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Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) — 2027 Whitley Awards. Official WFN award page states that applications for 2027 are OPEN. Each award is £50,000 in project funding over ONE YEAR, with profile-raising, training and access to a conservation-leadership network. This is an award to an INDIVIDUAL established grassroots conservation leader, not an unrestricted general NGO grant. The leader must work in their own eligible country, with a locally incorporated NGO, charity, not-for-profit or university and an experienced team, and show measurable community-led biodiversity/ecosystem conservation impact. India is EXPLICITLY included in the issuer’s 2027 Eligible Countries PDF (https://d2pmqwflrfqd3y.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2026/07/30161009/2027-WhitleyAward_EligibleCountries.pdf). The issuer requires English application, exactly THREE reference letters, the official templates and a request for exactly £50,000. Pure academic research, new pilot/startup projects, one-person/joint applications, expeditions, non-conservation development, government employees and animal-welfare-only work are excluded or restricted. Deadline confirmed by WFN official LinkedIn announcement: 30 October 2026, 23:59 GMT, equivalent to 31 October 2026, 05:29 IST. Official open call: https://whitleyaward.org/awards/whitley-awards/ ; eligibility: https://whitleyaward.org/apply-for-conservation-funding/eligibility/ ; official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whitley-fund-for-nature/ . Application route: https://whitleyaward.org/apply-for-conservation-funding/apply-for-a-whitley-award/ (returned 403 to automated retrieval; final authenticated submission NOT independently tested). Status REVIEW REQUIRED until actual portal workflow and 2027 submission conditions are reconfirmed. DUPLICATE SCREEN: checked all 140 existing Jobs, 78 prior Grants/RFPs/Tenders and 17 Training/Events IDs and normalised issuer/title/award/deadline/source; no prior Whitley Awards record. Rufford Foundation public LinkedIn reposts the Whitley award but is a DIFFERENT ISSUER; this record is not a Rufford Small Grant.

Disclaimer: Curated by Development Chapter for informational purposes only. Applicants must verify official eligibility, deadlines, time zones, required references, application documents and final submission route directly with Whitley Fund for Nature. Development Chapter does not administer or guarantee the award.

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