Deadline: 31 October 2018
Safari Club International Foundation is seeking applications for its large grants to contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources or the advancement of constructive wildlife research. Conservation projects are evaluated for their relationship to sustainable use of wildlife, and their ability to work toward maintaining healthy ecosystems and providing quality habitat for all wildlife species.
The mission of SCI Foundation is to fund and direct wildlife programs dedicated to wildlife conservation and outdoor education. More specifically, the conservation purpose of SCI Foundation is to conduct and support scientific and technical studies in the field of wildlife conservation, to assist in the design and development of scientifically sound wildlife programs for the management of wildlife and sustainable-use hunting, and to demonstrate the constructive role that hunting and hunters play in the conservation of wildlife and in preserving biodiversity worldwide.
Focus Areas
- Wildlife Management
- Wildlife management refers to the active implementation of techniques or equipment to manage wildlife populations and/or their habitats. Management projects may include:
- Population surveys, monitoring projects and species inventories
- Wildlife population and habitat enhancement
- Habitat quality assessments and mapping
- Habitat and/or population management projects
- Reintroduction of populations where they once occurred
- Wildlife management refers to the active implementation of techniques or equipment to manage wildlife populations and/or their habitats. Management projects may include:
- Research
- Research projects should be credible projects carried out by qualified individuals with specific objectives. These objectives should enhance their abilities to sustain habitat and populations of all wildlife. Research topics may include:
- Population surveys, monitoring projects and species inventories
- Species habitat associations, habitat quality and habitat modeling
- Behavior and ecology of a species
- Development and testing of techniques
- Studies of hunters and their interactions with wildlife and with each other
- Genetics, diseases, and parasites
- Research projects should be credible projects carried out by qualified individuals with specific objectives. These objectives should enhance their abilities to sustain habitat and populations of all wildlife. Research topics may include:
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for up to $50,000 per year of support.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit SCI Foundation.