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Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation? Are you the Future For Nature?

Application Criteria

Please check the application criteria carefully to ensure that you are eligible to apply for the FFN Awards. Your application will not be considered if you do not meet these criteria.

Selection Process

View a summary of the FFN application and selection process.

The applications for the 2027 Future For Nature Awards are open now! Apply via the form below:

Application deadline is on August 23, 23:00 (CEST)

Candidate's Details

Please make sure to answer all questions below in English and to confirm your consent to our privacy policy. Non-English applications will not be considered. 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. On behalf of the Future For Nature Board and Team, good luck!

Name(Required)

First name Surname

Gender(Required)

Nationality(Required)

Date of birth(Required)

Country of work(Required)

Continent of work(Required)

Focal species(Required)

Scientific name/s of the Focal species(Required)

Focial Species' Biome(Required)

Native language(Required)

English proficiency(Required)

Email address(Required)

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Postal address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Telephone number(Required)

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Passport(Required)

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Candidate's achievements (What inspired you to get into nature conservation and specifically to this species?)(Required)

Candidate's achievements (Outline concrete contributions you have personally made regarding species protection, including why you focused on this specific species and area; to what extent did the threatened status (locally, regionally, or globally) of the species play a role. 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.)(Required)

Candidate's achievements (Why should you receive the Future For Nature Award?)(Required)

Conservation vision (What are the (conservation) problems you will try to solve? How are they embedded in the local/regional/global context? And how will you aim to solve them? )(Required)

Conservation vision (What strategies guide your work, and why did you determine this approach to be the most effective?)(Required)

Added value of the FFN Award(Required)

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?

Formal education(Required)

Please list your education record in chronological order (incl study direction and topic)

Employment record(Required)

Please list your current and former employments (organisation and role) in chronological order

Former FFN Award applications(Required)

Have you applied for the FFN Award before? If so, in which year(s)? Please note, if you applied for the 2026 Future For Nature Award (application submission in summer 2025), you are not eligible to apply for the 2027 Future For Nature Award. You can apply for 2028 call if you are still eligible.

Other awards(Required)

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

Additional information(Required)

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

Reference Letter

Please provide contact details of two referees who know you in a professional capacity and can comment on your work. Referees must be from different organisations and cannot both be from the same organisation. You are responsible for requesting short reference letters (max 700 charachters) from your referees. These must be written by the referees themselves. You must paste the original letter provided by each referee into the “Reference Letter” section of this form. If you are selected as a nominee, we will later request more detailed reference letters from the same referees.

Referee 1(Required)

First name Surname

Organisation referee 1(Required)

Position referee 1(Required)

Reference letter 1(Required)

Referee 2(Required)

First name Surname

Organisation referee 2(Required)

Position referee 2(Required)

Reference letter 2(Required)

Truthfulness Declaration(Required)

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.

Use of AI predictive language models(Required)

I have not used AI tools in the writing of this application.

I have used AI tools only for language improvements (e.g., grammar, spelling, language), and confirm that the content is entirely my own.

I have used AI tools in the writing of this application for idea generation, structuring, or partial rewriting of the application text. The resulting application including the ideas, experiences, and final content are fully reflecting my own achievements, ideas, opinions, and vision.

I have used AI tools extensively to generate or draft parts of this application. While I have reviewed the content, it may not fully reflect my own wording, ideas, or achievements correctly.

I am unsure how to classify my use of AI tools.

Privacy Policy and Consent

Please tick the boxes with which you agree.

If I get nominated for the Future For Nature Awards(Required)

Please note that application forms that have been incorrectly completed, which miss the agreement to our privacy policy or that are submitted after our deadline will not be assessed.

I allow Future For Nature to register my contact details and use this for internal purposes.

I allow Future For Nature to use the information supplied in my application for communication purposes like social media and the Future For Nature website. If there is any information in my application that may put the conservation work or people working within it at risk, I will notify the Future For Nature office and elaborate the situation.

How did you hear about Future For Nature?(Required)

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.

Good luck and thank you!

Team Future For Nature Foundation

The applications for the 2027 Future For Nature Awards are open now! Apply via the form below:

Application deadline is on August 23, 23:00 (CEST)

Candidate's Details

Reference Letter

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