CLP provides Conservation Team Awards on an annual basis to support the work of early-career conservationists
The call for applications to our 2025 Team Awards is open.
Please note: This year, we will only be accepting applications for Future Conservationist Awards. The application deadline is 18 October, 2024. Applications must be submitted via the online portal.
Find more information here, including eligibility criteria, how to apply and further resources.
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About the CLP Team Awards
Each year, CLP calls for applications to support projects in low- and middle-income countries and some high-income islands in the Caribbean and Pacific. Funding is awarded to teams of early-career conservationists to conduct scientific research, encourage and promote pro-conservation attitudes and deliver tangible results to better conserve and manage the natural world.
There are usually three grant levels to allow teams to scale up their initial projects. Starting with a Future Conservationist Award, teams are supported to undertake small-scale research and awareness-raising projects. In previous years , we have also offered Continuation Awards (Follow-Up Awards and Leadership Awards) for teams of CLP alumni, however, we are offering only Future Conservationist Awards in 2025.
Each year we receive a high number of applications for our Team Awards, making it a highly competitive process. Below we provide data on how many Future Conservationist Award applications we received in the last five years and how many of these went on to be selected for an award.
Professional Development, Mentoring and Networking
In addition to awarding project funding, CLP invites one member of each award-winning team to our annual international training course. Here, they learn about a range of conservation management and leadership topics as well as build a network with other early-career conservationists. Our training course helps awardees deliver their CLP projects and has also been credited for furthering participants’ career progression. It is a rewarding and life-changing experience!
As part of the award, winning teams are able to access expertise from within each of our three conservation partner organisations and via our global Alumni Network, which includes past award-winners. Programme staff members are also available to advise on project implementation, including guidance required during the planning and team training stages.
The Kate Stokes Memorial Award
2024 applications are now closed.
The Kate Stokes Memorial Award is an additional grant set up in the memory of Kate Stokes. This $5,000 award is offered annually to an exceptional team of CLP alumni.
