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Funding Opportunity /  10 October 2022

Conservation Leadership Programme 2023 Team Awards

Applications are now open for the CLP 2023 Team Awards.

Deadline: 10 October 2022 - the deadline has passed.

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Apply for the CLP 2023 Team Awards

The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP), of which WCS is a partner, is now accepting applications for its 2023 Team Awards. Future Conservationist Awards are worth up to $15,000 each and support projects in low- and middle-income countries and some high-income islands in the Caribbean and Pacific. Funding will enable early-career conservationists to conduct scientific research, encourage and promote pro-conservation attitudes and deliver tangible results to conserve and manage the natural world. 

Each project must have at least three members and all team members must have less than five years of paid conservation experience. Projects can last 3-12 months and must focus on a threatened species. 

In addition to project funding, CLP will invite one member of each award-winning team to their international training course where they will gain a range of conservation management and leadership skills as well as build their professional network. 

The application deadline is 10 October, 2022.

Learn more about eligibility and begin your application here.

Past recipients of CLP Team Awards can also apply for a Continuation Award, which include Follow-Up Awards (worth up to $25,000) and Leadership Awards (worth up to $50,000). Prospective Continuation Award applicants must submit a Logical Framework by 4 September 2022, and then submit a full proposal by the application deadline (10 October, 2022).

For more information, including the eligibility criteria and detailed application guidelines, please visit the CLP website. Applications must be submitted via the online platform (potential applicants will need to register to be able to complete the application form). Please contact [email protected] with any questions. 

About the Awards

The CLP Team Awards are a competitive process through which CLP aims to identify, recognise and empower rising stars in conservation, who work mainly in the developing world.

Awards are granted to teams undertaking high-priority projects that involve not just research but also practical actions and community outreach to promote pro-conservation attitudes and achieve tangible, effective and long-lasting conservation solutions.

Through our online application portal, eligible applicants can apply for one of three types of award:

  1. Future Conservationist Awards (up to $15,000 for projects 3-12 months in length)
  2. Conservation Follow-Up Awards (up to $25,000 for projects up to two years in length; available only to previous recipients of a Future Conservationist Award)
  3. Conservation Leadership Awards (up to $50,000 for projects up to three years in length; available only to previous recipients of a Follow-Up Award).

Many past recipients of CLP awards have gone on to lead successful careers in the conservation sector, including establishing their own NGOs, influencing conservation policy, discovering new species, driving forward scientific knowledge, and bringing threatened species back from the brink of extinction.

Read more about the awards and begin your application here.