Big Cats Initiative: Apply for a Grant

Join Us: Donate or Apply for a Grant

The first goal of the Big Cats Initiative is to the halt the decline of lions. Therefore, National Geographic will be collecting all available data on lion populations, demographics, and habitat and will then fund a variety of conservation projects across the lions’ range. You can be part of this important work by donating to the Big Cats Initiative or by applying for a grant to help big cats.

Proposals Encouraged:

• Innovative projects with quick results for saving lions
• Anti-poaching programs
• Projects that test new technology
• Educational projects focused on community
• Projects that establish economic incentives for local people to ensure long-term survival of lions

Please email us at bigcatsgrants@ngs.org with project ideas or questions about the Big Cats Initiative.

Emergency grants, such as the one made in 2008 by National Geographic to the Maasailand Preservation Trust in support of its Predator Compensation Fund (PCF), will be considered. The PCF compensates local Maasai herdsmen for livestock killed by lions in and around Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. In an area where about 20 lions were killed yearly in retaliation, the implementation of the PCF resulted in eighteen months without a single incident.

You also can sign up for updates from the Big Cats Initiative.