Promoting Conservation, Protecting Species

The Chicago Zoological Society administers the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund, which supports conservation-oriented research. The grant attracts dozens of innovative research projects each quarter, and the most promising of these are awarded funding.

New Proposals: CBOT Endangered Species Fund

Deadline: July 12, 2010
(early submissions welcome)

Please note stricter Submission Guidelines in attached document and note the 3 page proposal limit.

Limited resubmissions
Applicants can reapply to the Fund within 2 years of first submission. Immediate resubmissions will not be considered.

The Chicago Zoological Society is soliciting new proposals for the Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund.

In general, the CBOT Committee wishes to have grant funds applied to the following types of actions: Projects that will assist directly in the protection of populations of threatened and endangered species; or a specific habitat that is of high biological value or that is substantially threatened (IUCN Red List Status).

This includes projects that will quantitatively assess population and environmental status with indications of best conservation strategy; projects that will help achieve sustainable relations between local people, and the species of concern. The development of educational projects and training that assist in building local conservation capacity are given higher priority.

Grants are open to SSC Specialist Group Chairs and Officers, AZA/WAZA Chairs and Officers, and all interested researchers. Each group should select and submit only one proposal that has been ranked as the highest funding priority and endorsed by the group. The Fund will support small projects usually up to $5,000 (smaller requests will fare better).

Please see attached documents for stricter grant application format and review criteria details.

Please download these documents for the full grant application format and review criteria details:

 

Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to:

Carla Owens
Manager, Library Services & Archives, CZS CBOT ESF Administrator
cbotesf@czs.org