Deadline: 05/01/2011
Open to: project focus on addressing a conservation issue
Award: up to $20,000
The WCS Research Fellowship Program (RFP) is a small grants program administered by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Institute that is designed to build capacity for the next generation of conservationists by supporting individual field research projects that have a clear application to the conservation of threatened wildlife and wild places.
The RFP helps train applied conservation scientists from developing countries. Since the RFP’s establishment in 1993, over 2,000 proposals totaling over $23 million have been submitted to WCS for funding, of which 300 proposals totaling more than $3 million have been funded. Over 60% of the total funded proposals have come from national conservationists (citizens of the country in which they are conducting their research). All grantees are graduate-level students pursuing masters, doctoral, or veterinary degrees (or equivalents). Collectively, these professionals will help to apply field-tested conservation science to the challenges facing conservation today.
WCS seeks projects that are based on sound and innovative conservation science and that encourage conservation practices that can contribute to sustainable development.
To determine whether your proposal meets WCS Research Fellowship Program guidelines, please review our Eligibility Requirements.
Before you apply, we strongly recommend that you send a one-paragraph summary of your intended proposal to fellowship@wcs.org for review and feedback. Please be sure to include the topic of your study (species, place, challenge) and any questions you may have about whether you fulfill the applicant eligibility requirements.
About the Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide. We do so through science, global conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.
WCS research fellowship will definitely help people in that field.This should see an increase in the number of conservationists.