Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize for Species Conservation 2025 ($80,000 grant) – YOA

Deadline: May 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize for Species Conservation 2025. The Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize for Species Conservation is the distinguished world award recognizing the distinctive achievements of conservation scientists.

Named in honor of Wolfgang F. Kiessling, a visionary conservationist with over 50 years of devoted work to avoid wasting species from extinction, the prize celebrates those that embody his management, imaginative and prescient, and dedication to defending species, habitats, and the important function of zoos and aquariums.

Each yr, the prize is awarded to a scientist making transformative contributions to conservation apply, concept, or analysis. Recipients are honored at an annual award ceremony, obtain a grant to assist their efforts, and are featured in a worldwide media marketing campaign to share their groundbreaking work with the world. As the specter of extinction looms over as much as a million species, the Kiessling Prize shines an important highlight on those that are constructing a extra sustainable and humane future. This award serves as each recognition and inspiration for the relentless efforts wanted to guard life on Earth for generations to return.

Award

• The Winner of the Kiessling Prize will journey to the designated award ceremony within the United States to take part in a presentation of their work to the world, obtain the award and an unrestricted grant of US$80,000. The Winner will even take part in a serious media marketing campaign carrying information of the award and the prize-profitable conservation work all over the world.
• In the Prize Committee’s discretion, Finalists could also be invited to journey to the designated award ceremony within the United States to be acknowledged for their work.

Eligibility

• Open to people who embody Mr. Kiessling’s distinctive management, imaginative and prescient and dedication to the sector of conservation, particularly species safety and habitat safety and the vital function that zoos and aquariums play in these efforts.
• Applicants for the Kiessling Award ought to have made tangible, demonstrable contributions to the hassle to fight the Sixth Mass Extinction which can have an extended-time period, significant influence on work to protect the world’s ecosystems.
• The candidate’s work needs to be revolutionary, demonstrating a capability to develop inventive options that might be applied on a global scale.

Nomination

All candidates for the Kiessling Prize should be self-nominated; nominations by third events won’t be accepted.

Email the next supplies to [email protected] by May 30, 2025.

• Application form
• A written narrative summarizing your accomplishments in conservation and why you’d be a superb consultant of this award (750-phrase restrict).
• Your resume, CV or skilled bio.
• A brief video (1-3 minutes in size) explaining why you need to be chosen as this yr’s prize recipient.

For extra data, go to Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize.