Roger Williams Park Zoo is accepting applications for Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund to support conservation programmes that protect wildlife and threatened habitats around the world.
The Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund (SDCBF), created by Roger Williams Park Zoo and the Rhode Island Zoological Society in 1989.
Field studies and other projects that demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, and projects involving in-country collaborators receive the highest priority for funding.
Programmes education environmental, developing techniques that can be used in environment Natural and captive propagation programmes that emphasise an integrative approach to conservation are also appropriate. Projects must directly affect biological conservation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be associated with an organisation (e.g. NGO, university, etc.) through which they can receive funding. Organisations, not individuals, receive funding cheques. There are no eligibility restrictions on the applicant's nationality.
- Projects that have been funded by the SDCBF are eligible for a second year of funding. A second application must be submitted in accordance with the application guidelines, together with a progress report from the first year of SDCBF funding.
- Roger Williams Park Zoo is not required to be a collaborator on a project to be eligible for funding.
Financing restrictions
- Funds for elements of a project that have already taken place before awards are made are not eligible for grants. In rare cases, there are exceptions, however, ongoing costs such as permanent staff salaries and other administrative costs are generally not considered.
- No funds are granted to cover contingencies, institutional/organisational overheads, indirect costs, kickbacks, fringe benefits or travel not associated with project activities (e.g, travelling for conferences where the results will be presented).
- They may consider partially funding a project if a specific component of the project is supported and can be completed independently, or if it is clear that additional funding has been obtained or is being sought from other sources to cover the remaining costs. They do not accept proposals that request more than the maximum amount of funds allowed for the specific grant programme. You can submit a proposal for subsequent phases of previously funded projects.
- They will not consider research highly invasive, terminal or projects that collect/prove samples for funding.
For more information, visit Danforth Conservation Grants.
