{"id":33512,"date":"2020-07-16T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=33512"},"modified":"2020-07-16T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T21:36:22","slug":"scholarship-wwf-conservation-leadership-award-world-wide-fund-for-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/scholarship-wwf-conservation-leadership-award-world-wide-fund-for-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship: WWF Conservation Leadership Award, World Wide Fund for Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<section class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<section id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\">\n<div class=\"node node-job-post view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 \">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The WWF-US Conservation Leadership Award acknowledges the achievements of exceptional young people working toward conservation solutions in the United States, and seeks to inspire other young people to get involved in opportunities within their communities.<\/p>\n<p>The award recognizes and celebrates youth leaders in their community who are pushing the needle and making outstanding contributions for the environment\u2014leading initiatives across issues including climate change mitigation, wildlife conservation, food waste, and habitat protection.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be given a $5,000 award which can be used to help fund their academic and\/or professional development related to their conservation work. The recipient will be presented with the award by WWF-US President and CEO, Carter Roberts, at the WWF-US Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be a US resident<\/li>\n<li>Ability to travel internationally<\/li>\n<li>Must be between 18-30 years old as of September 1, 2020<\/li>\n<li>WWF network current or former staff members or their immediate family are not eligible to apply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deadline to apply is July 17, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-simple\" href=\"https:\/\/support.worldwildlife.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=Conservation_Leadership_Award_Application_2020\">Apply for the WWF-US Conservation Leadership Award<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"col-sm-3\" role=\"complementary\">\n<div class=\"region region-sidebar-second\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,7,13,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}