Future For Nature Award (Fully-funded to Arnhem, the Netherlands plus €50,000 Cash Prize) 2019

Application Deadline: 16th September 2018

Offered Annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: All

To Be Taken At (Country): Arnhem, the Netherlands

About the Award: Future For Nature supports young, talented and ambitious conservationists committed to protecting species of wild animals and plants or conservation of nature in general. These individuals can make the difference for the future of nature.

Type: Contest

Eligibility: The following solid criteria will be used in the Selection Procedure for the Future For Nature Award winners:

• The candidate should not be older than 35 years on 30^th April 2019, i.e. born after 30^th April 1984.
• The Future For Nature Award is awarded to individuals only, not to organizations.
• The candidate has achieved substantial and long-term benefit to the conservation status of one or more animal and/or plant species or that of a specific population of one or more animal and/or plant species.
• The candidate has demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurship in his/her conservation work.
• The candidate has been creative and innovative in his/her work.
• The main approaches in his/her work have proven to be cost-effective.
• The candidate must be determined to continue his/her conservation work, as the Award aims to stimulate the winner’s future work and is not an “end of career” prize.
• The prize should be used towards a conservation project of the winner’s own choice.

Selection Criteria: Members of the DSC assess the applications of which 6 to 10 are selected using the following set of criteria:

• Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Substantial and long term effect of species protection
• Creativity and innovativeness
• Cost effectiveness
• Determination to continue
• Quality of the project proposal

Work related to the conservation and protection of endangered species (IUCN’s Red List) is given priority.

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: 

• Winners will present their work at the Future For Nature Award event at Royal Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The event will take place in March, April or May 2019. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered by the Future For Nature Foundation.
• € 50.000.  The cash prize should go towards the work of the winners for 100%. That is, Future For Nature will not allow administrative deductions to be made or claimed by mother organizations.

How to Apply: 

• Application form Future For Nature Awards 2019
• Application form (See in Program Webpage Link below) should be submitted as an email attachment to info@futurefornature.org. The subject of the email should read: SURNAME CANDIDATE – Candidate FFN Award 2018. For example if your name is Bill Jones: JONES – Candidate FFN Award 2019.
• Answer all the questions in English in the given order without exceeding the maximum number of words mentioned.
• Do not add any additional documentation. Your application will be used to select ten nominees for the Future For Nature Awards 2018. The ten nominees will be requested to provide further information (written info, photos, information for the FFN website, 5-minutes film), which will be used to select the final three winners.

Visit  Program Webpage for Details

Award Providers: Future For Nature