Are you ready to take your conservation solution to the next level?

The Salazar Center’s Peregrine Accelerator champions and invests in ideas that contribute to national and global targets for biodiversity and climate, advance community wellbeing, and address environmental inequities and injustice.

Our accelerator not only funds promising conservation solutions but moves project teams beyond the barriers they face to successful implementation through tailored training, mentorship, and peer-learning opportunities. This model, in addition to helping project teams put their ideas into action faster and more effectively, also ensures effective conservation solutions—as well as emergent best practices, lessons learned, and opportunities for scaling and replicating effective work—are amplified through the Salazar Center’s larger network. 

What is an Accelerator for Conservation Impact?

The Peregrine Accelerator provides seed funding to a cohort of up to 10 project teams per year, which then receive tailored mentorship, training, and support over six months. Accepted participants should expect to dedicate 2-3 hours per week over the six-month program, which includes workshops; one-on-one sessions with mentors; introductions to potential funders; and other curricular and networking elements within the cohort. Much of this content will be delivered virtually, however, we will convene all participants in-person at least once during the cohort period, for which participants’ expenses would be covered by the program. At the end of the accelerator program, each team will have developed an actionable implementation plan and will be eligible for additional funding.

Specifically, each project team selected to participate in the accelerator cohort will:

• Receive a $10,000 seed grant to support team members’ participation and project start-up costs over the six-month cohort program
• Be eligible to receive an additional implementation grant of up to $100,000
• Be exposed to the Salazar Center’s network of funders and will receive curated introductions to prospective funders
• Complete the program with an actionable implementation plan and evaluation strategy for the proposed conservation solution
• Get matched with a strategically-recruited network of expert mentors
• Join a cohort of other project teams in which participants can share knowledge, explore opportunities for partnership, and build a lasting community of practice that extends beyond the length of the program
• Opportunities to showcase learnings and share your expertise with a broader network of practitioners across North America through articles and multimedia resources co-created with the Salazar Center