Deadline: 28-May-21
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is now accepting applications for its 2021 Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards to help spur innovative research on humane, nonlethal tools and techniques for wildlife conflict management and for studying wildlife.
Habitat destruction and degradation, urban and suburban sprawl, and ongoing challenges posed by invasive species make conflicts between wildlife and humans inevitable.
Homeowners, property managers, and biologists need humane, effective strategies to deal with conflicts—whether the encounter involves coyotes, deer, Canada geese, bears, exotic species, or a host of other animals.
Though improved techniques to address some situations have been developed, more are needed. Similarly, methodologies used to study wildlife need to be humane.
The Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards—named in honor of the organization’s late founder and president for over 50 years—was created to stimulate and support efforts to:
- devise new, nonlethal techniques and strategies and test existing products for the purpose of humanely remedying wildlife conflicts and
- improve methods of wildlife study.
With this grant program they aim to honor Mrs. Stevens’ legacy and inspire a new generation of compassionate wildlife scientists, managers, and advocates.
Award Information
- This award program provides grants of up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To qualify for the award, the study must be conducted within the United States, Canada, and/or Mexico.
- Studies using new methodologies or that involve the innovative use of existing technologies are particularly welcome.
- Award recipients must agree to submit a 500-word summary of their study findings and at least two photographs related to their research approximately one year after receipt of funding for potential publication in the AWI Quarterly magazine.
- Previous award winners do not qualify for a new award for the same study in consecutive years.
- Where applicable, award recipients will be required to provide documentation of IACUC approval (or similar approvals for educational institutions in Canada or Mexico) for their study.
- Award funds cannot be used to pay for any indirect costs.
For more information, visit https://awionline.org/content/christine-stevens-wildlife-awards