{"id":27,"date":"2015-01-05T00:35:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-09-15T03:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T03:09:25","slug":"application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"Fellowship Application &#038; Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<strong>APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Individuals affiliated with any\u00a0African National Park are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to individuals affiliated with Zambian National Parks, particularly individuals and\/or their families residing within the national park.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals can apply for funds that contribute to a wide range of goals including but not limited to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wildlife Management-related course, certificate, diploma, and\/or degree program<\/li>\n<li>Non-wildlife management course, certificate, diploma, and\/or degree program so long as the applicant can justify that their training, etc. will be used in some way to help better the national park and\/or the community living there.<\/li>\n<li>Secondary school fees for family members<\/li>\n<li>Creative training program or any new but well-formulated idea that helps increase the protection and\/or well-being of animals in the national park<\/li>\n<li>Small construction or other self-contained projects that will improve Grade 1-8 educational efforts within the national park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants may be of any age (young applicants can have their parents or teacher assist them in completing the application). Preference will go to applicants with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An idea (no matter how big or small) that will directly OR indirectly help make the national park and the communities living within them a better place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ideas that will cost less than $2500 to implement and\/or complete<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ideas that will cost more than $2500 to implement and\/or complete, but applicants have either saved all necessary funds above this amount themselves or they have been promised these additional funds by another sponsor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Preference may be given to applicants deemed more in need of the funds<\/li>\n<li>Awardees may be asked to help solicit and\/or advise future applicants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click the link below to download and save the most recent Fellowship application. Applicants can submit their applications in one of the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Print the application, complete it by hand, scan it in, and send it to <a href=\"mailto:info@wildlifeeducation.org\">info@wildlifeeducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Save the application for reference and answer the questions in a separate typed document (making sure to rewrite or number the questions before answering them). Then, send this new document, along with a scanned copy of the last application page for a signature, and to <a href=\"mailto:info@wildlifeeducation.org\">info@wildlifeeducation.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOADABLE APPLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2025-WEFA-Fellowship-Application.docx\">2025 WEFA Fellowship Application<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2025 Fellowship application cycle will close on January 1, 2025. Please apply using the 2025 application.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS Individuals affiliated with any\u00a0African National Park are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to individuals affiliated with Zambian National Parks, particularly individuals and\/or their families residing within the national park. Individuals can apply for funds that contribute to a wide range of goals including but not limited to the following: Wildlife Management-related &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/?page_id=27\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fellowship Application &#038; Instructions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildlifeeducation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}