 to
$1500 USD.
The Fulbright Fellowship Program was established over 50
years ago and provides awards to 5,000 foreign nationals
from 140 nations each year through their home country
mission or US embassy. The Humphrey Program is a oneyear graduate exchange program that falls within the
Fulbright program and has been in existence since 1978.
Natural resource and environmental management is one of
12 targeted fields. Fellows are placed in US universities
and participate in graduate-level coursework and other
professional development activities according to their area
of interest.
The IFS has an award scheme that is intended to give
Award Amount
Website
http://www.fordfound.org/what/
initiatives.cfm
Max. grant
amount for a
one-year project
for professionals
and
organizations is
PhP250,000
(US$4500); and
PhP100,000
(US$1800) for
undergraduate
students.
http://www.haribon.org.ph/?q=
http://www.ideawild.org/
Humphrey
Fellowships are
granted in the
amount of
$55,000 to
$58,000.
http://www.iie.org/
Danida and
http://www.ifs.se/index.htm
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Foundation for
Sciences
Award/Scholarship
Danida award
Jubilee award
Sven Brohult award
International
Primatological
Society
Martha J. Galante
Award, Lawrence
Jacobsen Education
Development Award,
Charles Southwick
Cons Ed Commitment
Award, and Captive
Care Grant
Description
recognition to IFS grantees for noteworthy achievements
clearly associated with research work supported by IFS.
The following Awards are available only to IFS Grantees
and are given for noteworthy achievements which are
clearly associated with work supported fully or in part by
IFS. Danida -- This Award is intended for IFS grantees in
Sub-Saharan countries. The Award, in the amount of
US$2,000, is given up to 12 times per year. Jubilee -- This
Award is intended for IFS grantees from northern Africa,
Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Award, in the amount of US$2,000, is given up to 8
times per year. Sven Brohult -- The Sven Brohult Award, in
the amount of US$10,000 is the most prestigious of the IFS
Awards. It is given to an IFS grantee once every three
years.
IPS offers small monetary grants to those conducting
projects congruent with the aims of our society. Martha J.
Galante -- grant proposals are solicited from professionals
of habitat countries of primates. Money awarded could be
used for conservation training. Lawrence Jacobsen -Education Committee of IPS solicits grants of up to $1000
to support the development of primate conservation
education programs. These initiatives should support field
conservation programs, work with local community and/or
schools, or are used to provide training in conservation
education techniques. Charles Southwick -- this award is
dedicated to recognizing individuals living in primate habitat
countries that have made a significant contribution to
formal and informal conservation education in their
countries. The amount of the award is $750: $500 will be
given directly to the recipient and $250 will be given in the
recipient's name to a project of their choosing in their
community. Captive Care -- grants of up to $1000 for
projects focusing on captive care issues that relate to: (1)
the status of primates in captivity (e.g., sanctuaries, private,
commercial) in range countries, (2) information from local
wildlife officials and field researchers on the problems
relating to captive primates, and (3) improving conditions
for the well-being of captive primates in range countries.
Award Amount
Jubilee -$2,000; Sven
Brohult -$10,000.
Awards range
from $750 $1000
Website
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/ips/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
International
Tropical Timber
Organization
Award/Scholarship
Freezailah Fellowship
Fund
IUCN
LASPAU
Fulbright-OAS
Ecology Initiative
Lincoln Park Zoo
Neotropic Fund;
Africa/Asia Fund
Description
ITTO offers fellowships through the Freezailah Fellowship
Fund to promote human resource development and to
strengthen professional expertise in member countries in
tropical forestry and related disciplines. The goal is to
promote the sustainable management of tropical forests,
the efficient use and processing of tropical timber, and
better economic information about the international trade in
tropical timber.
The World Conservation Union provides a list of IUCN
Corporate Partners in Conservation but does not run any
grant programmes.
The program offers grants to individuals from Latin
America, the Caribbean, and Canada for master’s and
doctoral level study at U.S. universities. Grantees in the
natural sciences, social sciences, and public policy study
multidisciplinary approaches to environmental preservation
and sustainable development. The goal of the initiative is to
develop a well-prepared cadre of environmental
professionals who, upon completion of their studies, will
return to their institutions to share their expertise with
colleagues while maintaining contact with each other.
The Lincoln Park Zoo Neotropic Fund is supported by an
annual gift from a single donor. The fund strives to ensure
the future of conservation in Latin America by making small
grants to young conservation biologists working throughout
Latin America and the Caribbean Islands. Since its
inception in 1986, the fund has supported over 125 projects
in 18 countries and made awards totaling over $700,000.
The Neotropic Fund supports research in Latin Amerce and
Caribbean countries, preferentially involving researchers
from those areas.
A new fund, the Lincoln Park Zoo Africa/Asia Fund was
created to support conservation efforts of young biologists
conducting field research in Africa, Asia and the
Pacific. The Africa/Asia Fund supports research in Africa
and Asia and preferentially involving researchers from
those areas.
Each fund typically supports between five and six projects
annually, including project renewals for a second year. By
Award Amount
US$10,000
Website
http://www.itto.or.jp/
http://www.iucn.org/
http://www.laspau.harvard.edu
/grant-LASPAU.htm
Awards are
given in the
amount of
$3000-6000.
http://www.lpzoo.com/conserv
ation/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Lindbergh
Foundation
Award/Scholarship
Lindbergh Grant
Liz Claiborne and
Art Ortenberg
Foundation
MacArthur
Foundation
Max and Anna
Levinson
Foundation
National
Geographic
Research and
Exploration Fund
Description
emphasizing support for young conservation biologists
working in their own countries, the Lincoln Park Zoo
Conservation Fund assists a new generation of
researchers in becoming the environmental decisionmakers of tomorrow and strengthens the core of
conservation leadership throughout the world.
Provides grand funding in a number of areas, one of which
is the conservation of natural resources, including animals,
plants, water, and general conservation (land, air, energy,
etc.
The Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation is a
private body devoted to the conservation of nature and the
amelioration of human distress. The Foundation seeks to
redress the breakdown in the processes linking nature and
humanity. It concerns itself particularly with matters of
species extinction, habitat destruction and fragmentation,
resource depletion and resource waste. It favors solutions
which directly benefit local communities and serve as
exemplars for saving species and wildlands. It recognizes
the imperative to reconcile nature preservation with human
needs and aspirations. (Funding through institutions)
Private grant-making institution awarding grants through
four programs: Human and Community Development,
Global Security and Sustainability, General and MacArthur
Fellows.
The Levinson Foundation is a private family foundation that
has been in existence since 1955 and makes grants to
individuals and groups committed to developing a more
humane and rewarding society, in which people have a
greater ability and opportunity to determine directions for
the future. Area of interest: The Environment: including
Protection of Ecosystems and Biological Diversity;
Alternative Energy and Protection of the Atmosphere;
Alternative Agriculture and Transportation; Breaking the
Link Between Illegal Resource Extraction, Civil Conflict and
Markets; and the Development of the Israeli Environmental
Movement.
The National Geographic Society awards grants for
scientific field research and exploration through its
Award Amount
Grants up to
$10,500.
Website
http://www.lindberghfoundation
.org/
http://www.lcaof.org/
http://www.macfound.org/
Grants range
from $10,000 $20,000
http://www.levinsonfoundation.
org/index.html
US$15,000 $20,000
http://www.nationalgeographic.
com/research/grant_applicatio
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
National
Geographic
Conservation Trust
Research grant
National Science
Foundation
Environmental
research grants;
Education grants
Research grants
Neotropical Bird
Club
Netherlands
Committee – IUCN
Small Grants for
Wetlands Program
(SWP)
Description
Committee for Research and Exploration. All proposed
projects must have both a geographical dimension and
relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific
interest. The committee is emphasizing multidisciplinary
projects that address environmental issues (e.g., loss of
biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population
pressures). Funding is not restricted to United States
citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries
should include at least one local collaborator as part of their
research teams. The committee will not consider
applications seeking support solely for laboratory work or
archival research. While grants are awarded on the basis of
scientific merit and exist independent of the Society's other
divisions, grant recipients are expected to provide the
Society with rights of first refusal for popular publication of
their findings. Applicants are expected to have advanced
degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent) and be associated with an
educational organization or institution.
The objective of the Conservation Trust is to support
conservation activities around the world as they fit within
the mission of the National Geographic Society. The trust
will fund projects that contribute significantly to the
preservation and sustainable use of the Earth's biological,
cultural, and historical resources. Applicants are not
expected to have Ph.D.'s or other advanced degrees.
However, applicants must provide a record of prior
research or conservation action as it pertains to the
proposed project. Funding is not restricted to United States
citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries
should include at least one local collaborator as part of their
research teams.
Award Amount
Website
n.html
Awards range
from US$15,000
- $20,000
http://www.nationalgeographic.
com/conservation/
http://www.nsf.gov/
Grants are available for conservation work or research
which may be of conservation benefit in the neotropics.
The new phase of SWP has started the 1st of January
2004 and will last until December 2006. The next deadlines
for submitting proposals will be 1 March 2004 and 1
US$500 to
$1500
Max amount
awarded is Euro
85.000
http://www.neotropicalbirdclub.
org/club/conserve.html
http://www.nciucn.nl/english/fu
nds/wetlands/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Organization for
Tropical Studies
Research Fellowships
Padi Foundation
Research grants
People’s Trust for
Endangered
Species
Research grants
Primate
Conservation, Inc.
Description
September 2004. The list of countries in which NGO
projects may be funded has been expanded.
OTS offers research fellowships to graduate students
enrolled in degree programs at OTS member institutions
and to OTS alumni. In 2000 OTS awarded almost $90,000.
Post-course awards are small amounts for up to two weeks
of study after a course. Research Fellowships are to assist
thesis research in tropical biology and related fields –
proposals for research at OTS biological stations receive
priority. OTS and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
also have fellowships for comparative research at facilities
in Costa Rica and Panama.
The PADI FOUNDATION encourages and supports
underwater science, environmental projects, and
education. The Foundation will fund and assist worthwhile
projects that will enrich mankind's understanding of the
aquatic environment and encourage sensitivity to and
protection of the delicate ecological balance of underwater
life.
People's Trust for Endangered Species makes funds
available for wildlife researchers and conservationists to
carry out crucial work on globally threatened species
throughout the world. Projects may either focus on
research into the status of a particular species or involve
practical conservation work within the field. Priority is given
to those projects that are likely to lead to a lasting benefit to
the species concerned. PTES also provides grants for
students carrying out practical conservation projects and
research in the summer months of their undergraduate
degree. Applications for Master’s and PhD students will not
be accepted.
PCI is a non-profit foundation, which funds research that
supports conservation programmes for wild populations of
primates. Priority is given to projects that study the least
known and endangered species in their natural habitat. The
involvement of citizens from the country in which the
primates are found is desirable. The grant is intended t
Award Amount
(US$103,600)
for first-time and
follow-up
awards.
Awards up to
$5000.
Website
http://www.ots.duke.edu/index
_nao.php
Grants up to
$20,000;
average award
amount is
$5,000 $10,000.
http://www.padifoundation.org/
Individual grants
range from £100
- £5000.
http://www.ptes.org/Funding/fu
nding_details_page.htm
http://www.ptes.org/Funding/P
TES%20Guidelines.PDF
Grants range
from US$2500 $5000
http://www.primate.org/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Ramsar
Award/Scholarship
Ramsar Wetland
Conservation Award
Rockefeller
Foundation
Rolex
Rolex Awards for
Enterprise
Royal Geographical
Society
Expedition Research
Grants
Description
provide support for original research that can be used to
formulate and to implement conservation plans for the
species being studied. Asia and West Africa are of
particular interest, but all regions will be considered.
The Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award was established
in 1996 by Resolution VI.18 of the 6th Meeting of the
Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on
Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) in order to recognise and
honour the contributions of individuals, organisations, and
governments around the world towards promoting the
conservation and wise use of wetlands.
The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based, global
foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the
lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people
throughout the world. Grants are organized in categories:
by themes, cross-theme, Regional Programs and Special
Programs (which includes Global Philanthropy, Next
Generation Leadership, Population and the Cairo Agenda,
Communication for Social Change and Other Grants).
The Rolex Awards for Enterprise aim to encourage a spirit
of enterprise in individuals around the world by supporting
outstanding efforts in areas that advance human
knowledge and well-being. The Rolex Awards provide
financial assistance to people who want to implement
concrete working projects. Applicants must submit projects
that are envisaged for the future or that have been
completed in part. The 2006 Selection Committee invites
applications for projects that fall into the following areas:
science and medicine; technology and innovation;
exploration and discovery; the environment; and cultural
heritage. Projects must expand knowledge of our world,
improve the quality of life on the planet or contribute to the
betterment of humankind.
The Society’s grants are wide-ranging and offer support to
individual researchers, expedition teams and
schoolteachers. Grants are for work in both the UK and
overseas. The Society has many small grants for scientific
expeditions working in remote and challenging
environments. For these, it encourages projects that add to
Award Amount
US$10,000
Website
http://www.ramsar.org/key_aw
ard_criteria_e.htm
www.rockfound.org
5 awards/year at
US$100,000 ea.
http://www.rolexawards.com/h
ome-flash.html
Awards range in
value from £350
- £15,000.
http://www.rgs.org/
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Royal Society for
the Protection of
Birds
Critically Endangered
Bird Species
Research
Shell Corp.
Marine Habitat
Program
Shell Foundation
Simbiota
Society for the
Study of
Amphibians and
Description
the geographical knowledge of a region and contribute to
development and conservation priorities, working closely
with local communities and scholars.
Each year, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
(RSPB), the BirdLife Partner in the UK, offers grants to
fund research on the approximately 190 bird species listed
by IUCN as “Critically Endangered”. Only work on these
species will be considered for grants. Priority will be given
to people working in-country, particularly BirdLife Partners
and other conservation NGOs, although individuals not
attached to an institution may also apply if they can obtain
a letter of support from a recognised institution in their
country.
The Shell Marine Habitat program is a partnership between
the Shell Oil Company and the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation. The purpose of this partnership is to provide
grants for projects that benefit marine habitat in and around
the Gulf of Mexico. The Shell Marine Habitat Program was
launched in 1988. To date, 96 projects have been funded,
committing nearly $4 million in funds.
It was decided from the outset that, rather than support a
portfolio of small grants under the Biodiversity theme, the
foundation would focus efforts on a partnering agreement
with the Smithsonian Institution that would monitor and
assess the impacts of oil and gas operations on areas of
high biological diversity. As a consequence of
the partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, which will
continue until at least September 2005, the foundation will
not be supporting any other project-based activities
under the Biodiversity theme.
Simbiota’s List of Potential Funding Sources for Neotropical
Field Biologists & Conservationists. The 89 organizations in
this list would consider funding proposals from Neotropical
scientists or conservationists if those proposals matched
their application guidelines.
List of international funding opportunities for herpetological
students and professionals provided by the Society for the
Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Award Amount
Grants of up to
US$1,000.
Website
Paul Donald
paul.donald@rspb.org.uk
http://www.nfwf.org/programs/
shell.htm
http://www.shellfoundation.org/
biodiversity/funding.html
http://wildlife.wisc.edu/simbiota
/s-list.htm
http://www.ukans.edu/~ssar/int
_grt.html
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Reptiles
Sophie Danforth
Conservation
Biology Fund
Award/Scholarship
Teresa and H. John
Heinz III
Foundation
Teresa Heinz
Scholars for
Environmental
Research
The Nature
Conservancy
Lindsay Parsons and
Carter Bales
Conservation
scholarships
Tinker Foundation
Field research grant
Description
The Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund (SDCBF),
established by the Roger Williams Park Zoo and the Rhode
Island Zoological Society in 1989, supports conservation
programs that protect threatened wildlife and habitats
worldwide. Field studies and other projects that
demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach to biodiversity
and ecosystem conservation and projects that involve incountry collaborators receive the highest funding priority.
Environmental education programs, development of
techniques that can be used in a natural environment, and
captive propagation programs that stress an integrative
approach to conservation are also appropriate. Projects
must directly affect biological conservation.
The program provides enhancement support for doctoral
dissertation and master's thesis (or project) research. A
total of 16 one-time, one-year awards are offered annually.
Funded research must have public policy relevance that
increases society's understanding of environmental
concerns and proposed solutions. Individuals with
dissertations or theses or projects that do not meet these
criteria will not be considered. Recipients must participate
in either a doctoral or master's program at the following
institutions: Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University,
Harvard University, Pennsylvania State University,
Princeton University, Stanford University, Yale University,
Florida A&M University, Texas A&M University at Corpus
Christi.
The Lindsay Parsons Scholarship Fund and the Carter
Bales Conservation Scholarship Fund are two programs
that support training and professional development for
conservation practitioners from developing countries who
are playing a key role within their organization. TNC works
with the selected participants to design a training program
around their specific needs.
The Grants provide graduate students with travel funds
(international and in-country) to Latin America, Spain and
Portugal to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of
language and culture, to gather research data and to
Award Amount
Website
Max US$1000
http://www.rogerwilliamsparkz
oo.org/conservation/danforth_
application.htm
Doctoral:
$10,000
Masters: $5,000
http://www.hfp.heinz.org/progr
ams/environmentalscholars.ht
ml
http://nature.org/
$10,000 and
$15,000
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker
/tinker/field.html
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Description
develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their field.
They are awarded by the university institutes/centers for
brief periods of research in Iberia or Latin America and
should reflect primarily the major interests of the Tinker
Foundation, i.e., economic policy and governance and
those targeted social science disciplines having strong
public policy implications, and environmental policy studies.
Awards are limited to graduate students conducting
predissertation research.
Award Amount
Total Foundation
US Fish and
Wildlife Service
Neotropical Migratory
Bird Conservation
Fund
US Fish and
Wildlife Service
African and Asian
Elephant Conservation
Funds; Great Apes
Conservation Fund;
Rhinoceros and Tiger
Conservation Fund
Various grants
Vodaphone
Foundation
WCS
Research Fellowship
Programme
Neotripical Fund: Provides funding to individuals and group
in the US, Latin America and the Caribbean, with the
exception of Cuba for projects focusing on protection and
management of neotropical migratory bird populations;
maintenance, management, protection, and restoration of
neotropical migratory bird habitat; research and monitoring;
law enforcement; and community outreach and education.
Projects may be up to two years in duration.
The Foundation makes social investments that help the
people of the world to have fuller lives by: sharing the
benefits of developments in mobile communications
technology as widely as possible; protecting the natural
environment; and supporting the local communities in
which Vodafone's customers, employees, investors and
suppliers live. Most projects will be funded in partnership
with local Vodafone company foundations or community
programmes.
Established in 1993, the RFP is a small grants program
designed to support individual field research that is based
Max amount for
FY05 is
US$250,000.
Average award
US$88,000, with
a range of
US$2,000 US$250,000.
Requests under
US$5,000 are
discouraged.
Grants up to
US$50,000.
Website
http://www.total.com/fondation/
fr/
http://birdhabitat.fws.gov/NMB
CA/eng_neo.htm
http://international.fws.gov/gra
nts/grants.html
http://www.vodafonefoundation
.org/1.0.html
Grants up to
US$25,000 for
http://wcs.org/swaround_the_globe/rfp?preview
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
Whitley Laing
Foundation
Rufford Small Grant;
Whitley Award
Wildlife Trust
Biodiversity, Ecology
and Health Fund
Description
on sound and innovative conservation science. It aims to
build capacity for the next generation of conservationists.
Most of the grantees are professional conservationists from
the country of research and/or post-graduates pursuing a
higher degree. The RFP supports field research in Africa,
Asia, and Latin America. Traditionally the RFP has not
supported research in North America, Australia, or Europe,
or their territories. However, the RFP has just begun to
accept 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.
Rufford Small Grants (RSG's) are awards offered in
association with the Whitley Laing Foundation. They are
aimed at small conservation programmes and pilot projects
and are not designed to be a small part of a large
undertaking. RSG's are available to individuals and small
groups. Applications can be made at any time of the year
and these are reviewed twice annually with deadlines at the
end of January and July. Projects should be about a year’s
duration although each application is assessed on its own
merit and the project length can be flexible. Applications
from non first world areas are strongly encouraged; grants
are not normally offered in response to applications for
funding for attending conferences and seminars, nor for
academic research projects or purely data gathering
expeditions. It is hoped that many recipients of Rufford
Small Grants will progress in their field and go on to apply
for a main Whitley Award. On successful completion of a
RSG, having provided satisfactory feedback and a final
report, applicants are welcome to apply for a second RSG
and then a Rufford Booster Grant.
Wildlife Trust’s Biodiversity, Ecology and Health Fund
(BEHF) supports projects that with a modest level of
funding can make an impact on protecting nature or
safeguarding ecological health. Typical projects have
budgets of less than $10,000 U.S. and can be completed in
one to two years. BEHF projects normally focus on
research aimed at improving wildlife conservation science,
conservation medicine, natural resources management, or
Award Amount
one year
(average award
is $7,000).
Website
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Rufford: Grants
up to £5,000.
Whitley:
£30,000, plus a
second year of
£30,000 for the
gold winner.
http://www.whitleyaward.org/Articles/projects/ruff
ord/rufford_index.html
Up to
US$10,000 for
one- to two-year
projects.
http://www.wildlifetrust.org/ssf.
htm
International Conservation Project Funders
Institution
Award/Scholarship
World Wide Fund
for Nature China
China Conservation
Small Grants Fund
WWF – Education
for Nature Program
Nsanjama-Palmer
Rising Star
Scholarships
WWF – Education
for Nature Program
Russell Train
Scholarship Program
WWF – Education
for Nature Program
Professional
Development Grants
Description
public environmental policies by local scientists working
full-time in the country in which the project takes place.
Wildlife Trust’s BEHF Program does not fund: 1.)
administrative overhead or unrestricted operating support;
2.) salaries (daily field expenses are funded); 3.) tuition;
and 4.) attendance to conferences.
Projects should focus on plants and animals that are either
on the IUCN Red List for China, or have been officially
designated 1st or 2nd Category Protected Species by the
Chinese government. Projects focusing on protection of
biologically important habitat areas will also be considered.
Proposals to work on well-publicized species will not be
considered.
With the purpose of increasing the number of trained
conservationists in Francophone Africa, Nsanjama-Palmer
Rising Star Scholarships are awarded to four or five
commendable students each year at the Ecole pour la
Formation des Specialistes de la Faune (EFG) school in
Cameroon. These students are at the beginning of their
career in conservation and show a long-term commitment
to the field.
The Russell Train Scholarship Program has been awarding
scholarships and fellowships since 1994 to practitioners
dedicated to conservation in their home countries and
regions. Scholars receive financial support for a period of
up to two years to cover all education costs (tuition, books,
travel, room and board) at the undergraduate, graduate
and doctoral level at the recipient’s institution of choice
anywhere in the world. Participating regions include Africa,
Asia/Pacific and Latin America.
EFN Professional Development Grants support trainingrelated costs for mid-career conservation professionals to
attend short-courses, workshops, and conferences. Costs
covered include registration fees and tuition, meals and
accommodations, books and materials, international travel,
and local transportation. Training may take place anywhere
in the world.
Award Amount
Website
www.wwfchina.org
http://www.wwfefn.org/index.html
Up to
US$20,000/yr.
http://www.wwfefn.org/index.html
Grants range
from $1,500 to
$5,000.
http://www.wwfefn.org/index.html