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Grant Program

Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a grant program to support the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. Our quarterly grant program provides scientists with bioacoustics research tools to further their study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other vocal wildlife.

NEW! Kaleidoscope-Pro Only Grant Option

We are happy to announce a new addition to our grant program! In response to overwhelming demand, we have established a “Kaleidoscope Pro-only” grant option for our esteemed applicants. We value your commitment to making a positive impact and understand that time is of the essence, so we have streamlined these applications to get you back in the field (or lab!) quicker. Here are some highlights:

  • Streamlined application for those wanting Kaleidoscope Pro only

  • Unlimited Kaleidoscope Pro licenses for eligible applicants

  • One-year, annual memberships awarded quarterly

  • Applicants may reapply

How It Works

Standard Product Grant

Wildlife Acoustics may award up to $12,000 worth of eligible products to selected grant recipients worldwide every quarter. Individual applicants may request products and software licenses totaling up to $4,000 quarterly. We will highlight grant recipients and their projects on our website and social media platforms.

Kaleidoscope Pro-Only Grant

Wildlife Acoustics may award an unlimited number of Kaleidoscope Pro licenses to selected grant recipients worldwide every quarter. Individual applicants may request an unlimited number of software licenses.

In General

Grant recipients must be associated with a charitable, educational, NGOs, or other tax-exempt organisation. Consideration will be given to projects that make significant and novel use of wildlife vocalisation recordings for data collection and/or analysis.

  • The work advances scientific knowledge and contributes to long-term conservation.

  • The grant would have a significant impact on the success of the project.

  • The application provides adequate information to facilitate project evaluation, including detailed expected outcomes and the need for bioacoustics data to support those outcomes.

  • The project must begin within one year of the award.

Requirements

If you receive a grant, you’ll be expected to:

  • Provide written acceptance of the grant and agree to the applicable terms and conditions.

  • Maintain contact with Wildlife Acoustics to provide:
    • Quarterly project updates for the duration of your project (Standard Product Grant); or

    • One annual project update per Kaleidoscope Pro license awarded for the duration of the project (Kaleidoscope Pro-Only Grant).

  • Acknowledge the support of Wildlife Acoustics, Inc., in any presentations, meetings, publications, and/or materials mentioning or resulting from the project, whenever possible.

  • Submit a final report within two months of project completion (or within two months of the bioacoustics section/phase if part of a larger biodiversity project)

How to Apply

You can apply for our grant here

  • All sections of the application must be completed in English.

  • You must include one letter of recommendation (written in English); however, you may submit up to two letters of recommendation and/or letters of reference that you feel would be helpful. (Note: a letter of recommendation/reference is not required for Kaleidoscope Pro-only grant applications.)

  • You will be asked to include a copy of your organisation's certificate/tax exemption letter showing tax-exempt and charitable or educational status. For countries without these, you will be responsible for covering any applicable taxes.

  • If you are unable to complete the application all at once, you can save your work and come back later to finish and submit your application.

  • If you have previously applied for a grant and were not awarded, you are welcome to apply again.

  • Only applications that are fully completed will be evaluated. This includes all required fields in the form, in addition to at least one letter of recommendation.

Application Deadlines

Award Period Application Due Awarded By
Q1 2024 February 15, 2024 March 30, 2024
Q2 2024 May 15, 2024 June 30, 2024
Q3 2024 August 15, 2024 September 30, 2024
Q4 2024 November 15, 2024 December 30, 2024

What to Expect

Applications are evaluated quarterly. If you miss a quarterly due date, you are welcome to submit your application for the next quarter. When you submit your application, you'll receive an automated from our system acknowledging the submission.

Shipping details

We'll contact you to confirm shipping details if you are awarded a grant. We will ship your products as soon as possible after the award decision.

Please note: Every effort will be made to ship products by the end of the quarter in which they are granted. Should there be any availability issues with the product(s) requested, we will notify you via email and ship products as soon as possible.

We will pay for all freight fees; however, you will be responsible for any duties and taxes for international shipments.

Please note that, Wildlife Acoustics cannot ship to Cuba, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Iran, Russia, Crimea, or Belarus, nor to anyone who we know will bring our products to those countries.


Additional grant support

If you received a product grant and you later determine that you need more Wildlife Acoustics products, you can apply for an additional grant after all requirements have been met for the previous grant awarded.

Have more questions? Refer to our Grant FAQs.

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