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2015 WCN Scholarship Winners

April 21, 2015

By Wildlife Conservation Network

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

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