Grant Opportunity ​Valued up to US$10,000 from Save Our Seas Foundation

Save Our Seas Foundation is calling applicants from all over the world for a grant opportunity for small projects up to $10,000 (with grants averaging $5,000) for the period of March 2022 to February 2023. This grant is designed for short (12- to 18-month) and small projects dedicated to early-career scientists (within five years of a degree is awarded). Aimed at original and innovative start-up projects, the grant presents early-career scientists, conservationists, or educators with an opportunity to prove themselves. 

If you win with this grant, you will get:

• up to $10,000 (with grants averaging $5,000) to start up your project, in the period of March 2022 to February 2023.

You should follow these terms:

1. Only one application will be accepted for every applicant.
2. If your application has more than one leader, please name the individual who will execute the project. 
3. Funding is awarded for only one financial year. 
4. Only projects concerned with marine chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes, and chimeras) will be considered.
5. Successful applicants for small project grants are not eligible to submit a Small Grant application the following year but are not excluded from submitting a new Keystone Grant application.
6. The SOSF will consider small grant applications that, inter alia, aim to undertake the preliminary investigations necessary before a larger, longer-term project can be developed.

Please note:

• Costs for salaries, conference attendance, and publications are not accepted.

Project details & Overview:

You must follow these criteria:

• This project is unique because... (maximum 150 words). 
• Background (maximum 300 words, including citations). 
• Aim and objectives (maximum 50 words per objective). List the more specific objectives (at least one, no more than five). 
• How will these objectives be achieved? (maximum 50 words per method).
• Indicators? (maximum 150 words) Explain how you plan to measure the results and impact of your project. 
• How will you communicate your results? (maximum 200 words) 
• Problems and contingency planning (maximum 100 words) List the main foreseeable administrative, logistical or technical problems that might arise during this project.

Deadline: 

Grant applications must be submitted through the SOSF website no later than: 

1. Stage I: open from now until 30th June 2021.
2. Stage II: upon invitation, September 2021.

About Save Our Seas Foundation:

The Save Our Seas Foundation is a philanthropic organization committed to protecting the world’s oceans. It was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, on 23 September 2003. The Save Our Seas Foundation has been dedicated to protecting life in the oceans, especially sharks and rays. It supports passionate and innovative researchers, conservationists, and educators around the globe by funding their projects and helping them to tell important scientific and environmental stories.

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