Panthera has a global infrastructure with offices on almost every continent. While we work in many other countries alongside our partners, the below represent the official regional entities and offices from which we coordinate our on-the-ground operations and innovate new practices and technologies. 

Welcome to the community of passionate wildlife defenders! We see wild cats every day in films, on television, on athletic fields and on fashion runways, but the world doesn’t recognize the dire threats facing our favorite species. That’s where you come in. You can help spread the word about the threats facing wild cats — and how we can protect them.

Panthera’s efforts to protect wild cats and their habitat span the globe. Our ambitious and groundbreaking conservation efforts vary from conserving entire catscapes (landscapes with multiple wild cat species) to solving site-specific issues. Take a look at some of our special projects:

Protecting the world’s 40 species of wild cats and their continent-spanning ranges requires a global movement of people, governments and organizations. Panthera partners with other non-governmental organizations, national, regional and local government agencies, multilateral agencies, Indigenous groups and governments, foundations, corporations, zoos and academic institutions to create and implement the strategies that will save wild cats across their ranges. 

We are committed to a transformational partnership model. We provide capacity-building support and training to ensure communities, local organizations and relevant government agencies have the tools and knowledge they need to sustainably manage their own wild areas and protect cats far into the future.

Panthera is committed to fostering the next generation of wild cat conservationists through our grant and fellowship programs. Grant and fellowship recipients have helped make major advancements in our understanding of wild cats, as well as in our research and conservation methods.

Panthera’s grants and fellowships support conservation research initiatives on small cat species to help fill in the gaps where we lack a permanent presence. In our selection process, we prioritize projects led by in-country nationals to help build the scientific base of the countries that wild cats call home.

How to Apply

All of Panthera’s grant programs are facilitated through the online grant management system Foundant, through which all Letters of Interest (LOIs) and new and renewal grant applications must be submitted. Please check individual grants for submission dates. 

NOTE: The Letter of Interest round for 2025 is now closed. If you have been invited to submit a full application, please click the “Apply” button . If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at grants@panthera.org.

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Panthera is committed to implementing effective conservation actions and programs based on the best available science. In many cases, our scientists are not just using conservation data — they’re creating and contributing to it. From improving and making more cost-effective wildlife-detecting cameras to using advanced artificial intelligence to analyze wildlife photos, Panthera and our supporters recognize that innovation is worth the investment.