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 to mitigate climate change impacts…
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 from Northwestern University in 2018.…
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 the University of Florida with an…
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 along the border of Vietnam,…
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 career path in wildlife conservation.…
Conservation Nation grantee Jaime Botet Rodríguez
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 sciences from the University of…
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 at New Mexico Highlands University.…
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 of water pollution on animals…
Conservation Nation grantee Fátima Ramis
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 biology with an emphasis on…
Fall 2022 Emerging Conservationist Grant Program
We are no longer accepting applications for this grant program. The Conservation Nation Grant Program provides funding to help save endangered animals and their ecosystems by building a stronger, more…
Fall 2022 Established Conservationist Grant Program
We are no longer accepting applications for this grant program.The Conservation Nation Grant Program provides funding to help save endangered animals and their ecosystems by building a stronger, more diverse…
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 studies. She is passionate about…
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 and an MS in Interdisciplinary…
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 Wildlife, assistant professor adjunct of…
Mid-Year Established Conservationist Grants
Thanks to our generous donors who helped make our year-end fundraising goal a success, we are offering a Mid-Year Established Conservationist Grant Program for spring of 2022.
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 Biology from the University of…
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 supporting Amazonian communities. Through her…
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 Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and…
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
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 where she gained an early…
T’Noya Thompson
Established conservationist grant winner T'Noya Thompson is studying the community, birds, and the environment in Nassau, Bahamas.
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 for the jaguar (Panthera onca)…
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 between western science and Indigenous…
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. Their passion lies in exploring…
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 several species of endangered viper…
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.
Established Conservationist Grant Program
We 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.