The WCN Scholarship Program invests in the next generation of conservation leaders by providing grants for graduate education to students who are committed to working on wildlife conservation in their home countries. Senior conservationists from WCN, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund, as well as Whitley Award winners, nominate scholarship candidates. In 2015, WCN awarded ten scholarships and has now supported a total of 72 scholars from 30 different countries.
Rinzin Phunjok Lama
Country: Nepal
Species: Snow Leopard
M.Sc. in International Nature Conservation at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Sidney Byers Scholarship
Gebeyehu Rskay Kassa
Country: Ethiopia
Species: Ethiopian wolf
M.Sc. in Zoology at Bahir Dar University
Pat J. Miller Scholarship
Anita Bousa
Country: Laos
Species: Saola
M.Sc. in Tropical Biology and Conservation at James Cook University
Handsel Scholarship
Alejandra Rocio Torrez
Country: Bolivia
Species: Andean cat
M.A. in Environmental Education at Universidad de Málaga
Zegeye Kibret Memorial Scholarship
Deo Kujirakwinja
Country: DRC
Species: Chimpanzee
Ph.D. in Environmental Science at Rhodes University
Sidney Byers Scholarship
Manoj Bhusal
Country: Nepal
Species: Red panda
M.Sc. in Conservation Biology at University of Kent
Pat J. Miller Scholarship
Lara Heidel
Country: Argentina
Species: Andean cat
Ph.D. in Biology at Comahue National University
Handsel Scholarship
Jaffar Ud Din
Country: Pakistan
Species: Snow leopard
Ph.D. in Ecology and Biodiversity at University of Malaya
Sidney Byers Scholarship
Arjun Srivathsa
Country: India
Species: Asiatic wild dog “dhole”
Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida or Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University
Sidney Byers Scholarship
Ashan Thudugala
Country: Sri Lanka
Species: Fishing cat, Rusty’s spotted cat, jungle cat
M.Phil. in Zoology at the University of Peradeniya
Sidney Byers Scholarship