Apply for a Whitley Award

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 WHITLEY AWARDS ARE CLOSED

Whitley Fund for Nature offers laddered funding for conservation projects through Whitley AwardsContinuation Funding and the Whitley Gold Award. Read about winners and their work through the winners section of this website.

Applications for the 2025 Whitley Awards are now closed: thank you to everyone who submitted or supported an application.

Whitley Awards fund grassroots conservation leaders in the Global South and put an international spotlight on winners’ work. To find out more about these awards, click here.

Timeline

Applications for the 2025 Whitley Awards are closed. The Whitley Awards Ceremony takes place each spring, when winners are announced during a live event, which is also streamed online.

HOW MUCH FUNDING CAN I APPLY FOR?

Whitley Awards are worth £50,000 GBP in project funding over one year.

HOW DO I APPLY?

Whitley Awards are for dynamic, mid-career conservationists who are leading wildlife conservation projects in the Global South. Winners are nationals of the country in which they are working who are seeking to scale up proven work, that is embedded in the local community and would benefit from further funding, a profile boost and international support.

  • Check your eligibility

To be eligible, projects must involve communities at the grassroots level and deliver practical action that is founded on science.You do not need to be invited or nominated to apply for a Whitley Award.

Please read our eligibility criteria to find out what WFN do and do not fund.

  • Register for our application portal

To register for our application portal, click here. Once you have received your unique login details you will be able to complete and submit your application online.

Please get in touch if you have any questions about the application portal.

  • Complete your application online

Complete your application online after registering on the application portal.

It is essential to follow our application guidelines.

Once registered for the application portal, you will be able to login and complete the form online at your convenience. Remember to save as you go! If you close the portal without saving your progress, you will lose your information. Please refer to our FAQs for further information.

As part of the application process you will need to download two documents from the portal: a Microsoft Word template for your logical framework/timeline, and a Microsoft Excel template for your budget. Once you have saved these to your computer, you can work on them in your own time then upload your completed versions to the portal.

Please note that the application guidelines, application form, logical framework/timeline and budget templates are only available until midnight GMT on 31 October 2024.

Applications made on out-of-date forms from previous years will not be considered.

  • Contact three referees

You need to ask three referees to submit references to WFN in support of your application. Check who is eligible to be a referee in our FAQs.

HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP?

Please refer to our FAQs or contact us.