Applications Invited for Snow Leopard Training Grant Program – 2025

About the Organization

The Snow Leopard Network (SLN) is a worldwide group devoted to facilitating the change of knowledge and insights between people all over the world for the aim of snow leopard conservation.

About the Program

Since 2020 the Snow Leopard Network has made a particular effort to construct and share capacities associated to snow leopard analysis and conservation. The 2020 – 2024 SLN Training Initiative coated 29 modules with 994 contributors becoming a member of the web periods. This was potential due to the help of our companions who offered sources and management on essential snow leopard associated conservation themes and instruments.

2025 presents the chance to help groups working throughout the snow leopard vary in main extra coaching modules. We are happy to announce the 2025 Call for Proposals for the Snow Leopard Training Grant which is designed to additional strengthen snow leopard conservation and analysis, particularly on the grassroots stage. This is made potential by way of the beneficiant help of the Pangje Foundation, an SLN member group devoted to defending snow leopards and serving to native communities.

The particular objective of the 2025 Training Grant facilities round constructing capacities in snow leopard analysis and conservation amongst grassroot stakeholders. The scope of the capability tasks to be funded is broad and consists of trainings/workshops in help of neighborhood conservation, protected space administration (supporting native rangers and guarded space employees and many others.), conservation training, girls conservation management coaching and wildlife inhabitants monitoring (snow leopard & prey). Other coaching and capability constructing themes associated to snow leopard conservation on the grassroots stage may even be thought-about. Please be aware that the Training Grant obtainable in 2025 just isn’t designed for funding wider analysis or conservation tasks in themselves however is particular to supporting Training or Workshop occasions.

Grant dimension:

Awards will vary from $1000 to $1500. All award funds ought to plan for use in 2025. Project proposals ought to intention to make use of these comparatively modest quantities as strategically as potential. Other funding sources could be included within the price range to extend the general mission funding dimension.

Eligibility

The Training Grant is open to all SLN members and researchers/practitioners/organisations working to help snow leopard conservation. One proposal per applicant, group or organisation will likely be thought-about. Unfortunately present rules don’t enable this funding to be obtainable for actions within the People’s Republic of China.

How to Apply

Proposals (written in English) have to be submitted electronically as a single pdf file to Rakhee Karumbaya, SLN’s Program Coordinator (rakhee@snowleopardnetwork.org). Proposals will likely be thought-about if acquired earlier than fifteenth February, 2025 (18:00 Bishkek time). Applications that don’t use the kinds connected beneath won’t be thought-about. The pdf file ought to embrace:

• an Application kind accomplished (max. 3 pages, in line with the connected kind). Download the Application form here.
• a CV of the mission group chief/principal applicant (max. 2 pages)

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