Menke Scholarship to Improve Wildlife Habitat Grant

Menke Scholarship to Improve Wildlife Habitat Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Amount: Up to US $4,000
Last Updated: January 05, 2026

Summary

The Menke Scholarship, offered by the Webster Groves Nature Study Society, aims to enhance wildlife habitats in Missouri. This initiative honors the legacy of the Menke family, emphasizing sustainability through various conservation practices. It welcomes applicants from diverse fields, prioritizing the project’s impact over academic background. Recipients may engage in internships with conservation programs, fostering hands-on experiences. The scholarship supports efforts to improve habitats for various species, contributing to ecological preservation and education.

Overview

Background The Webster Groves Nature Study Society is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the Menke Scholarship to Improve Wildlife Habitat. The Menke scholarship honors Don and Nell Menke, long-term members of WGNSS and lifelong birders/wildflower experts, and their son, David Menke,⁽°°⁾ a wildlife park ranger, all his professional life. The scholarship’s goal is to increase and improve wildlife habitat in Missouri by planting, protecting, managing, publicizing, and in various other ways demonstrating specific habitat improvements for fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants, or invertebrates. Applicants typically major in nature study (e.g., biology, ecology, botany, forestry, conservation). But meeting the scholarship’s goals is more important than the major field itself (e.g., applications from non-nature study fields are accepted). Recipients may work with or intern with conservation programs.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants typically major in nature study (e.g. biology, ecology, botany, forestry, conservation). But meeting the scholarship’s goals is more important than the major field itself (e.g. applications from non-nature study fields are accepted).Recipients may work with, or intern with conservation programs.Improve wildlife habitat in Missouri.The award will be made to the applicant’s institution, which is expected to establish and monitor a fund as appropriate to curate the stipend.The funds may carry over beyond the year of award, if to the benefit of awardee’s research.

Ineligibility

The scholarship will not support projects that may harm or endanger wildlife, including attaching or implanting objects.The scholarship funds cannot be used to pay overhead to any institution. The scholarship must be acknowledged in any resulting published material.