Fellowships - Utom Conservation Fund
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Fellowships - Utom Conservation Fund support graduate students’ cultural, wildlife, water quality, and botany research and projects to protect the Utom River watershed and its natural and cultural integrity.
Funder: Utom Conservation Fund
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Approximately four fellowships of $12,500 each
Summary: Supports graduate students’ cultural, wildlife, water quality, and botany research or projects specific to the Utom River watershed in southern California.
Key Information: Applicants must be enrolled in a master’s or PhD program at an accredited college or university; out-of-state students are accepted.
Description
The Utom Conservation Fund Fellowship supports graduate students whose research or projects focus on the Utom River and its watershed in southern California. Supported work spans cultural projects, wildlife, water quality, and botany. The program seeks to further protection of the watershed and encourage interest in its natural world and cultural integrity.
The fund is managed by a consortium of the California Native Plant Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, and administered through 7th Generation Advisors. Established with settlement funds from litigation to protect the river, the fund works to defend, preserve, and restore the watershed’s habitat, threatened and endangered species, and cultural heritage.
