WWF-USAward

$5,000 Youth Conservation Leadership Award

Sep 18, 2026 23:59:00 ET

Opportunity type

Award

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

United States

Deadline

Sep 18, 2026 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

WWF-US gives one award each year to a young person aged 18 to 30 whose conservation work in their own community is making a real difference. The $5,000 goes towards academic or professional development connected to that work. Past winners have led climate justice networks, organised for state climate legislation and worked on Indigenous environmental education, and WWF profiles each of them on its own site.

What you get:

$5,000 towards academic or professional development related to your conservation work
Recognition from WWF, and a profile alongside previous winners
A route into WWF's own network as an ambassador for the award

What you'll do:

Complete WWF's application form, which asks seven questions of up to 400 words each about your work, your proudest achievement, how you would spend the award and where you see environmental leadership going
Provide three links to places where your work can be read or seen
Send an up-to-date resume to conservationleader@wwfus.org after you submit the form

Key dates:

Applications close 18 September 2026

More information:

The application form is at forms.office.com, linked from the Apply button on WWF's award page

Who can apply

US resident
Aged 18 to 30
Leading conservation or environmental work in your own community
Able to travel internationally
Not eligible: federal, state or local government employees
Not eligible: current or former WWF network staff, or their immediate family
Not eligible: past winners of the WWF-US Conservation Leadership Award
You must send an up-to-date resume to conservationleader@wwfus.org after submitting the form. The form alone is not a complete application
No application fee

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Good to know

+$5,000 to the individual, spendable on academic or professional development connected to their conservation work
+Free to apply, and the application is a form rather than a proposal
+WWF, one of the most recognisable conservation organisations there is
+Eligibility is short and unambiguous: US resident, aged 18 to 30
+Past winners are named and profiled on WWF's own page, so the award demonstrably gets given
+The questions are about your work and your plans rather than about credentials, so it does not favour applicants with degrees

Worth checking yourself

!US residents only
!One award, so it is a genuine competition rather than a fund
!You must email a resume separately after submitting the form; submitting alone is not a complete application
!Government employees, WWF staff and their families, and past winners are all ineligible
!No closing time or timezone published, only the date

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