National Geographic COVID-19 Science Fund

National Geographic Society COVID-19 Science Fund

The National Geographic Society has announced the COVID-19 Science Fund to provide solutions to the situations created or magnified by the pandemic, thereby helping us to understand and address the challenges and changes of living in a COVID-19 world.

In response to worldwide disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Geographic Society is providing funding for projects focused on how humanity and the natural world have reacted to and are living through the unparalleled circumstances created by COVID-19 in order to better understand how this pandemic—or the threat of another—will shape our world for years to come.

Safety: Proposed activities must prioritize your health, the health of your team, and the health of communities in which you work, and the application should outline the specific steps that will be taken to ensure safety throughout the project duration.

Applicants should check with local health and safety guidelines before embarking on any travel to ensure that they are in adherence with relevant laws and policy.

Proposed work that may put the applicant, collaborators, and/or local communities at risk will be declined. Applicants should demonstrate how their proposed project takes into account the needs, safety, and preferences of communities local to the project site.

Applications will be reviewed based on plans for safety and feasibility.

Funding Information

Funding requests of up to $50,000 will be accepted.

This fund invites research, conservation, and technology projects on the following two (2) topics; below are examples of the types of questions and projects that the Society would like to receive:

1. Community-based and inclusive conservation: