
Resources
Primate related courses, both online and in-situ, for you to enhance your CV or simply learn more about primates!
If you'd like to partner with EFP or add your organization's scholarship/grant to this page - please contact us as efprimatology@gmail.com
Please note we share primate related opportunities via our social media channel @EFPrimatology on BlueSky & X!
Courses
Primate Behavior and Conservation field course
The Semliki Chimpanzee Project is now accepting applications for its Primate Behavior and Conservation field course in Uganda, running from July 15–31, 2026. Students may participate on either a credit or non-credit basis.
This immersive program offers an in-depth exploration of Ugandan culture, geography, and wildlife. Participants will be guided by instructors with decades of experience alongside local Ugandan experts. Highlights of the curriculum and itinerary include:
- Expert Instruction: Lectures on conservation and wildlife by representatives from the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
- Cultural & Historical Sites: Visits to Kampala to learn about Ugandan independence, local markets in Ntoroko, Karagutu, and Fort Portal, a tea plantation, and a self-sustaining smallholder family farm.
- Wildlife Encounters: Visits to the Entebbe Zoo, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Lake Albert to see rare species such as the shoebill stork. The program also includes gorilla trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- Field Experience: Living in tents in Semliki, surrounded by diverse wildlife including chimpanzees, forest elephants, and various primate species.
For more information or to apply, please visit the Semliki Chimpanzee Field School.
If you have any questions or would like to request a course information packet, please contact kdingess@semlikichimpanzee.org.
For courses in the UK: http://www.psgb.org/courses.php
For courses in Portugal: https://apprimatologia.pt/category/cursos/
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EFP-GFP 2021 Seminar Series (Free, online, February 2021)
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Chimpanzee Behavior and Conservation (Free online course by Duke University)
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Para La Tierra Primatology and Primate Conservation Online Course (fee)
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Primatology Diploma ( online, for a fee)
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Open Study College Primatology Diploma (online, for a fee)
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Primate Conservation (free online course by University of Colorado Boulder)
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Primate Conservation (Asian primates) - Diploma (online, for a fee)
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WildCru Wildlife Conservation Courses (varying costs depending on levels, also postgraduate level)
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Primate Care Internship with Wild Futures Primate Sanctuary, UK
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Wild About Welfare: Digital Education Programme (online, free)
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Webinars (in French!) on primate cognition and welfare
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EAZA Educational Materials
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Fantastically comprehensive list of Primatology courses from biologist Laura Martínez-Íñigo
Webinars
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Free Webinar on primate passive acoustic monitoring, January 20, 2022: Primates You May Have Missed