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Wildlife Conservation Society, International Conservation, Research Fellowship ProgramConservation AgencyBronx, New York, USA Wildlife Conservation Society, International Conservation, Research Fellowship Program (Established 1895) 2300 Southern Blvd , Bronx , New York 10460 USA Director: John G. Robinson Phone: ++1 (718) 220-5155 Fax: ++1 (718) 364-4275 Mission: The Wildlife Conservation Society is dedicated to preserving the earth's wildlife and ecosystems. WCS has been engaged in international conservation activities since 1898. Efforts are concentrated in the world's developing countries where biological diversity is greatest and the pressure on nature is most intense. The Wildlife Conservation Society currently conducts 250 field projects in over 50 countries throughout Central and South America, Asia, and Africa, spanning terrestrial and marine habitats. Mission: WCS-International saves wildlife and wildlands by understanding and resolving critical problems that threaten key species and large, wild ecosystems around the world. Vision: WCS-International believes in the intrinsic value of the diversity and integrity of life on Earth and in the importance of wildlife and wilderness to the quality of human life.
See list of field projects at http://wcs.org
The Research Fellowship Program (RFP) offers small grants to support research projects that lead directly to conservation of threatened wildlife. Every project must lead to concrete advances in the conservation of wildlife, and must incorporate clearly identifiable, specific conservation components. Stipends are considered when the investigator has no other source of support. The RFP will not limit any individual from applying, however, most of our grantees are: Applications will be accepted for field research in Africa, Asia, and Latin America (including Mexico.) Additionally, the RFP will entertain proposals for research in North America only from Native Americans and First Nation (Canada) People. Applicants must be recognized members of established native groups who intend to conduct their work on native lands, on issues of direct relevance to wildlife conservation/management on native lands, or on species governed by treaty or intertribal agreements. Applicants must meet all other RFP criteria. The RFP does not support research in North America (except mentioned above), Australia, Europe or their territories. The WCS Conservation Committee meets twice a year and closing dates for applications are Jaunary 2 and July 1. http://wcs.org/home/wild/researchfellowship/1267/
For contact information, call (718) 220-1387.
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