How To Apply

Application is by written proposal, due on the last day of February of each year. The proposal need not be encyclopedic but should provide enough background to allow those not familiar with the work to fully appreciate its significance and its place in conservation biology. It should provide a clear set of objectives, detailed methodology, and a set of specific performance measures that will allow later evaluation of effectiveness. These performance measures should be linked to real conservation accomplishments whenever possible (e.g. in addition to stating that “we will make 40 presentations on the dangers of eating primate bushmeat”, there should be a measure such as “losses of apes due to commercial hunting in the area will drop by 20%”). A detailed budget (at this time requests should not exceed $US10,000) and timeline should be included. The proposal should provide a set of references that point the way to additional information for those that are interested.

Submit your proposal by e-mail to The Trust’s Director of Conservation, currently Dr. Benjamin Beck. The proposal will be reviewed internally by staff, and in some cases by external reviewers. Funding decisions will be made by mid-May of each year in most cases.

If a proposal is funded, it will be circulated to all Great Ape Trust staff members so that we all are fully conversant with and invested in the conservation activities that we support. The proposal will also be the basis for communication with our membership and other external audiences about our conservation activities.

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