The Camp Monaco Prize
2025 Request for Proposals
Please Note: the application period has closed
Award Amount: $100,000
The Draper Natural History Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, in partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, is pleased to announce the 2025 Camp Monaco Prize Request for Proposals.
Please review the Request for Proposals document in its entirety. Applications completed and submitted in accordance with the Request for Proposals will be considered through January 31, 2025. Questions should be sent to Corey Anco ([email protected]) with the subject line “2025 Camp Monaco Prize” in advance of application submittal.
History of the Camp Monaco Prize
The Camp Monaco Prize commemorates a historic meeting between Prince Albert I of Monaco and William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. In 1913, Buffalo Bill accompanied His Serene Highness Prince Albert I of Monaco for an extraordinary hunting expedition near Yellowstone National Park, establishing what is now known as Camp Monaco. Prince Albert I was an avid oceanographer but was also fascinated by the wonders of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which were not as well known or documented as they are today.
A camera crew accompanied the royal hunting party, resulting in extensive press coverage, and established an important connection between Cody, Wyoming, and the Principality of Monaco. On the 100th Anniversary of “The Royal Hunt,” Prince Albert II of Monaco announced his intentions to honor the legacies of both his grandfather, Prince Albert I, and Buffalo Bill. The $100,000 Camp Monaco Prize represents the shared dedication of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum and Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation to the conservation and resiliency of native biodiversity in the face of climate change. The prize is intended to stimulate scientific exploration and public education to expand the knowledge and understanding of biological diversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The winning application will foster concrete actions to safeguard biodiversity in conjunction with continued social and economic development.
Since 2013, the Camp Monaco Prize has been awarded to three laureates. Learn more about each laureate and previous projects funded by the Camp Monaco Prize by clicking on the videos beneath each laureate.
Historic images: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Learn about the first 10 years of the Camp Monaco Prize
Meet the Past Recipients
2019 Recipient
Monica Turner, Rupert Seidl, Werner Rammer, and Zak Ratajczak
Anticipating and Envisioning Future
Landscapes of Greater Yellowstone
2016 Recipient
Craig Lee, David McWethy, and Greg Pederson
Biodiversity of the Longue Durée: Melting ice and the synergy of humans, bison, bighorn sheep, and whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone
2013 Recipient
Arthur Middleton and Joe Riis
Rediscovering the Elk Migrations of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: A Project of Transboundary Science and Outreach
Meet the Partners
About the Draper Natural History Museum
The Draper Natural History Museum is a division of the world-renowned Buffalo Bill Center of the West complex, in Cody, Wyoming. Opened in 2002 as the first major natural history museum established in and for the twenty-first century, the Draper Museum strives to increase understanding and appreciation for the relationships binding nature and humans in the American West, particularly the Greater Yellowstone region.
The Draper pursues this goal through an interconnected suite of activities including scientific research, collections development, public outreach, and more than 40,000 square feet of highly immersive exhibits on the ecology of the Greater Yellowstone landscape.
About the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Founded by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2006, the eponymous Foundation is a global non-profit organization, committed to progressing planetary health for present and future generations by co-creating initiatives and supporting hundreds of projects across our beloved Planet.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation focuses its efforts on three principal domains of action: climate change, biodiversity and water resources, in the following main geographical regions: the Mediterranean Basin, the Polar Regions and the Least Developed Countries. The Foundation has already granted +110 million euros to fund more than +780 projects that focus on limiting the effects of climate change, promoting renewable energies, protecting the ocean, preserving biodiversity, managing water resources and combating deforestation.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has 11 foreign branches in the following countries: France, United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, China and Latin America. The US branch, established in 2008, supports the Foundation’s initiatives and extends the impact of its work by promoting sustainable and equitable management of natural resources and encouraging implementation of innovative and ethical solutions.
