Grants & Funding Opportunities for Students

Supports research and conservation of raptors — hawks, eagles, falcons, owls, and vultures — targeted at those with limited access to alternative funding.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#raptors

Apply → raptorresearchfoundation.org

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British Ornithologists' Union Small Ornithological Research Grant

British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)

Small grants for any aspect of ornithological research worldwide, open to both amateur and professional researchers.

📍 International (UK-based)PaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#research

Apply → bou.org.uk

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Wildlife Conservation Trust BEES Grants Programme

Wildlife Conservation Trust, India

Funds Indian wildlife research and grassroots conservation on biodiversity, ecosystems, and endangered species, for projects up to ten months.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

#grant#wildlife#india

Apply → wildlifeconservationtrust.org

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North American Native Fishes Association Conservation Research Grant

North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA)

Funds research on the conservation of North America's native freshwater fish, especially threatened and endangered species, running since 2001.

📍 United States / CanadaPaidEasy

#grant#ichthyology#freshwater

Apply → nanfa.org

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Neotropical Grassland Conservancy Student Grant

Neotropical Grassland Conservancy

Supports graduate students conducting conservation-focused field research in Latin American grassland ecosystems.

📍 Latin AmericaPaidEasy

#grant#grasslands#latin-america

Apply → conservegrassland.org

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Blue Corridors for Turtles Small Grants Fund

SWOT / WWF / Wildlife Computers

Funds community-engaged marine turtle research on migration, nesting and foraging habitat, and genetic connectivity.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#sea-turtles#marine-conservation

Apply → seaturtlestatus.org

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State of the World's Sea Turtles (SWOT) Small Grant

Oceanic Society

Annual small grants for sea turtle research and conservation across networking, conservation-gap-filling, and behavior-change program areas.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#sea-turtles#marine-conservation

Apply → seaturtlestatus.org

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African Bird Club Conservation Award

African Bird Club

Funds surveys, research, education projects, and expeditions on African birds and habitats, running since 1996.

📍 Africa (continental and islands)PaidMedium

#grant#ornithology#africa

Apply → africanbirdclub.org

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IDEA WILD Equipment Grant

IDEA WILD

Provides field equipment such as cameras, GPS units, mist nets, and binoculars rather than cash, for biodiversity conservation research and education projects.

📍 International, priority developing countriesPaidEasy

#grant#equipment#conservation

Apply → ideawild.org

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Bat Conservation International Student Research Scholarship

Bat Conservation International

Funds master's and PhD bat research addressing human-caused environmental change, human-bat conflict, or the ecology of vulnerable bat species.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#bat-conservation#wildlife

Apply → batcon.org

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Society for Marine Mammalogy Small Grants in Aid of Research

Society for Marine Mammalogy

Funds direct field and research costs for marine mammal science projects worldwide, with preference to first-time recipients and early-career researchers.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#marine-mammals#conservation

Apply → marinemammalscience.org

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