Deadline: 1 March 2015
The International Primatological Society (IPS) is accepting applications for Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award. The award is committed to individuals who belongs to primate habitat countries and have made a remarkable contribution to conservation education. Investigators working in primate habitat areas are encouraged to nominate members of their staff.
The winner will receive an amount of $1,000 USD from which $750 USD will be awarded directly and rest $250 USD will be given in the recipient’s name to a project of the chosen community.
The International Primatological Society was created to encourage all areas of non-human primatological scientific research, to facilitate cooperation among scientists of all nationalities engaged in primate research, and to promote the conservation of all primate species.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be individuals living in primate habitat countries that have made a significant contribution to formal and informal conservation education in their countries.
- Candidates do not need to have an advanced degree to be eligible.
Primate Habitat Countries: Belize, Algeria, El Salvador, Morocco, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Lao People’s Dem. Rep., China, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Guatemala, México, Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Nigeria, Liberia, Madagascar, Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Bhutan, Philippines, Honduras, Nicaragua, Singapore, Ghana, Gabon, Venezuela, Cameroon, Senegal, Peru, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Congo, Bolivia, Rwanda, Benin, Congo, Democratic Rep. of, Togo, Gambia, Uganda, Mali, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Angola, Central African Republic, Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Japan, Taiwan Province of, Zambia, Mozambique, Somalia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Chad Paraguay, South Africa, Swaziland, Eritrea, Nepal, Niger, Botswana, Mauritania, Namibia, Djibouti, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen.
How to Apply
Nominators should provide the name, title and full mailing address of their nominee, along with a letter of recommendation stating the nominee’s qualifications for the award, focusing on past and potential contributions to conservation education. A copy of the nominee’s resume should also be included. Supporting letters from other individuals acquainted with the nominee’s work may be submitted as part of the packet.
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