Deadline: 10-Aug-2024
The Wildlife Conservation Trust is inviting submissions for the WCT-Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Endangered Species Grants Programme to support critical conservation research and grassroots projects by awarding small grants to promising researchers, conservationists, and conservation organisations.
To provide opportunities to budding as well as practicing wildlife conservationists and researchers to pursue their passion of conserving endangered species and threatened habitats, WCT instituted the WCT-Small Grants Programme in March 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic, WCT had to briefly discontinue the Small Grants Programme. After a hiatus of three years (2020-2023), WCT is back with its small grants programme with a broader vision, and a refined set of objectives, and goals. They are calling the 2.0 version the ‘WCT-Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Endangered Species Grants Programme (WCT-BEES Grants Programme)’.
The objective of the small grants programme is to encourage and strengthen on-ground nature conservation work in India.
Grant Types
- Two types of grants will be provided under the WCT-BEES Grants programme:
- Wildlife Research Small Grant
- Grassroots Conservation Small Grant
- Both the Wildlife Research Small Grant and the Grassroots Conservation Small Grant have been curated to provide funding support to Indian wildlife researchers, grassroots conservationists and conservation organisations.
Funding Information
- The WCT-BEES grant amount will be between Rs. 3,50,000/- to 4,00,000/- per grantee.
- Projects that have been pitched to WCT cannot exceed a duration of 10 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Indian citizens may apply.
- The applicant needs to hold at least a graduate degree from a recognised university.
- Individuals as well as organisations are eligible to apply.
- (Note: The principle investigator/project lead of the proposed project will be considered as the ‘applicant’ when more than one individual is involved in the project or in the case of an organisation.)
- A principal investigator/project lead is the primary contact person who would be responsible for the preparation, usage and administration of a grant in compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing the conduct of the sponsored project.
Exclusions
- WCT-BEES Grants will not be provided to projects spanning over ten months.
- WCT-BEES Grants will not provide funds for national or international travel for
- attending conferences/seminars or
- carrying out laboratory analysis
- WCT-BEES Grants cannot not be utilised for building permanent infrastructure.
- WCT-BEES Grants will not be applicable for undercover/enforcement work.
- WCT-BEES Grants cannot be used for expenses related to litigation.
For more information, visit WCT.