Wild Animal Initiative’s Challenge Grants

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Wild Animal Initiative’s Challenge Grants

"Eligibility 

1. Challenge Grant projects:

a) must be led by an experienced principal investigator who is affiliated with a university or other research institution (e.g. a government agency), but can include financial support for students or other early-career collaborators;

b) must be led by or include collaborators who are residents of all countries where field work will take place;

c) must connect wild animal welfare to at least one of the following priority topics: welfare indicator validation, interspecific interactions, population dynamics, cause-specific mortality, landscape ecology, cascade effects, welfare interventions, juvenile welfare, invertebrate welfare, and fish welfare;

d) must adhere to Wild Animal Initiative’s guidance for animals involved in research;

e) should have a duration of at least six months;

f) should be completed within five years. 

2. If a project is managed by an NGO, that NGO must be registered and active in the country where field work will take place.

3. Eligible projects include those that are standalone, or those that add a wild animal welfare component to an existing non-Wild Animal Initiative funded project to broaden its scope. 

4.Grant size: US$50,000–US$100,000 USD total.

5. Applicants should:

a) limit their requests to what is reasonably needed to complete the project;

b) submit a short Expression of Interest (EOI) form by the deadline. 

Proposed projects are evaluated in terms of their scope, feasibility, novelty, and specific relevance to wild animal welfare.

We prioritize funding for direct research costs (e.g. supplies, materials) [...].

Applicants may request to be considered for a WAI Fellowship, which offers mentorship and a supplementary stipend to postdoctoral researchers and PhD students pursuing a long-term career in wild animal welfare research. 

If the EOI is shortlisted, the applicant is invited to develop a full proposal. The process and parameters for fellowships will be shared with those invited to apply at the full proposal stage.  

Expressions of interest are due  November 14, 2025."

For more information please visit 

https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants/challenge-grants#eligibility 

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