The Memorial Fund is dedicated to the memory of our beloved colleague and friend Arfah Nasution. Arfah dedicated her life to nature conservation from an early age and worked for the Cikananga Foundation as our biologist from 2016 to 2020. In the summer of 2020, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, a battle that she lost in September 2020.

The aim and purpose of the Arfah Nasution Memorial Fund is to provide, once a year, the opportunity for young Indonesian women working in conservation to apply for financial support for travel and general expenses which will enable them to gain experience by attending training opportunities and/or conferences in Indonesia or abroad.

Candidates must be 30 years old or younger and be aspiring to, or already be, working to contribute to the conservation of Indonesia’s nature and wildlife. Candidates planning activities related to the following fields of interest with the goal to conserve Indonesian flora and fauna can apply:

* Ecology / Biology
* Forestry Conservation
* Veterinary Science
* Social studies
* Genetics
* Education