Primate Research Fund

The Leakey Foundation offers emergency funding to keep long-term primate field sites operational until other funding can be secured. Long-term refers to sites with 10 years or more of behavioral data collection on individuals. Priority will be given to sites with a clear research and conservation focus that are threatened with the loss of long-term datasets due to a gap in funding or other emergencies. This emergency grant program is designed to provide critical bridge funding for established primate research field sites facing financial gaps. The program aims to preserve valuable long-term behavioral datasets that would otherwise be lost, supporting both research and conservation objectives. Applicants must be Principal Investigators, Directors, or Co-Directors of field sites with at least 10 years of continuous behavioral data collection on individual primates.