American Fellowships provide Doctoral and Postdoctoral fellowships for women. Career Development Grants provide funds for women with Bachelor’s degree to advance their career or re-enter the workforce.

Contact the Association for further details.

Contact the Association for further details.

Contact the Association for further details.

American Association of University Women
AAUW Educational Foundation
AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund
1111 Sixteenth St. N.W., Washington, DC  20036, USA
Tel: +1 800 326 AAUW
Fax: +1 202 872 1425
TDD: +1 202 785 7777
E-mail: info@aauw.org

http://www.aauw.org/

Research by Latin Americans/Caribbeans on threatened birds and their habitats, conservation of threatened birds, and training and environmental education. Research grants; program support.

No killing or collecting of birds.

Deadline: 28 February and 30 September. Submission in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Request application form.

American Bird Conservancy, 1250 24th Street, NW, Suite 220, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Tel: +1 202 467 834
Fax: +1 202 467 8352

Marine Zoology research grants to graduate students and post-doctorates, emphasis on systematics, evolution, ecology and field behaviour. Most commonly funds supplies and living expenses.

No funding for botany, biochemistry, permanent equipment or salaries.

Deadline: Application postmarked by 15 March. Submission in English. Required application form including 1-5 page project description and 2 letters of recommendation; submitted in duplicate.

Office of Grants & Fellowships, Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

Funding for postdoctoral research.

Franklin, Phillip, and Library Fellowship programs award small grants ($1,000 to $6,000) for modest research purposes. Daland and Sabbatical Fellowship programs award much larger grants ($30,000 to $50,000) in highly selective competitions.

Applicants may be residents of the United States, or American citizens resident abroad. Foreign nationals are eligible to apply for projects to be carried out in the United States. Grants are made to individuals. Institutions are not eligible to apply. Funds cannot be used for salary, overhead, publication expenses, or travel to meetings.

Committee on Research, American Philosophical Society, Independence Mall East, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387, USA
Email: eroach@amphilsoc.org

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/

Various awards and grants - go to the Society website for further details.

Various awards and grants - go to the Society website for further details.

Various awards and grants - go to the Society website for further details.

Various awards and grants - go to the Society website for further details.

Go here or email at asm@aibs.org

http://www.mammalsociety.org/whatsnew/grants.html

The AOS has an active Conservation Committee which gives grants for non-commercial conservation projects as well as experimental projects of fundamental and applied research on orchids, and makes annual Conservation Awards.

The Conservation Recognition Award: The Conservation Committee can award up to two first prizes annually of US$500 each. At least one of the prizes is designated to recognize efforts benefiting the conservation of orchid species native to Canada, the United States or Mexico. One of the prizes need have no geographical limitations. An additional two runner-up awards of US$250 each may be given if judged appropriate. A previously awarded project is not excluded from consideration. Self-nominations are not accepted. Winners and their projects will be featured in Orchids - The Magazine of the American Orchid Society.
The Philip Keenan Award: Winners and their projects will be featured in Orchids - The Magazine of the American Orchid Society, and on OrchidWeb, as well as in AOS press releases.

The Animal Behavior Society Research Grants Program was established in 1987 to provide financial support for scientific studies of animal behavior conducted by graduate students.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Animal Behavior Society, Indiana University, 2611 East 10th Street #170, Bloomington IN  47408-2603, USA
Tel: +1 812 856 5541
Fax : +1 812 856 5542
Email: aboffice@indiana.edu

Provides partial support for undergraduate and graduate research training at the Archbold Biological Station. The goals of Archbold’s Internship Program are to train students to develop independent research skills and to foster positive professional interactions between Interns and (a) their supervisors, (b) resident staff and visiting scientists, and (c) other Interns. Visiting college classes and two seminar series each year provide additional opportunities for professional growth. Emphasis on: Agro-ecology; Avian Ecology; Aquatic Ecology; Arthropod Ecology and Systematics; Avian Demography; Behavioral Ecology; Conservation Biology - birds, plants; Fire Ecology; Nutrient Cycling; Plant Ecology; Population Biology; Restoration Ecology; Vertebrate Ecology; and Wetland Ecology.

A Graduate Intern must be enrolled in graduate school during the Internship. A Graduate Intern working on a thesis or dissertation receives gratis room and board during the Internship, and receives a stipend of $150.00 per week paid bi-monthly. A Graduate Intern designing a thesis or dissertation receives gratis room and board during the Internship, and receives a stipend of $125.00 per week paid bi-monthly.* An Undergraduate Intern must be enrolled as an undergraduate or recently has obtained a BA/BS degree. An Undergraduate Intern receives gratis room and board during the Internship, and receives a stipend of $100.00 per week paid bi-monthly.* A Volunteer Intern may be a graduate student or current/recent undergraduate. A Volunteer Intern receives room and board during the Volunteer Internship.*
*Under extreme financial circumstances and with supporting documentation submitted the Station will consider paying travel costs associated with interns getting to/from Archbold/MAERC. Cases will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Appointments can be made at any time of the year, usually for the summer (12-14 weeks) or an academic semester (16-20 weeks), but availability and duration of internships vary among labs. No official application form exists. Interested students should contact the Staff Research Biologist or Lab Head of choice who will request submission of: 1) a letter indicating your first and second choice of fields (e.g., vertebrate ecology, invertebrate ecology, plant ecology, aquatic biology, landscape ecology, or agro-ecology); 2) your general biological background; 3) your internship availability period; 4) two letters of recommendation;  5) a résumé, and 6) possibly college/university transcripts. Applications for the summer period should be received by 1 April. Students are encouraged to make arrangements with their home institutions for academic credit. Students must arrange their own travel to and from the Archbold or MAERC.

Archbold Biological Station, PO Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862, USA
Tel: +1 863 465 2571
Fax: +1 863 699 1927
Email: archbold@archbold-station.org

Provides a variety of research and educational opportunities, fellowships, and grants for undergraduates, graduates and post-doctorates, and faculty. Primarily to conduct research at the Argonne National Laboratory facilites.

Various - contact the Laboratory for further details.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Argonne National Laboratory, Division of Education Programs, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Tel: +1 630 252 2000

Must involve direct studies in the developing world, preferably involving avian fauna. Study should be directly related to: (1) critical habitat land acquisition or development; (2) critical habitat land management; (3) development of management plans for critical habitats; or (4) field studies of avian fauna with priority given to supporting veterinary input (by graduate veterinarians or vet students, preferably AAV members) working in conjunction with wildlife biologists.

$10,000

Indirect costs such as travel, publication costs, salaries, and overhead shall not be funded by the AAV.

Deadline: 12 January 2005. Submit proposal directly. Applications must be emailed to aavctrlofc@aol.com as an attachment. Preproposal must be contained on one 8.5" x 11" page, minimum font size of 10 points. Preproposals exceeding one page or using smaller font will not be accepted for consideration. This is to ensure that all applicants have equal opportunity to present their proposal. The following information must appear on the preproposal page: Research Title, Principal Investigator (including address and phone number), Names of Co-Investigators, Duration of Project, Estimated Budget, Statement of Research Objectives, Summary of Experimental Methods and Design.

Adina Rae Freedman, Executive Director, Conservation Committee of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, c/o AAV Central Office, PO Box 811720, Boca Raton, Florida 33481, USA.
Tel: +1 561 393 8901
Fax: +1 561 393 8902
Email: aavctrlofc@aol.com

The Fund is intended to support the study of life histories, especially social relations and reproduction, of little known birds of the Continental Neotropics including Trinidad and Tobago, with a minimum of disturbance.

One award of up to $10,000 will be considered annually.

The grantee may be an amateur or professional ornithologist of any nationality. It is highly desirable that he or she has some previous experience of the region and birds (and if possible, the locality) where he or she will study. The funds requested from the Award should be adequate for the intended study to avoid seeking additional funds.

For application guidelines, please visit the AFO website.

Elissa Landre, Broadmoor Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon, 280 Eliot St., Natick, MA 01760, USA
Email: elandre@massaudubon.org

The Association provides a number of grants for travel, research and workshops for its members to promote animal behaviour science. The grants available are: Undergraduate Project Scholarships, Research Grants, Travel Fund, ASAB Conference Fund, and Postgraduate and Research Workshops.

Various - go to the website for further details.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Dr Sue Healy, Secretary of the Grants Committee, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratory, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
Tel: +44 131 650 5455
Fax: +44 131 650 6564
Email: s.healy@ed.ac.uk
or
Dr Emma Cunningham, Secretary of the Grants Committee, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK
Tel: +44 131 651 3602
Fax: +44 131 650 6564
Email: e.cunningham@ed.ac.uk

Each spring, the AWIS Educational Foundation offers graduate awards and college scholarships for high school seniors in the amount of $1,000. A new program, the Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award, is for college sophomores or juniors studying physics or geoscience.

Various - go to the website for further details.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Association for Women in Science, 1200 New York Ave., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Tel: +1 202 326 8940
Fax: +1 202 326 8960
Email: Dr Barbara Filner awisedfd@aol.com

Provides funding to researchers, universities and other bodies for research grants, fellowships, centres and research infrastructure. Basic, applied and experimental research is supported across all major discipline areas except clinical medicine and dentistry.

Various - go to the website for further details.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

GPO Box 2702, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
or
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Drive, Symonston, Canberra ACT 2609, Australia
Tel: + 61 2 6284 6600
Fax: + 61 2 6284 6601
Email: info@arc.gov.au

Bat conservation; studies involving documentation of bat feeding behaviour, roosting needs and solutions to bat nuisance problems.

$1,000 - $2,500

Non-students are not eligible to apply to the BCI Student Scholarship Program.

Deadline: 31 December (annually). Submission in English. Submit application via email. Students enrolled in any college or university worldwide are eligible to apply. Students who have applied in previous years to BCI's Student Scholarship Program are eligible to reapply each subsequent year, whether they received a previous BCI grant or not. Some conservation-relevant projects may be eligible for consideration through alternative funding sources. Non-students in Canada, the United States, and Mexico may apply to the North American Bat Conservation Partnership (NABCP) Conservation Grants Program. Conservation projects from other countries may be eligible for funding through BCI's Global Grassroots Conservation Fund.

Scholarship Awards Coordinator, Bat Conservation International, PO Box 162603, Austin, Texas 78716, USA
Tel: +1 512 327 9721
Fax: +1 512 327 9724
Email: Sarah Keeton@batcon.org

The Bhutan Trust Fund offers grants to projects which, inter alia, support in-situ and ex-situ conservation initiatives in the entire green sector, strengthen integrated conservation and development planning, and promote conservation education.

Grants are available only to Bhutanese individuals and institutions, for projects in Bhutan.

Grants-In-Aid Program supports graduate level research in wildlife natural history and management.

Eligibility, restrictions and applications are comprehensively covered on the website.

A collaboration between four leading conservation organisations - BirdLife International, Fauna & Flora International (FFI), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Conservation International (CI) - and BP. The Programme's mission is to "engage, encourage and train the conservationists of the future through the facilitation of sustainable projects that address global priorities at a local level". 

Its funding - first-time and follow-up - totals around US$600,000 per annum and is awarded on an annual basis.

Projects must address a conservation priority of global importance, have a strong association with the country where the project will take place (local people participating in all stages of the project, association with a university, NGO and/or relevant government department), and the majority of the team must be university students (under or post-graduates in full or part-time study).

The Programme's web site is unusually comprehensive and includes detailed guidelines for applicants and a downloadable application form.

Marianne Dunn (Programme Manager) or Kate Stokes (Programme Officer), BP Conservation Programme, BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, UK
Email: bp-conservation-programme@birdlife.org.uk
Tel:+44 (01223) 277318
Fax: +44 (01223) 277200

The Society funds grants with the aim of promoting ecological research and training as widely as possible.  The scope of their grants scheme is very broad, covering expeditions, research projects, etc., and including bursaries and fellowships.  If there is an emphasis, it is on education, with the scheme extending to running/attending meetings and courses.  The Society also makes various annual and bi-annual awards and grants a number of honours and prizes.

Seemingly few, and probably imposed primarily by common sense and the availability of funds.

The Society's website is very informative, with details of their grants, awards, etc. available here.

The Society makes annual grants to SSC Specialist Groups from its Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund, for small projects identified in Action Plans or other Group priority setting exercises.  Despite these grants coming from a Zoo, at least one plant conservation proposal is supported in each round, sometimes two when a large number of proposals are received.

The Fund supports small projects, usually up to $5,000; smaller requests are more likely to succeed. 

Grants are available only to IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups. The SSC Group Chair or other officer must endorse any proposal submitted on the Group's behalf.

Information on the website is a little sparse (go here), so serious enquiries should be directed - and applications for grants submitted, preferably by email - to Linda Reiter, the Zoo's Conservation Biology Department Manager, at lireiter@brookfieldzoo.org.

Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, IL 60513, USA
Tel: +1 708 485 0263
Outside Chicago and the suburbs dial +1 800 201 0784.

Conservation of captive and wild animal populations. Emphasis on ecology, genetics, demographics, behaviour, nutrition, pathology, and management. Research grants, program support, technical advice.

Maximum $5,000

Deadline: 15 April, 15 August, 15 December. Submission in English. Write for application guidelines.

Conservation & Research Committee, Chicago Zoological Society, 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, Illinois 60513, USA
Tel: +1 708 485 0263
Fax: +1 708 485 3140

The California-based Fund originated in the late 1950s and is a private foundation, now dedicated solely to grant-making.  Its background combines an eclectic mix of the fine arts, ethnology, anthropology and natural history. A further TCF initiative is The Christensen Fund Fellowship Program in Plant Conservation, a collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Applicants from our Geographic Focus Areas: Up to $100,000 of one year or less duration.
Applicants for the Building Global Knowledge Program: Maximum grant size at this time is $100,000.
Applicants for the San Francisco Bay Area Program: $20,000 to $40,000 to Bay Area institutions.

TCF "will focus its bio-cultural activities" in four geographic regions - the American South-West and Northern Mexico, central Turkey-Iran-Central Asia, the African Rift Valley (Ethiopia) and New Guinea and Aboriginal Northern Australia.  Most funding will go to support "organizations located in the four selected geographic regions, or internationally based organizations that work closely with institutions and indigenous peoples in the defined regions".  In addition, "grant-seeking organizations need to hold a U.S.A. 501(c)(3) status or be an equivalent registered not-for-profit charity, organization, government unit, university or museum either in the U.S.A. or abroad".

TCF's website gives plenty of information and guidance, and even includes an online application form. Please consult the relevant section on their website for specific details pertaining to the specific grants (go here).

145 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 9430, USA
Tel: +1 650 462 8600 ext. 106
Email: info@christensenfund.org

In order to meet the global conservation funding challenge, greater collaboration is needed among governments, public agencies and NGOs so that information is shared more systematically, expertise and resources are pooled, and forces are combined to support specific conservation finance mechanisms on-the-ground. The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) was created in February 2002 to respond to this challenge.

Various funding schemes - further details can be found on the website.

Conservation Finance Alliance, c/o Wildlife Conservation Society - Conservation Finance Program, 1700 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20009, USA
info@conservationfinance.org

A joint initiative of Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank. CEPF provides funding and technical assistance to civil society groups, acting as a catalyst to create strategic working alliances among diverse groups, specifically for projects advancing the conservation of biodiversity hotspots in specified parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

There are numerous CEPF investment strategies - ecosystem profiles - for each region.  A project must be linked to one of the strategic directions in the ecosystem profiles to be eligible for funding.

CEPF's helpful web site includes valuable guidelines for potential applicants, here, in six languages (Bahasa, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish).

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservation International, 1919 M Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Tel: +1 202 912 1808
Fax: +1 202 912 1045

The Darwin Initiative is a small grants programme that aims to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of resources around the world. The Initiative is funded and administered by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra).

Various funding schemes - further details can be found on the website.

There are four funding schemes within the Darwin Initiative: Main Projects; Pre-Project funding; Scholarships; and Post-Project funding. The Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests (ECTF) is managing the application process on Defra's behalf. For all queries relating to project applications, applications information and procedures please contact Kirsten Park or Eilidh Young.

Kirsten Park or Eilidh Young, ECTF Darwin Monitoring and Evaluation Project, c/o LTS International Ltd, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Edinburgh EH26 0PH, UK
Tel. +44 131 440 5181
Fax.+44 131 440 5501
Email: darwin-applications@ectf-ed.org.uk

The purpose of the Institute, an international non-profit organization, is to protect our natural resources and cultural heritage by creating partnerships among scientists, the general public, educators, and businesses, through research, education and conservation. Earthwatch offers grants for field-based research and is one of few significant sources of long-term funding - 25% of the projects have been supported for more than 5 years, and 10% for more than 10 years.  Life Sciences, including ecology and evolutionary biology, plant sciences and conservation biology, account for around 75% of project support.

In common with most of the organisations listed here, the Institute has a very useful web site with plenty of information and help; here is perhaps the best place at which to start.

Earthwatch International, 3 Clock Tower Place, Suite 100, Box 75, Maynard, MA 01754, USA
Tel: +1 978 461 0081
Toll-free (USA/Canada): +1 800 776 0188
Fax: +1 978 461 2332
Email

The European Nature Heritage Fund (EURONATUR) is an independent German conservation foundation with an international brief.

Consult the website for further details.

Projects with specific environmental aims include energy efficiency credit lines and waste water treatment facilities. There are also projects where environmental benefits are incidental as a result of, for example, technology upgrades which improve environmental efficiency. Banking teams with a specific environmental role are Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency. The EBRD also has a Nuclear Safety Department.

Consult the website for further details.

A joint initiative of EUROSITE, EUCC and Euronature with support from WWF. The goal of the EAF is to fund third parties (semi-state governmental organisations e.g. National Parks, and non-governmental organisations) to buy or lease important natural sites, or purchase concessions, as a means of securing biodiversity and landscape protection in order to contribute to the Pan European Ecological Network. In those countries where land purchase and/or lease is not possible, the Fund supports the implementation of urgent management or restorative measures for the protection of natural sites. To ensure the long-term sustainability or effectiveness of conservation and wise use programmes, a practical management plan is often developed. An additional objective is to strengthen and train organisations through the execution of such emergency actions. The projects which are supported are those which: are site based; prevent irreparable loss of natural values in the sites; are sustainable; protect the areas in the medium and long term; preferably, affect an area larger than the area under immediate consideration; have demonstration potential; the area is part of a larger, protected area; and land purchase prices are preferably less than €500/ha. The proposed action should, normally, be completed within one year after which a full report is required.

Consult the website for further details.

The Fund is unable to support activities such as regular management activities, construction of buildings, information centres etc., management, plans, strategies (if not part of emergency actions), research, survey and inventories. A small amount of the budget can be used for genuine capacity building activities to ensure the project work can take place.

Deadline: 1 March 2005, 1 August 2005. Consult the website for full details on how to apply for funding. Eligible countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Please note that all applications must be supported by a letter of support from the regional or national government.

The Equator Initiative is a partnership between the United Nations, business, governments and local groups, designed to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the equatorial belt.  Of significance here, the Initiative partners' activities include the provision of learning exchange grants so that grassroots practitioners can share best practices with other communities in the tropics. The Initiative also sponsors the biennial Equator Prize for community initiatives demonstrating extraordinary achievement in reducing poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the equatorial belt. 

To be eligible for the Equator Prize, initiatives must be located within the equatorial belt (23.5° latitude above and below the equator) and in a developing country. For a complete list of eligible countries, please click here.

Nominations may be submitted for: Community-based organizations; Community-based entrepreneurial initiative; Indigenous group; Non-governmental organization; and Other. One of the prizes will be specifically awarded to a community working in partnership with a UNESCO World Heritage Site or other biological reserves for the successful integration of conservation and local livelihoods. For further details on UNESCO World Heritage Sites please refer to the UNESCO website.

The Federation is the umbrella organisation of Europe's national, regional and nature parks and biosphere reserves, with the aim of protecting the continent's unique variety of wildlife, habitats and landscapes.

Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships are made by the Foundation each year - two each of €2,000 in 2004, donated by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation of Hamburg - to promising young conservationists with practical experience in the field of conservation and in the work of protected areas.  The scholarships will enable them to undertake a study visit to one or more protected areas in another European country and to gather experience which will be of benefit in their future careers. 

Candidates should either be current students of conservation or have completed their studies in a related field within the last 10 years, and should be under 30 years old.  In addition, people who have been active for many years in or employed by a European protected area and who are not older than 35 years, can also be considered.

Further details of the awards, including conditions and an application form, can be found