Now Open: 2025 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant

Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation (OGRC) is now accepting applications for the 2025 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant — a prestigious opportunity for early-career African scientists passionate about addressing Africa’s most urgent environmental challenges.

This $150,000 (USD) grant supports bold, innovative research over a period of up to three years, with a focus on sustainability, biodiversity, and conservation. If you’re working on transformative ideas to tackle issues like biodiversity loss or climate change, this could be your chance to make a lasting impact.

Please consider BCSS as your partner and research logistics provider in the application process.

🗓 Deadline to apply: May 2, 2025
📣 Recipient announced: October 16, 2025, at the Oppenheimer Research Conference
🌍 Apply now at: jworesearchgrant.org

Don’t miss this chance to take your research to the next level — and help shape a sustainable future for Africa.

For questions about this article, please contact:
Ekaterina Kalashnikova, Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies
ekaterina.kalashnikova@bcssmz.org

Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies
Host of the first permanent Ocean Observatory focused on multi-ecosystem time series research in Africa, the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) was established in 2017 as in independent, non-profit organisation with a mission to protect and support the fragile ecosystems of the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique. The research station is located on Benguerra Island, off the coast of Mozambique.

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