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Venomous Reptile Conservation Grant
Each year since 2020, The Rattlesnake Conservancy has funded research and conservation projects that benefit wild venomous reptile populations. Grant recipients are awarded up to $5,000 each year renewable for up to five years depending on project needs and fund availability.
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Applicants are encouraged to apply early in the project process and to explicitly detail how their research will benefit the conservation of wild populations.
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Applications are due as a single PDF document and must include:
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Project Narrative (<2500 Words) explicitly detailing how the project will benefit conservation
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Project Budget
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Letter of Recommendation​​
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As a result of our annual Battle of the Buzztails fundraising event, priority funding for 2026 will go to projects focusing on timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus), though projects focusing on other species are still encouraged to apply!
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To apply or for any questions, email info@savethebuzztails.org
Grant recipients
2025:
Michael Brennan
Assessing the use of Restored Habitat by Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus)
Manuel Galeana
Effects of Mitigation Translocation on Bothrops asper: Implications for Conservation and Human-Snake Conflict Management
Jenna Palmisano
Genomic and Physiologic Impacts of Pathogens on Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
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David Pounders
The Conservation Genetics of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
2024:
Dr. Dominic DeSantis
Effects of roadways on seasonal movement strategies and mate location success in an imperiled pit viper (Crotalus horridus)
David Rosenbaum
Abundance, occupancy, and phenology of Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) at its northern range periphery
Matthew Gacheny
Thermal and habitat effects on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake reproductive ecology in the southeastern U.S.
2023:
Jenna Palmisano
Threat characterization of an invasive lung parasite, Raillietiella orientalis, and a long-standing fungal pathogen, Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, to pygmy rattlesnake populations in Florida
2022:
Saunders Drukker
Understanding the Acute Effects of Wildfires on Montane Rattlesnakes (Crotalus sp.) Natural History in the American Southwest.
2021:
Gonzalez Lab
Before It's Too Late: Conservation of a Poorly Studied Subspecies of Brazilian Buzztail, the Northeastern Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus cascavella)
2020:
Matthew Metcalf
Population Ecology of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)