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3 people are interested
Grant writing to support WildTrack's Mission
ORGANIZATION: WILDTRACK INC
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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3 people are interested
WildTrack, Inc. (www.wildtrack.org) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and we have recently also formed a B-Corp arm, WildTrack Research and Development, to enable us to apply for small business grants.
Our Mission is unique in the wildlife conservation arena: to protect endangered species using a unique combination of advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and traditional ecological knowledge.
We are looking for a volunteer with experience and connections in grant-writing in the government sector for small businesses and/or nonprofits, to help us identify, prepare and submit grant applications to support our mission.
Our volunteer will be part of our team of highly motivated people from across a range of disciplines. If you have time, experience, enjoy grant-writing and want to help protect the natural world, we'd love to hear from you!
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About WILDTRACK INC
Location:
PO BOX 90328, DURHAM, NC 27708, US
Mission Statement
WildTrack’s Mission is to protect endangered species using a unique combination of advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and traditional ecological knowledge.
Description
WildTrack (wildtrack.org) was founded in 2004 by conservation biologists Drs Sky Alibhai and Zoe Jewell after years of collecting data from tracking black rhino in Zimbabwe, Africa. Their data showed that invasive monitoring (darting and collaring) was negatively impacting female fertility. Working with indigenous trackers they instead developed a footprint identification technique (FIT) that is able to identify species, individuals, sex and age-class just from footprints.
Our WildTrack Specialist Group community of more than 20 professional conservation biologists focuses on non-invasive, and community-based technologies.
One of our approaches is footprint identification technology (FIT). Footprints are many times easier to find than the animals themselves, and can inform on their numbers and distribution. Our morphometric and AI models can provide accuracies of >90% in classifying by species, individual, sex and age-class. These data are made available for species protection and the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict.
We maximise data collection by engaging a wide range of participants from scientists, recreational citizen scientists, eco-tourists and expert trackers who often hold valuable traditional ecological knowledge.
Our hands-off, animal-friendly approach also reduces the risk of human:other species transmission of viruses and reduces the risk of future pandemics
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
January 31, 2022
SKILLS
- Grant Writing / Research
- Networking
- Fundraising
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 1-2 hours a day ideally
- a proven track record in writing grants for government agency funding