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Whitley Awards 2027
Whitley Fund for Nature
£50,000 for one year to help mid-career conservation leaders scale proven, science-based, community-rooted conservation work.
Whitley Fund for NatureOfficial details verified by Methods Bench
- Deadline
- 30 October 2026, 11:59 PM GMT
- Funding / benefit
- Up to GBP 50,000
- Duration
- Up to 12 months
- Career stage
- Mid-career
- Eligibility
- Global
Methods Bench assessment
Is this a good fit?
Our interpretation of the call, not official eligibility advice.
Worth pursuing if
- National of the country where the work happens
- Scaling established conservation work embedded in local communities
- Project combines practical conservation action, science and grassroots community involvement
Probably skip if
- Untested research ideas
- Purely academic conservation studies without a practical community-linked intervention
Eligibility
What you need to prepare
- Online application
- Logical framework/timeline (current template)
- Budget (current template)
- Three referee nominations — references must arrive by the deadline
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