Grants & Scholarships
Looking for funding opportunities and scholarships? We’ve curated a list of domestic and international grants, fellowships, and scholarships to help you pursue research on birds in India.
Domestic
- Bird Conservation Research Grant for amateurs
- INLAKS Shivdasani Foundation
- Raptor Research and Conservation Foundation
- The Rauf Ali Fellowship
- The Habitats Trust Seed Grants
- WTI Rapid Action Project
- WWF-India Conservation Catalyst programme
- WWF INDIA Conservation Catalyst Program
- Zubaan Publishers Research Grants
International
- African Bird Club Conservation Award
- Alexander F. Skutch Award Research grant
- Amazon Conservation Association Awards
- American Museum of Natural History Grants
- American Ornithological Society Student Research Grants
- Animal Behaviour Society Student and Developing Nations grant
- Association for Field ornithologists research grants
- Association For Tropical Biology and Conservation Seed Research Grant
- Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund | WWF Hong Kong
- BIPOC Birders Grad Student Mini Grant
- Bird Conservation Fund
- British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership
- British Ecological Society (BES) Grants & Fellowships
- British Ornithologists Union (BOU)
- Burnham Fund | The Peregrine Fund
- Charlotte Conservation Fellowships
- Columbus Zoo Conservation Fund
- Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
- Crowder-Messersmith Fund (Conservation project/ research funding in undeveloped countries)
- Darwin Initiative
- Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund
- Earthwatch Institute Research Grants
- EPA Star Graduate Fellowship
- Erik Hosking Trust Small grants
- European Tropical Forest Research Network
- Explorer’s Club (US) Exploration Fund
- Fauna and Flora International Flagship Species Fund
- Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program
- Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowships for Doctoral Research
- Global Forest Watch
- Haribon Foundation Conservation Research Grants
- Hawkwatch International
- Humphrey scholarships
- Idea Wild
- International Tropical Timber Organization Freezailah Fellowship Fund
- Kushlan Research Award
- Lincoln Park Zoo Fund
- Lindbergh Foundation
- Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- National Geographic Conservation Trust Research grant
- Navjot Sodhi Conservation Research Award
- Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund
- Nisbet Research Award
- Organization for Tropical Studies Research Fellowships
- Oriental Bird Club (OBC)
- People’s Trust for Endangered Species Research grants
- Royal Geographical Society Expedition Research Grants
- Russell E. Train Fellowships
- Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund
- Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Mini-grants
- The Rufford Foundation
- The Sven Brohult Award
- The ZSL EDGE of Existence Programme
- Waterbird Society Research Award
- WCS Research Fellowship Programme
- William Belton Small Grants Fund
- Wilson Ornithological Society Research Grants