Conservation Small Grants

The Conservation Small Grants program, administered by the Primate Society of Great Britain, provides awards up to £1,250 to support projects benefiting primate conservation and education. The grants aim to address threats to primate populations, enhance conservation incentives, and direct efforts to vital locations. Additionally, funds from the Born Free Foundation and Trentham Monkey Forest are allocated for specific conservation initiatives, fostering local engagement and expertise in habitat countries.

The Conservation Sub-Committee administers the PSGB Conservation Grants. These are awards, typically not exceeding £1,250, to assist research of direct benefit to primate conservation and primate conservation education. The remit is very broad and although the financial value of the grants is quite small it should be remembered that approval from the PSGB is invaluable when applying for money from other sources.
Conservation Grants
A major role of the CWP is to administer the PSGB Conservation Grants.
These small grants support:

• Projects that address known threats to primate populations, or known constraints on population recovery;
• Projects that shift incentives in support of conservation (e.g. training; education and awareness-raising; compensation schemes; policy influence);
• Surveys that will direct conservation effort to important locations;conservation education relevant to primates;
• Other research of direct benefit to primate conservation.
• In addition, PSGB, through CSC, awards funds from other organisations or individuals:
• Born Free Foundation

CSC also manages a grant of £1,500 from the Born Free Foundation. This grant is mostly targeted at projects which support a primate range-state national, working in the field on a project involving endangered primates or human/non-human primate conflict resolution. Applicants for this grant apply as for a PSGB grant, through the same channels, and any project selected by members of the Conservation Sub-Committee as being suitable for BFF will be passed to BFF for acceptance.
Trentham Monkey Forest
Trentham Monkey Forest has, as of 2022, donated £2500 each year to be awarded to applicants for conservation grants. The fund will be split at the discretion of the CSC members; it is unlikely to be given in total to one person. Please apply as normal to the CSC.

Eligibility

PSGB Grants are open to PSGB members and to primate range state nationals who are not members. Range state nationals that are successful with a grant application will be given free PSGB membership for the duration of their grant.Only those projects which are judged to have specific attainable goals that will benefit primate conservation will be considered.
You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Grants will be awarded only to members of PSGB, or to citizens of primate range states who are sponsored by a member (contact the Convenor for assistance if you do not know any PSGB member)

Ineligibility

Undergraduate expeditions, commercial/adventure missions and attendance at conferences or training courses will not normally be supported.Research that has been started prior to applying for funds is rarely supported.  Candidates should not apply to more than one Sub-Committee for funds for the same project or in any one year, but decide which best represents their chosen topic.