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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Research Fellowship ProgramWCS-International conserves wildlife and ecosystems by generating and applying innovative scientific and field-based solutions to critical problems. WCS-International addresses these problems by focusing on landscape and seascape species whose conservation has the greatest positive impact on biodiversity as a whole and on large, threatened, wild ecosystems. The Wildlife Conservation Society conducts more than 320 field projects in 50 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America.
Research Fellowship Grants are awarded for one year and assistance is not renewable under this program.
Annual Deadline
January 1 and July 1
Program
The Request-for-Proposal (RFP) is a small grants program administered by WCS-International that is designed to support individual field research projects that share our philosophy, approach and conservation focus.
The RFP will not limit any individual from applying, however, most of our grantees are:
Please consider the following restrictions before submitting your proposal:
- professional conservationists from the country of research, and/or
- post-graduates pursuing a higher degree
Application Guidelines
- Organizations are not eligible for funding.
- Previous research fellows are not eligible for funding for the same project.
- Faculty and/or research advisors should not be listed as principal investigators unless they plan to carry out the majority of the field work.
- The principal researcher must write the proposal. Applications written on behalf of another individual will be disallowed.
The RFP will accept applications from any individual. Organizations are not eligible for funding. Awards may not exceed $20,000. The average award is about $7,000. RFP grants are awarded for one year only. Proposals may be submitted simultaneously to other funding organizations, but WCS must be informed of any other sources of funds and pending applications.
The RFP does not support conferences, travel to scientific meetings, legal actions, construction of permanent field stations, tuition, salaries, overhead costs, major laboratory expenses, gene storage, vehicle purchase, captive breeding, or computer equipment. Stipends are not funded however, investigators who have no other source of support may receive modest living expenses. Faculty and/or research advisors should not be listed as principal investigators unless they plan to carry out the majority of the field work.
Please note that the RFP does not support research in North America, Australia, or western Europe.
Nationals of the country of research are strongly encouraged to apply.
Selection is highly competitive; less than 20% of proposals receive funding. All proposals are peer reviewed by outside technical specialists. Final decisions are made by WCS's Program Committee on the basis of technical, programmatic, and budgetary criteria.
Application Procedure
An application package consists of: proposal fact sheet, project outline, animal handling sheet, project title page form, and proposal checklist. Applicants should use WCS's project title page form (found on-line on their website). WCS requires six copies of each proposal. Applications may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. All proposals must include an Abstract in English.
Contact Information
Program Coordinator
Research Fellowship Program
International Conservation Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
185th Street and Southern Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10460 U.S.A.
Telephone: (718) 220-5155
Fax: (718) 364-4275
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://wcs.org
Last updated: April 2001
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