Society for Conservation Biology

Bulletin Board

Subject: Earthwatch Institute announcing RFPs for projects starting in 2019

Earthwatch is an international nonprofit organization that engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. For 45 years, Earthwatch has supported rigorous scientific research that promotes the advancement of scientific knowledge that addresses global change and helps sustain biodiversity.

Earthwatch is currently seeking proposals from scientists for field- based research that engages citizen scientists (recruited by Earthwatch) in projects that will start in 2019, and that address key conservation and sustainability issues in the following areas:

• Global Conservation Priorities
• Ocean Ecosystems
• Glaciology and Polar Ecology
• Restoration Ecology
• Sustainable Agriculture and Forest Ecosystems
• Rewilding the UK
• Urban Resiliency
• Boston Urban Resiliency

In all of these areas, we are prioritizing research that helps increase understanding of global change.

Please visit http://earthwatch.org/Research-Funding/Apply-for-Funding to access detailed RFPs and our portal for submitting pre-proposals for review. The deadline for pre-proposal submissions is Sunday, June 11, 2017, 11:59 PM EDT. 

Please direct inquiries to: research@earthwatch.org

Best,

Stan Rullman

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