WILDLABS groups like this one are where conservation tech community members from every career stage gather to ask questions, share resources, and network. If you're just getting started in your #tech4wildlife career, making a career change from the tech world into conservation, or you're a student finding your path in the field, the Early Career group wants to meet you!
Likewise, the Early Career group is an excellent place for our conservation tech experts to share opportunities and resources with a wide audience of people who will make a big impact in conservation in the coming years.
How can you get started in our Early Career group?
- Visit our Welcome Thread and tell us about yourself and your career goals!
- Drop into our Share Your Master's Project thread to ask questions, share your updates, get advice, and discuss your project goals with people who can help you make progress
- Network with our group's regular events like Happy Hour, launching later in 2022
The Early Career group is looking for an organizer for a 6-month period to plan networking events and help conservation tech students from around the world connect! If you're interested in volunteering as group organizer, email ellie.warren@wildlabs.net with a brief summary of your early career conservation tech experience so far, and with an idea for one event or activity you'd propose for the group. We hope to hear from you!
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An avid learner interested in wildlife ecology, conservation technology and community development
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PhD in Animal Ecology and Behavioural Physiology. Interested in the movement, behavioural and physiological responses of animals to environmental variability.
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Frankfurt Zoological Society
As a wildlife conservationist, I am deeply committed to nature conservation, community empowerment, and wildlife research in Tanzania. I've actively engaged in community-based projects, passionately advocating for integrating local communities into conservation.
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I am a young researcher and scientist with extensive experience in the ecology of small mammals. I am open to career and capacity-building programs.
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I am a 25 year old swedish citizen but have lived in Southern Africa my whole life with a big heart and passion for conservation and wildlife and getting more interested in conservation and the tech available that would be a benefit to the wildlife and spaces needing protection
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Masters student studying electrical engineering at UCLA with a focus on analog circuits, RF, and antennas. Looking to work on conservation technology.
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Article
Are you passionate about marine wildlife conservation? Excited to network and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts? Join us in launching the Coastal and Marine Wildlife Working Group within The Wildlife Society!
23 May 2024
Funding
Save Our Seas, small grant call (±$5K)
Frank van der Most
Save Our Seas (SOS) opened a call for small grants for 'original and innovative start-up projects' concerning marine chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes and chimaeras). Projects can be in research,...
19 May 2024
Article
Share Your Work in a Conservation Technology Video
Robin Marti Sarasa
Do you have photos and videos of your conservation tech work? We want to include them in a conservation technology showcase video
17 May 2024
Funding
300 funding and finance opportunities in free database
Frank van der Most
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative ( BIOFIN, a UNDP initiative ) launched a database with over 330 public and private funding opportunities.
4 May 2024
Funding
Travel grants for insect monitoring an AI
Tom August
€2,000 travel grants are available for researchers interested in insect monitoring using automated cameras and computer vision
3 May 2024
Careers
The North Carolina Zoo seeks a dynamic, motivated and progressive individual to serve as the Associate Curator of International Conservation within the zoos’ Conservation, Education and Science (CES) program. The...
29 April 2024
Article
It has been an extraordinary year supporting and growing the regional East African Conservation Technology Community at WILDLABS. We've made great strides and unlocked exciting opportunities for our community as we...
29 April 2024
Careers
Ecologist Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Alex Rood
The incumbent will develop models and metrics that can be used to shape conservation policy using multiple data sources including camera traps, movement data and citizen science concerning the diversity and...
23 April 2024
Careers
Full-time 3 year postdoctoral fellowship in Escondido, CA
22 April 2024
Funding
Peoples Trust For Endangered Species
Henry Rees
PTES will be accepting new applications for Conservation Insight Grants in 2024. The deadline for applications is Sunday 25th August at 23.59 (UK time). Applications will be assessed at a meeting in mid-October and...
22 April 2024
Careers
Applications Open: 2024 GOSH Ambassador Program
Brianna Johns
Apply to the inaugural GOSH Ambassador Program by June 15!
18 April 2024
Funding
EDGE Fellowship 2025-2027
Carly Batist
Call for applications is now open for applications from Asia and the Pacific.
16 April 2024
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December 2023
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Marine Conservation | 1 year 1 month ago | |
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Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 1 year 2 months ago | |
| Hello community, I wanted to share some exciting updates about my ongoing conservation project for endangered species. I post this here... |
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Human-Wildlife Conflict, Early Career | 1 year 2 months ago | |
| Hi Sienna, I'm in the Worcester area and always keep an eye on positions nearby for my students. I recommend adding Mass Audubon to your list (currently searching for a land... |
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Early Career | 1 year 2 months ago | |
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AI for Conservation, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, East Africa Community, Emerging Tech, Ending Wildlife Trafficking Online, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Open Source Solutions, Software Development, Wildlife Crime, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 1 year 4 months ago | |
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Early Career, Acoustics, eDNA & Genomics, Marine Conservation, Protected Area Management Tools | 1 year 4 months ago | |
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| Hi Carly,I'm asking myself the same questions. I've recently contributed to MoveApps, which was a very nice entry point into conservation tech/movement ecology for me. Perhaps you... |
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Early Career | 1 year 7 months ago | |
| Very helpful, thank you. One more thing, are there any broad skills that apply to all areas of conservation tech that may be helpful to learn/improve, e.g data analysis? |
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AI for Conservation, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career | 1 year 8 months ago | |
| Just tangentially, can you elaborate on "…work in the environmental field but in the aviation industry"? |
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University & Grad School Resources
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18 November 2020 8:20pm
Hi again,
WILDLABS member Meredith Palmer shared this great course module for undergrads, based around Snapshot Serengeti camera trap data! This materials are useful for professors who are looking for resources for online biology courses, but the resources may also be useful and interesting for those of you who are exploring conservation tech career options and want to learn more about camera trap studies.
-EllieWe've been hard at work to create distance-learning material based on our #citizenscience #cameratrap projects to teach concepts in #ecology and #conservation. Excited to announce that our 5-week online undergrad module is now available on @CourseSource! https://t.co/5k1dQ8WVJe pic.twitter.com/Huf1MB9ZDG
— Meredith S. Palmer, Ph.D. (@songofdodo) November 18, 2020
29 January 2021 11:17pm
Those of you who are interested in bioacoustics will want to check out this Master's course!
Looking for a master degree in #bioacoustics? Already doing your PhD & wanting to spend 4 months studying #bioacoustics? Look at MoBi, a new Master's course in Bioacoustics, taught in English by over 30 expert tutors from around the world. https://t.co/SgoFRQGpZA
— Nicolas Mathevon (@MathevonNicolas) January 29, 2021
Please RT!
BIPOC mentors/mentees + Scholarship Opportunity!
16 September 2020 8:31pm
10 November 2020 6:27pm
Hey Wildlabbers,
Wanted to update with another opportunity from the Black Mammalogists Week organizers!
They're working on a BIPOC scholarship with the funds raised during Black Mammalogists Week, and they'd like to hear about how $1500 would impact your research and early career development! Details here:
Hey y'all this is still happening!
— Black Mammalogists (@BlkMammalogists) November 10, 2020
Are you BIPOC? Interested in mammals/wildlife?
How would *$1500* change your research or professional development? DM us for how to contribute a 30-sec vid to our campaign for the BIPOC scholarship endowment. RT!https://t.co/Rx16dyk6mZ
Ways of developing skills and knowledge
15 April 2020 7:48pm
23 October 2020 5:00pm
Hey guys,
please count me in. I am software engineer and would love to get some well structured knowledge about conservation, environment, ecology, climate change, biodiversity loss and alike. I'll be more than happy to create learning group with you.
23 October 2020 7:26pm
Outstanding! I've created a Slack page: https://wildlabs-learners.slack.com/. Please message me your e-mail address to be added. From there, we can discuss who wants to learn what and then create subchannels if needed.
23 October 2020 9:31pm
Hi everyone,
I've taken several courses from the Edx platform and a few from Nat Geo.
I highly recommend Edx courses. They cover material with enough detail that I've always learned something but never been overwhelmed. Many of them provide additional material for more in-depth reading.
I can't speak to any of the other platforms on the list, but I intend to check them out.
Intro to new FIT community group - early career interest
25 May 2020 6:00pm
Ecology/Technology Artist & Freelancer; Hi!
13 May 2020 10:21pm
Survey: Applying tech to conservation
17 April 2020 4:30pm
SWITCHING TO CONSERVATION
14 April 2020 8:53pm
STORY TELLING PROJECTS : HOW TO GO ABOUT IT
14 April 2020 8:47pm
Looking for an Internship
21 January 2020 4:25am
Internship Wanted: Conservation & Animal experience
21 January 2020 4:13am
Where to Look for Conservation Jobs (running list)
2 September 2019 6:47pm
7 November 2019 12:18am
I would suggest focusing on honing a skillset that would make you a killer applicant. Wildlife is a hard field to get into, so instead of targeting a species of interest, it would be helpful to jump on any opportunity to get more experience. Even if it is not directly related to what you want to do. Try picking up some volunteer work or internships to get your foot in the door and see if it is still what you would like to do too!
7 November 2019 12:20am
But honestly, there are conservation organizations that would also benefit from the skillset of an engineer! Try looking into different organizations that interest you and see where your skills may fit in with that. Honestly, there situtations where conservation groups depend on engineers to help preserve a species or protect a habitat. You can look into wildlife parks, national parks, wildlife refuges, etc to see how your skills fit in there... unless you want to completely leave engineering behind of course.
7 November 2019 7:43pm
@Michiko Thanks a lot for the motivation and guidance.
I am looking for a job in this sector for quite sometime but have been unable to find one. Since one must keep running the house, I am working in Jacobs as a design engineer for the last 2 years.
I will try and try and try. But if u do find something do let us all eager eco-concerned Indian engineers know.
Internship and Early Career Opportunities 2019
3 May 2019 4:33pm
3 May 2019 4:37pm
WildCRU Camera Trap Internships
WildCRU’s wide-spread and long-term camera trapping study spans South East Asia to West Africa to Scotland. Based at Tubney House, we are looking for early career undergraduate or masters students to work closely with our camera trapping co-ordinator to identify species and tag camera trap images using WildCRU’s camera trapping protocol. You will learn a variety of skills, attend WildCRU’s camera trapping workshop and have the opportunity to network with WildCRU’s international community.
Interns will be appointed for 3 month, usually on a part time basis, at £9 per hour, ideally starting 10th June. To apply, please send us a CV (no longer than 2 pages) and a covering letter detailing your experience to dawn.burnham@zoo.ox.ac.uk and amy.fitzmaurice@lmh.ox.ac.uk by 24th May 2019.
More info: https://www.wildcru.org/opportunities/
24 May 2019 11:41am
Caracal
Caracal is a cloud-based data integration & analysis platform for protected areas. We are looking for creative graphic designers and frontend developers who are willing to contribute remotely to our young yet exciting conservation technology project. We primarily need help developing intuitive map icons for categorizing incidents and species, as well as building frontend components for our web app.
This project is ongoing and those interested are encouraged to email us at contact@caracal.cloud or by completing this form:
https://forms.gle/e2TA24scf5Ceq7LK6
EDX.org Data Science Courses
25 July 2017 2:38pm
12 November 2020 11:01pm
Hi all,
Dropping in with another great program! Many of you have probably heard of this one already: it's the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation! They have courses and training options for all education stages, including for high school students who are thinking about following a conservation career path.
The graduate and professional short courses also have a strong conservation tech focus, with training options in GIS, camera trapping, and statistics, specifically. Definitely worth having a look! You can find their courses here.
-Ellie