[ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY - Conservation Technologies Grant | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 09.01.2019 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: National Geographic supports the development of cutting-edge technologies that open our eyes to different viewpoints, help us see the world in a new light and explore it in new ways, and transform the fields of exploration, science, and conservation. The goal of this RFP is to create novel tools and technologies to monitor ecosystem health. Examples include new processing techniques for satellite data, advanced wildlife camera traps, or globally networked chemical and physical sensors.
Priority will be given to projects that use technology to do one or more of the following:
Funding: $150,000
Eligibility: Applications from around the world are accepted. If you are planning to work outside of your home country or community, you must include the name and contact information for at least one local collaborator as a project team member in the application. The individual responsible for carrying out the project should apply and write the application. Students should not submit in their advisor’s name. As a result of changes in Chinese law effective January 1, 2017, the National Geographic Society is unable to support new grantee work in mainland China.
How to Apply: The one-step application process is detailed in the checklist available here.
Deadline: 09-Jan-2019
Further information
Priority will be given to projects that use technology to do one or more of the following:
- Develop tools or capabilities needed to generate data and insights on ecosystem health, biodiversity distribution, patterns, and trends
- Create or reimagine sensing modalities that can be applied to determine ecological health
- Implement new processing techniques that can apply breakthroughs in data mining and machine learning to glean new ecosystem health insights from existing data streams
- Develop low-cost, scalable, long-term, robust in-situ or remote sensing modalities
Funding: $150,000
Eligibility: Applications from around the world are accepted. If you are planning to work outside of your home country or community, you must include the name and contact information for at least one local collaborator as a project team member in the application. The individual responsible for carrying out the project should apply and write the application. Students should not submit in their advisor’s name. As a result of changes in Chinese law effective January 1, 2017, the National Geographic Society is unable to support new grantee work in mainland China.
How to Apply: The one-step application process is detailed in the checklist available here.
Deadline: 09-Jan-2019
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- The application portal can be found here
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free