The deadline for proposals to be considered at the fall CCV board meeting is August 15, 2023.
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Note: The Spring 2024 deadline is February 15, 2024!
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Research Scholarships & Stipends
(New Small Grant Program)
The Cave Conservancy of Virginias (CCV) now offers small grants of up to $1,500.
The purpose of the grant is to support the advancement of knowledge and understanding of caves and karst. Funding may be used for scientific, educational, and conservation-oriented projects, as well as to help individuals attend conferences, events, and projects that will increase their understanding of caves and karst.
Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to: travel costs, conference registration fees, research supplies, conservation efforts, and the purchase of necessary gear to participate in opportunities that will enable individuals or groups to expand their understanding of caves and karst.
These grants can be awarded to individuals or groups supported by a non-profit organization or university. Note that you don’t need to be supported by a non-profit organization—individuals are welcome to apply.
Groups or individuals from Virginia and West Virginia can apply, as well as those from adjacent karst regions close to the Virginias. This broader region includes northwestern North Carolina, northeastern Tennessee, western Kentucky, western Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, all projects should focus on the Virginias and surrounding karst regions, though travel to conferences and events may occur outside the region.
The grants have a rolling deadline and are awarded in 2-3 months. Each year, the CCV Awards Committee will award up to 5 small grants per year. Please, get in touch with the committee to verify the availability of the remaining grants.
Fill out the form at this link to apply and email it to the Grants and Awards Committee Chair (blaineschubert@gmail.com).
For regular research and project grants, please see our ‘Grants Request’ Page.
CCV Position Statement Regarding MVP Pipeline
October 18, 2016
The Cave Conservancy of the Virginias (CCV) is an organization dedicated to protecting and managing caves and karst resources in Virginia and West Virginia. We are also a landowner potentially impacted by the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. For both of these reasons, we are compelled to emphasize the importance of rigorous, site-specific evaluation of karst areas within the MVP project footprint before decisions regarding construction are made. This type of evaluation, including methods such as dye tracer studies, subsurface mapping, geophysical studies, and other on-site field investigations is critical to ensuring the safe construction and operation of the pipeline, as well as the protection of water resources and the ecological habitats of the area. A failure to adequately address the special and delicate nature of karst terrain, particularly in the vicinity of Canoe Cave and Slusser’s Chapel Cave, could result in permanent damage to the people and the environment of the affected areas.