INDIANAPOLIS ZOO SAVING SPECIES CHALLENGE

The Indianapolis Zoo Saving Species Challenge will award a $1 million grant to an organization that can develop & execute a plan that will have a measurable and sustainable impact on the survival of an animal species. The Saving Species Challenge requires the focal species to be designated by the IUCN Red List as one of the following categories: Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The proposed project must demonstrate how this investment will give a species the greatest opportunity to be down listed from its current conservation status to the next best designation (ex. a Critically Endangered species improving to an Endangered Species). The grant has a two-stage application process. Pre-applications must be submitted by June 4, 2023, and then the organizations selected need to submit a full application by Dec. 3, 2023.