In this online training course, you will learn skills to help you write impact-focused grant applications for any type of conservation project. The course covers how to select the right grant, prepare a well written, well presented, high-impact, evidence-based application, create log frames that match donor criteria and process your application effectively.

Why do this course?

• Career starters: Improve your chances of getting your dream conservation job by getting a qualification in a required skill for many conservation positions.
• Practitioners: Learn how to write more successful grant applications.

What will I learn?

This training course has been developed with input from funders and experienced practitioners to help conservationists create high-quality grant applications. You will learn how to:

• Select the grant that is right for your project.
• Gather the information needed to develop your grant application.
• Create content for the application.
• Enhance and refine that content to make sure your application stands out and is easy to understand.
• Process the application from submission to responding to the result.

What will my learning experience be like?

In this online training course, we do our best to recreate the best of the interactive classroom environment, while offering you the flexibility to learn when and where you want. You will be supported throughout by our expert trainers via Zoom and WildHub.

The course is run over 7 weeks (4 hours learning per week), with weekly live teaching sessions and pre-recorded training videos to work from in your own time.

Where can I find out more?

The next online training course in Grant Writing for Wildlife Conservation begins on the 23rd of October 2023. To find out more and sign up, click here.

Who is providing this training?

WildTeam UK is a not-for-profit charity that designs and delivers training in key skills that help conservationists to increase their impact. So far we have trained nearly 2,000 conservationists from 118 countries.

What people say about our training

"This is a comprehensive and easy to understand workshop for proposal development. The skills and experience gained is transformative." Phillip Tapera Kuvawoga, International Fund for Animal Welfare.

“Highly interactive and engaging” Jenny Cantlay. Doctoral researcher, Royal Holloway University of London.

“I genuinely LOVED the format of the online training sessions. It felt like being part of a classroom again!" Reetika Maheshwary. Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI).

“Field projects lead by Bristol Zoological Society aim to increase their conservation impact and thanks to WildTeam's great training, we will achieve that!” Daphne Kerhoas. Bristol Zoological Society.

“The mix of personal study and online group sessions made the courses very flexible, productive and enjoyable. Would thoroughly recommend!" Rachel Cripps. Lancashire Wildlife Trust.

“Thanks WildTeam for a very good and insightful training, as well as all the additional networking and learning opportunities your community provides.” Ana Di Pangracio. Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)