CARN/BOCHCO Pangolin Grant Program 2026 (up to $10,000) – YOA

Deadline: August 1, 2026

Applications are open for the CARN/BOCHCO Pangolin Grant Program 2026. Pangolins are extraordinary creatures — the one scaled mammals on Earth, with no tooth and an awfully distinctive life historical past. They play distinctive and irreplaceable ecological roles, consuming tens of tens of millions of bugs yearly and serving to keep the well being of tropical forest ecosystems.

The scientists finest positioned to defend African pangolins, these residing and dealing throughout Africa, have lengthy been underserved by mainstream conservation funding. Conservation Action Research Network (CARN) established the Bochco Pangolin Conservation Grant in 2026 to assist shut that hole, supporting graduate college students and early-profession African scientists conducting progressive analysis on pangolin conservation. The program is designed to tackle the essential information and funding deficits that stand between these outstanding animals and their survival.

Grants

• Grants up to $10,000 USD.

Eligibility

• Applicants have to be a resident of one of many following international locations: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• Grants should give attention to at the least considered one of 4 threatened pangolin species: White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), Giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea), Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla) and Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii). 
• Applicants have to be present graduate pupil or early profession professionals which have obtained a level prior to now 5 years, resembling a researcher working at a conservation group or college.
• Projects emphasizing discipline-primarily based conservation analysis will probably be prioritized.

Application

For extra data, go to CARN/BOCHCO Pangolin Grant.