Validation Grants - Wild Animal Initiative supports researchers testing indicators of wild animals’ positive and negative experiences to establish reliable welfare measures for future research and interventions.
Validation Grants are no longer open for applications: the funder replaced its notice accepting applications through October 31 with “There is no active call for proposals at this time.” The 2026 call is now listed under past calls.
Wild Animal Initiative’s Seed Grants support researchers conducting preliminary studies, reviews, and method prototyping to lay the groundwork for further research on wild animal welfare.
Welfare Ecology Grants support scientists studying causal ecological relationships that affect wild animal welfare, building knowledge to inform future interventions and policies that improve animals’ lives.
AWI Implementing Refinement Grant supports animal care staff, veterinarians, students, and researchers in putting practical changes into use to improve research animals’ welfare beyond basic needs.
AWI Refinement Research Award supports animal care staff, veterinarians, students, and researchers in developing and testing innovative refinements to improve the welfare of animals used in research.
ASP Melinda Novak Primate Welfare Grant supports researchers testing innovative welfare ideas to improve nonhuman primates' lives in captive, semi-free-ranging, and wild settings.