Primate Conservation Grant

Contact Name: 
Primate Conservation, Inc
Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
12/14/2010
Contact Phone: 
401-364 7140
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2011
Contact e-mail: 
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Primate Conservation, Inc. will grant seed monies or provide matching grants for graduate students, qualified conservationists and primatologists to study rare and endangered primates and their conservation in their natural habitat. 

Keywords: 
Africa
Animals
Asia
Endangered Species
International
International students
Mammals
Research/field research
Tropical
Amount: 
Up to $5,000; generally $2,500
Funding Abstract: 

Primate Conservation, Incorporated (PCI) is a not-for-profit foundation founded to fund field research that supports conservation programs for wild populations of primates.  Priority will be given to projects that study, in their natural habitat, the least known and most endangered species.  The involvement of citizens from the country in which the primates are found will be a plus.  The intent is to provide support for original research that can be used to formulate and to implement conservation plans for the species studied. 

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Grant applicants should download and print the following application materials.    Please submit four copies of our standard cover sheet and your proposal.  Proposals are to be submitted typed, double spaced, in English.  Please send all application material to Primate Conservation, Incorporated at the address below.  You must also email a copy of the full proposal with the cover sheet to nrowe@primate.org in a MS word .doc file that is named with your name and species and country where the study will take place. Make the file as small as possible (under 500kb). Your proposal may not be reviewed if all parts of the document can not be copied and pasted. DO NOT send PDF files or scanned pages (the name of the advisor is necessary but not the actual signature for the email copy). All materials are due in the office by September 20th or February 1st.

Fund Usage: 
Field research
Funding Restrictions: 

Does not support conferences, travel to scientific meetings, legal actions, tuitions or salaries at institutions, and overhead costs.

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