Professional Animal Wellbeing Innovation Funding
GrantID: 73314
Grant Funding Amount Low: Open
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: Open
Summary
This funding opportunity supports initiatives that improve animal care, wellbeing, and professional practice within the zoological and aquarium community across the United States and potentially internationally. It is designed to help advance science-based approaches to animal welfare and strengthen the skills and resources of professionals who care for animals in managed environments. The goal of the program is to encourage projects that generate new knowledge, improve animal care outcomes, and enhance training and education for those working directly with animals under human care.
Eligible applicants typically include individual professionals, teams, or collaborators who are members of recognized professional associations within the zoological and aquarium field. While the opportunity does not broadly fund businesses or general nonprofit programming, organizations and individual practitioners who meet membership and institutional participation criteria may apply. Applicants often represent accredited facilities, research institutions, or professional networks focused on animal wellbeing and husbandry. The intent is to support work that benefits both practitioners and the wider community of animal care professionals by producing findings, tools, or practices that can be shared and adopted broadly.
Funds can be used in ways that directly contribute to the objectives of the proposed work. This may include support for research projects that explore welfare outcomes, development of training materials or workshops, pilot programs that test new care techniques, and collaborative initiatives that bring together multiple institutions to address shared challenges. Because the emphasis is on advancing professional knowledge and practice, projects are evaluated for their potential to produce meaningful insights or practical improvements in the field.
This opportunity is typically offered through an annual competitive cycle. Interested applicants submit proposals according to a published schedule, and successful proposals are selected based on criteria such as scientific merit, potential impact on animal wellbeing, feasibility of the plan, and alignment with broader priorities in the zoological and aquarium community. Awards may vary in size depending on project scope and available funds, and recipients are expected to carry out their work within a set project period.
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