WWF Student Research Grant Programme

The student research grant programme is a component of the SGP which exclusively supports thesis related research projects. The programme gives a unique opportunity to students to carry out field research. Almost 50 research grants have been awarded to students from universities all across Pakistan.

Who do we support?


The programme supports Bachelors, Masters and MPhil thesis research related to the different environmental component, species, conservation, natural resource management, freshwater etc.


Grant


The grant amount for the student research projects is between PKR 25,000/- and PKR 50,000/-.

Eligibility Criteria

  • The Candidate must enrolled in full time postgraduate degree Programme at a Higher Education Commission (HEC) recognised university
  • The student will be required to publish at least one scientific paper in any HEC recognised Journal in Pakistan or abroad
  • The candidate must not be availing any other grant for the same research.
  • If you are applying for the Student Research Grant please provide a Letter of Recommendation from your institute in support of your research. If your project gets approved the funds will be given to the institute.

    Following research studies were supported for student research during 2011

    Research title Investigator Institute Course Title
    Ecological baseline assessment of the vegetation of 600 kanals land in Iskandrabad Sidra Munawar College of Earth and Environmental Science , University of the Punjab M. Phil
    Performance evaluation of constructed wetland at village Majeed Keerio and Punhoo Guddaro’ Ghulamullah Maitlo Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Sciences & Technology (QUEST), Nawabshah ME
    Ecological modelling of Typha and Phragmitis at Qadirabad Head works for Socioeconomics Farah Rashid Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women,Lahore M. Phil
    Ethno-environmental study of resilience to climate change at Taunsa Barrage Wildlife Sanctuary Shelly Saima Yaqub Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore M. Phil
    Vegetation analysis of Kathar Game Reserve Sahar Khalid Department of Botany, Government College University (GCU M. Phil

    We don’t provide travel grants to attend workshops and conferences

    How to Apply


    The proposal form can be downloaded from www.wwfpak.org/sgp . The student can apply to the Student Research Grant through email or post by sending the project proposal to the following addresses.
    The focal persons and contact details for the student research grants in different provinces are;

    For Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan


    Uzma Khan, Director Biodiversity/Humaira Ayesha, Coordinator SGP
    WWF – Pakistan
    Behind Ali Institute of Education
    Ferozpur Road, Lahore
    UAN: 042-111 993 725
    Email: hayesha@wwf.org.pk

    For Sindh and Balochistan


    Mr. Rab Nawaz, Director Indus for All Programme
    WWF – Pakistan
    Room# 606-607, 6th Floor
    Block 6, PECHS
    Karachi
    Email: rnawaz@wwf.org.pk
    Tel: 021-34544792

    For Khyber Pakhtunkhawa


    Ibrahim Khan, Senior Manager Conservation /Kamran Hussain
    WWF – Pakistan
    House 2-A, Circular rRoad
    university town
    Peshawar
    Tel: 091-5841593
    kamranshah78@gmail.com