2026 Future For Nature Award Application

Candidate's Details

Please make sure to answer all questions below in English and to confirm your consent to our privacy policy. To save your application and continue later, scroll down and click "Save and Continue Later". If you submit more than one application the last one will be evaluated. The deadline for your application is on the 25th of August 2025, at 23:59 (CEST). On behalf of the Future For Nature Board and Team, good luck!

First name Surname

Nationality*

Country of work*

Continent of work*

Focal species*

Date of birth*

Gender*

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Native language*

English proficiency*

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Email address*

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Postal address*

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Passport*

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Formal education*

Employment record*

Former FFN Award applications*

Have you applied for the FFN Award before? If so, in which year(s)? Please note, if you applied for the 2025 Future For Nature Award (application submission in summer 2024), you are not eligible to apply for the 2026 Future For Nature Award. Applicants who applied for the 2025 Future For Nature Award and for whom 2026 is the final year of eligibility due to the age criteria are allowed to apply for the 2026 Future For Nature Award.

Other awards*

Have you been awarded any conservation prizes before for the work you have been doing? If so, which one? Please note to only mention awards, and no grants or scholarships.

Candidate's achievements*

Why should you receive the Future For Nature Award? Outline concrete contributions you have personally made regarding species protection, including why you focused on this specific species and area. If any of your decisions in the past did not turn out as you hoped (for example in terms of project progress, envisioned impact or media attention) please mention it here as well, together with the lessons learned .

Conservation vision*

What are the (conservation) problems you will try to solve and how?

Added value of the FFN Award*

What would you do with the €50,000,- FFN prize money? How will this money make the difference for the species you want to protect?

Additional information*

Please share one or two website links providing information about your focal species habitat or other background information that you think is relevant.

Referee Statements

Please fill in two short reference statements from two referees about you and your work. If you are among the nominees, we will ask you to provide more comprehensive reference statements by these two referees.

Referee 1*

First name Surname

Organisation referee 1*

Position referee 1*

Reference statement referee 1*

(from referee about you and your work)

Referee 2*

First name Surname

Organisation referee 2*

Position referee 2*

Reference statement referee 2*

(from referee about you and your work)

How did you hear about Future For Nature?*

Please let us know how you heard about the Future For Nature Award or share any suggestions you have on how we could have reached you or your colleagues, so that we can keep improving our outreach.

I confirm that I have completed this application truthfully and completely, providing the backgrounds, timeline and details relevant for the selection process.
I confirm that I do not claim others results as my own.

Privacy Policy and Consent

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Information in the application form will only be used to select the nominees and eventually the three winners for the Future For Nature Award 2026. It will only be viewed by the Future For Nature office and the members of the National Selection Committee and the International Selection Committee. The contents will not be shared with third parties.

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If I get nominated for the Future For Nature Awards*

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Good luck and thank you!

Team Future For Nature Foundation