The Snow Leopard Grants Program is designed to support research or conservation projects on snow leopards through a range of Grant opportunities. The first round of grants entitled – the Snow Leopard Conservation Grant – was launched in 2003 focussing on conservation action and research. A second complementary Grant focussing on trainings has been established in 2022. View all projects awarded between 2003- 2022 here. 

Applicants are researchers, educators or conservationists from a snow leopard range country, international professionals working closely with, or hosted by, range-country counterparts, and post-graduates of any nationality pursuing a higher degree. The grant programs are competitive. Project proposals are reviewed by a panel of leading world experts in snow leopard research and conservation. The selection process is transparent and based purely on the merit of the applications and their potential to contribute to snow leopard conservation or capacity building at the local level, with a focus on grassroot initiatives.