CLP is pleased to accept applications for our Team Awards 2021. The awards target exceptional teams of early-career conservationists leading high-priority projects around the world.

Application deadline: 23 October 2020 until 23:59pm GMT.

About the Award: The CLP Team Awards is a competitive process through which CLP aims to identify, recognise and empower rising stars in conservation, working mainly in the developing world.

The prizes are awarded to teams that carry out high-priority projects that involve not only research, but also practical action and community outreach to promote pro-conservation attitudes and achieve tangible, effective and lasting conservation solutions.

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

1. Future Conservationist Awards (up to US$ 15,000 per project)
2. Conservation Monitoring Awards (up to US$ 25,000 per project; only available for previous winners of a future Conservationist Award)
3. Conservation Leadership Award (up to US$ 50,000 per project; only available to previous winners of a Follow-Up Award).

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

Nelly Isigi Kadagi, Director of Conservation Leadership and WWF's Nature Education Programme, recently described how the award has helped her career: "The CLP award has built my confidence, provided a platform to develop my ideas about my contribution to conservation, and increased my credibility in terms of delivering outputs and working on the long-term sustainability of my work."

Type: Prize

Eligibility:

• Applicants must propose projects that support the conservation of species listed as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the global IUCN Red List. Projects must take place in an eligible country, be led (or co-led) by a national from one of these countries, and involve at least three team members. Projects submitted to the Future Conservation Awards must last between three and 12 months. Follow-up projects can be up to, but no longer than, two years in duration.
• More details on the eligibility criteria and application process can be found on our website, including Frequently Asked Questions and Guidelines for Applicants.

Eligible countries: Any

Number of awards: Not specified

Premium amount:

• Award-winning teams will benefit from a project grant as well as global recognition for their exceptional work in conservation. All team members will have opportunities to build connections with peers and access expert mentoring through CLP's Alumni Network (made up of more than 2,700 past recipients worldwide); CLP's Partner Organisations; and CLP's Management Team.
• Individuals from winning teams are also invited to take part in international, regional and online training courses to develop their conservation knowledge and skills. The international Conservation Management and Leadership course is particularly renowned among CLP alumni. One trainee on last year's course, for example, described it as helping her to "mould the way I see conservation and how to be an effective leader, making me a better mentor for future conservationists" (Gabriela Ochoa, Honduras).

How to apply: Sign up via online portal.

• It is important to go through all the entry requirements on the Award Page (see Link below) before applying.