Dear Equator Net members,
WWF invites you to submit nominations for the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership. Each year the J. Paul Getty Award recognizes a leader in conservation in one of three annually rotating themes: political leadership, scientific leadership, and community leadership. This year’s category is community leadership in support of biodiversity conservation.
In addition to recognizing today’s top conservationists, the Award also helps build conservation leadership for tomorrow. The award prize of $200,000 will be used to establish graduate fellowships named in honor of the winner and J. Paul Getty to support students in conservation-related fields at a university of the winner’s choice in his/her home country. WWF will work with both the winner and the designated university to design an appropriate fellowship program for graduate students.
The winner, working with WWF, will establish eligibility criteria based on his/her own specific interests or the needs of his/her country. Fellowships will in general contribute to graduate students’ educational costs for a period of two years. Costs per fellow, and possibly the number of fellows, will vary each year depending on actual costs at the fellows’ universities, currency exchange rates, etc.
The nomination form for the 2008 J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership can be found on http://www.worldwildlife.org/about/gettyaward/.
WWF welcomes nominations for individuals who have made recent and significant contributions to biodiversity conservation through grassroots activities. Nominees may be from any country in the world. However, preference will be given to individuals from developing countries, particularly those working in one of WWF-US’s priority places. A map of these priority places is included with the nomination guidelines. While nomination submissions must be in English, please contact WWF if you feel your English language ability would jeopardize the strength of your nomination.
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2008.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact WWF at gettyaward@wwfus.org.
Good luck and warm regards,
Gaby
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