Mid-Year Established Conservationist Grants

We are no longer accepting applications.

Thanks to our generous donors who helped make our year-end fundraising goal a success, we are now offering a Mid-Year Established Conservationist Grant Program for spring of 2022.

We will provide grants for global, wildlife-saving work being done by mid-career conservationists from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, Indigenous people and those from disadvantaged communities.

A Conservation Nation Grant will place a strong emphasis on ensuring that grant recipients will share their work and knowledge and become mentors for our emerging conservationists and youth conservationists.

Who Can Apply

  • Mid-career conservationists.
  • Whose home base and place of work are U.S.-based.
  • Projects and programs can be domestic or international.

Grant Timeline

  • All applications must be submitted no later than February 28, 2022.
  • Successful applicants will be notified by March 23, 2022.
  • Formal public announcement of grantees will be the week of April 5, 2022, and funds will be disbursed shortly thereafter.

Funding Criteria

  • Special consideration will be given to wildlife-saving work being done by mid-career conservationists from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, Indigenous people, and those from disadvantaged communities.
  • The applicant must demonstrate that the funds will be used for or to support on the ground conservation activities or research conducted in situ for wildlife conservation.
  • The applicant must show innovation and creativity in their work.
  • We will seek to award grants to projects that are sustainable and have continuous community involvement.
  • Established Conservationists are eligible for grants up to $10,000 (for a grant period of one to two years).

Questions? Reach out to our Grants Team at [email protected].

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Parker Levinson

Parker Levinson is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 Emerging Conservationist grant winners. She grew up in Monterey, California, and received her B.A. in environmental sciences

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Morgan Hughes

Morgan Hughes is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. She graduated from Utah State University with a B.S. in wildlife management and

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