SEATTLE, Washington – 31 October 2017 –The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to support the efforts of the College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), Mweka to develop and implement a monitoring program for Tanzanian pollinator species. This…
SEATTLE, Washington – May 16, 2017 -- The JRS Biodiversity Foundation today announced a new $250,000 grant to the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to motivate the mobilization of biodiversity data in Africa. The award will support the…
SEATTLE, Washington – February 9, 2017 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation has awarded two grants, totaling $473,200, to increase the accessibility of information on the diversity of wild pollinators in Africa, as part of JRS’ program on Pollinator Biodiversity…
SEATTLE, Washington – February 9, 2017 – JRS Biodiversity Foundation is proud to announce a grant of $215,900 to the University of Cape Town (UCT) to develop an atlas of dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa, as a contribution to…
SEATTLE, Washington – January 10, 2017 – JRS Biodiversity Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to support the efforts of University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute (ORI) to protect one of the planet’s greatest wetlands. The grant of $111,600 to ORI…
SEATTLE, Washington – October 26, 2016 – On the eve of Madagascar’s World Lemurs Festival, the JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce a new grant of $264,000 to a partnership of leading lemurs conservation scientists to create an online…
SEATTLE, Washington – SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 – The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce two new planning grants, totaling $45,000, to support project development of freshwater biodiversity information systems in Zambia and in South Africa. Both projects are part…
Posting a request for proposals is the fun part of philanthropy – giving creative people the chance to get funds to accomplish their goals is what we like to do. At JRS, we work hard all year to add value to…
SEATTLE, Washington -- August 12, 2014 -- The JRS Biodiversity Foundation today announced the five grant recipients from its January 2014 call for innovative grant proposals in the field of biodiversity informatics. These grants cover diverse approaches to collecting and creating access to…
SEATTLE, August 8, 2014 -- The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce the funding of two new awards that expand upon the outstanding work of two previous grants. JRS awards funding to the Université d'Abomey-Calavi (Benin) and to Tulane University (USA) to continue…
