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Conservation Nation grantee Tatjana Washington in a grassy field

Tatjana Washington

Tatjana Washington is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. She is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist whose mission is to provide solutions

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Conservation Nation grantee Parker Levinson on the ice in Antarctica next to a gray seal

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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Conservation Nation grantee Morgan Hughes wearing a headlamp and holding a bat

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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Conservation Nation grantee Minh Nguyen on a hillside looking up at a camera trap

Minh Nguyen

Minh Nguyen is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. She was born near the Annamite Mountain Range, a biodiversity hotspot that runs

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Conservation Nation grantee Lotanna Nneji leaning against a white SUV

Lotanna Micah Nneji

Lotanna Micah Nneji is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. He was born and raised in Nigeria, which sparked his passion and

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Conservation Nation grantee Jaime Botet Rodrigues near a marsh with mountains in the background

Jaime A. Botet Rodriguez

Jaime A. Botet Rodriguez is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. Originally from Gurabo, Puerto Rico, Jaime holds a B.S. in natural

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Conservation Nation grantee Herdhanu Jayanto on a boat securing a Sunda gharial

Herdhanu Jayanto

Herdhanu (Dhanu) Jayanto is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. He is originally from Indonesia, and is currently pursuing his master’s degree

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Conservation Nation grantee Giorgia Auteri on a rocky shoreline with mountains in the background

Giorgia Auteri

Giorgia Auteri is Conservation Nation’s 2022 established conservationist grant winner. She developed an interest in wildlife conservation at an early age after observing the effects

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Conservation Nation grantee Fátima Ramis standing on a sandy beach

Fátima Ramis

Fátima Ramis is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 emerging conservationist grant winners. She holds a B.S. in biology from Stetson University and an M.S. in

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Conservation Nation Established Conservationist Nina Attias with a sedated giant armadillo

Nina Attias

Nina Attias is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 Established Conservationist grantees. She is a Brazilian conservation biologist with over 15 years of experience in ecological

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Conservation Nation Established Conservationist Lorna McCallister conducting field work

Lorna McCallister

Lorna McCallister is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 Established Conservationist grantees. Lorna holds a BS in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida

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Dr. Dawn Zimmerman with gorilla named Baraka

Dr. Dawn Zimmerman

Dr. Dawn Zimmerman is one of Conservation Nation’s 2022 Established Conservationist grantees. She is the Director of International Programs for the Veterinary Initiative for Endangered

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Lauren Augustine

Lauren Augustine

Lauren Augustine is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 established conservationist grant winners. A life-long herpetology lover, Lauren received her undergraduate degree in Ecology and Environmental

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Tania Romero Bautista

Tania Romero Bautista

Tania Romero Bautista is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 established conservationist grant winners. Born and raised in Madre de Dios, Peru, Tania is passionate about

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Conservation Nation Grant Recipient Maddy Jackson

Maddy Jackson

Maddy Jackson is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2017 with a BS in

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Conservation Nation Emerging Conservationist Elise Loggers

Elise Loggers

Elise Loggers is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. After obtaining her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington, she spent three consecutive years

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Conservation Nation Emerging Conservationist Carlisle Segal

Carlisle Segal

Carly Segal is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. Carly spent her childhood in northern California exploring tidepools, streams, forests, and mountains

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T'Noya Thompson

T’Noya Thompson

Established conservationist grant winner T’Noya Thompson is studying the community, birds, and the environment in Nassau, Bahamas.

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Cirenia Torres

Cirenia Torres

Cirenia Torres is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. Cirenia has an MS from USC. Her thesis was titled “Assessing the Connectivity

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Kassandra Townsend

Kassandra Townsend

Kassandra Townsend is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. She hopes to be one of the voices that can bridge a gap

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Conservation Nation emerging conservationist grantee Nova West

Nova West

Nova West is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. Nova is an artist, scuba diver, filmmaker, photographer, and environmental educator from Minnesota.

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Isaac Wilson

Isaac Wilson

Isaac Wilson is one of Conservation Nation’s 2021 emerging conservationist grant winners. Isaac is a Herpetology keeper at the Saint Louis Zoo (STLZ) working with

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sea turtle hatchling emerging from nest in sand

Emerging Conservationist Grant Program

We provide funding to emerging conservationists from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, Indigenous people and those from disadvantaged communities to underwrite internships and professional development activities that might otherwise be beyond their reach.

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