Deadline Date
August 25, 2024
Donor Name
People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)
Grant Size
$10,000 to $100,000
PTES Conservation Insight Grants
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is accepting new applications for Conservation Insight Grants in 2024. These grants are for projects focusing on endangered species for up to two years, with funding between £3,000 and £10,000 per annum, up to a maximum total of £20,000.
Funding Information:
- Grants range from £3,000 to £10,000 per annum.
- Maximum total grant amount: £20,000.
High Priority Projects Include:
- Gathering evidence for necessary mitigation work.
- Using scientific evidence to influence local, national, or international policy.
- Devising and testing new methodologies for monitoring species.
- Research and conservation work on species classified as endangered, critically endangered, and extinct in the wild by the IUCN.
- Projects promoting public awareness of conservation strategies based on sound research.
- Clear and sustainable project outcomes.
Low Priority Projects Include:
- General survey work to determine population status.
- Local reintroductions.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants from scientific researchers and practical conservationists based in NGOs or university research departments.
- Projects focusing on endangered species or their habitat.
- Priority for species classified as endangered, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild by the IUCN. Applications for vulnerable and near-threatened species are also considered.
- Applications from countries classified by the World Bank as low and middle-income.
- Preference for applicants working in their own country.
- Proven successful history in working on the species or in the region.
- Project duration up to two years.
- Grant amounts between £3,000 and £10,000 per annum, up to a maximum total of £20,000.
- Clear end point for the project with plans for long-term funding if necessary.
Ineligible:
- Applications from local or national governments.
- Work on bird species.
- Student fees or living costs for any level of course.
- Projects part of undergraduate or Masters courses.
- Core salary or administrative costs unrelated to the project.
- Work on alien species unless it benefits a native species.
- Projects run by western-based NGOs sending successive volunteer groups to developing countries.
For more information, visit PTES.
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