NSS Conservation Grants
National Speleological Society
Award: $1,000
Deadline: Mar 15, 2026
To support cave and karst conservation research and education projects. Qualifications: Applicants must be internal organizations, conservation task forces, conservancies, or to individual NSS members for specific projects that involve cave or karst conservation, restoration, or cleanup. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee's criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit adequate description of one or more of the following: scientific investigation of cave or karst conservation problems; speleological research that will directly contribute to cave or karst conservation; the remediation of ecological problems in cave, karst, or pseudokarst areas; hands-on, in-cave efforts to restore cave passages to a former ecological state; equipment and supplies for conservation or restoration projects that include hands-on participation from cavers; public outreach to inform and raise awareness of cave and karst values. Focus: Cave studies.