William I. Spencer Conservation Grants Program
The Boone and Crockett’s Conservation Research Grants Program, supported by endowments honoring conservation leaders William I. Spencer and Tim Hixon, contributes to this goal by assisting research projects and graduate students who have chosen careers in the wildlife profession. The Club’s tradition of providing research grants dates back to 1948. The Boone and Crockett Club was founded by Theodore Roosevelt in 1887 for the primary purposes of halting the decline of North American big game populations and conserving their habitats.
Application form, including: submission to comply with grant requirements, including status reports; advisor endorsement; biography; research proposal (five page maximum); cost estimate worksheet.
The Boone and Crockett Club does not permit their funds to be allocated for overhead or administrative costs.
A research theme of wildlife health commenced in 2010 to support investigations on wildlife diseases that adversely affect ecosystems, the hunting community, or the management of big game populations. Examples include chronic wasting disease, bovine tuberculosis, and bovine brucellosis, all which have health concerns for humans or domestic animals and pose significant challenges for the management of big game species.