Conservation Leadership Programme — Future Conservationist Award 2027

Proposed projects must deliver effective conservation interventions for globally important, at-risk habitats and species through both ecological research and conservation action in the following themes:  a) climate impact and adaptation, b) biodiversity conservation c) habitat restoration and/or management, d) social development and wellbeing, e) Indigenous community participation and/or community-led conservation,  f) environmental policy g) human-wildlife conflict, or h) environmental education and citizen science. We consider ‘at-risk’ species as those categorised by the IUCN Red List as globally threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable) or Data Deficient, or when there is information indicating the need for urgent local conservation action.

Other key eligibility criteria:

• All team members must be early in their careers (i.e., have no more than five years of professional conservation experience)

• Project teams must include at least three people and explain how each team member will develop their capacity through the project.

• All team members must be nationals of the country in which the project will take place, although one team member can be a non-national if this is clearly justified.

• Projects must take place in an eligible country (see guidelines)

• Project duration must be between six and 12 months.

• Proposed projects must go beyond academic research and this must be demonstrated in the application.

• The total funding request from CLP must not exceed US$15,000 and CLP funding must cover at least 50% of the project budget.

Open · Deadline: 30 October 2026