Are you a student in life sciences deciding on your master’s research topic who wants to make a difference for animals with your work?
Research on wild animal welfare is growing, though it is still significantly behind similar work carried out about domesticated animals. In addition, it often focuses on the welfare of captive wild animals rather than animals living outside human control, either in wild or in other areas (such as urban, agricultural or semi-wild areas). Work in different fields of ecology, in turn, assess many aspects of the lives of these animals, but their welfare is not one of them. Due to the lack of work on this topic, Animal Ethics is calling for applications for grants to carry out research work at master’s level in the fields of wild animal welfare and wild animal welfare biology. A maximum of three candidates will be selected and each will receive up to $5,000.
The project must be for the grantee’s master’s thesis. The project must have strong potential for impact in terms of either informing practice or fostering further academic work. Eligible areas of work include:
Applications are open to researchers from most nationalities and countries. An example of research funded by Animal Ethics can be seen here. Also see “Research projects in welfare biology” for ideas of research projects we would like to see conducted.
Applications are open to master’s students from most nationalities and countries, as long as the thesis is written in English. There are no restrictions on the location of the institution where the research will be carried out as long as OFAC compliance requirements are met.
Each grant recipient must submit their thesis in 2020. The result of the work must later be published in open access, either via the student’s institution, on the student’s website, on some other platform, or in open access academic journals.
Application deadline: July 31, 2019
Announcement of selected candidates: August 15, 2019
Payment of the first part of the grant (max. 50 %): when the project is accepted by the student’s master’s program
Completion of the project: 2019-2020
Payment of the second part of the grant: when the grantee’s thesis is completed and submitted
Please submit the following documents (in English) to academic(a)animal-ethics.org:
Please submit these as three separate documents rather than combining them into one.
About us
Animal Ethics is a nonprofit organization formed to provide information and promote research about issues affecting animals in general, with a particular focus on animals in the wild. We are based in the USA, and also work in Europe and Latin America.