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Members of the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) community have easy access to a curated list of global, external funding opportunities for graduate students and postdocs using this new database.  The service is maintained by a collaboration among the School’s Offices of Admissions and Financial Aid, Career and Professional Development (CPD), and Research.

The database contains detailed information on research grants, internship stipends, travel funds, tuition scholarships, and other awards of interest to members of the School’s community.  Opportunities and deadlines are updated frequently - please check back regularly.  We do our best to keep the content of the database current, but if you see an opportunity that appeals to you and whose deadline has passed, click the associated link to see if a new competition has been announced.

If you are aware of a funding opportunity and it is not listed, please forward a link to Pamela Welch for inclusion.  Let’s crowd source the listings so that we have the most comprehensive database available.

Do you have questions or want to provide feedback?  Contact any of the YSE External Funds DB team members:

Open Funding Opportunities

Organization Summary Open Deadline Low High
ABC Humane Wildlife: Women in STEM Academic Scholarship

ABC Wildlife offers a scholarship designed to increase the number of women studying and influencing the future of science, including technology, engineering and math.

July 1, 2025 $1,000
ACS CELL Division: Graduate Student Award

Scholarship for students pursuing research on the chemical nature of cellulose, paper, textiles and other renewable materials.

July 1, 2025 $2,000
ACS CELL: The Anselme Payen Award
The Anselme Payen Award is international, and all scientists conducting research in the field of cellulose are eligible for nomination. This award includes a bronze medal and an honorarium of $3,000, given by the ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials (CELL) Division to honor and encourage outstanding professional contributions to the science and chemical technology of cellulose and its allied products.
July 1, 2025 $3,000
AEHS Foundation: David F. Ludwig Memorial Student Travel Award

The AEHS Foundation is pleased to offer the David F. Ludwig Memorial Student Travel Award. This scholarship was established to recognize students pursuing research in Ecology and Ecological Sciences. Dr. Ludwig’s passion for science, travel, education, and exploration are the inspiration for this award, and the AEHS Foundation is pleased to do our part to carry on his legacy. This award will be made annually at the beginning of the fall academic semester for travel costs associated with research in the field of ecology, including travel or conference registration costs to present the results of ecology-related research, or for professional development. Preference will be given to those conducting/presenting research.

July 1, 2025 $1,000
AEHS Foundation: Dr. Charlena M. Seymour Scholarship

The Dr. Charlena M. Seymour Scholarship celebrates women pursuing advanced degrees in Public and Environmental Health, paying tribute to the inspirational Charlena Seymour.

July 1, 2025 $1,000
Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO): Skutch Research Grant

The Pamela and Alexander F. Skutch Research Grant supports minimally invasive research into the life histories, especially social relations and reproduction, of little known birds of the continental Neotropics, including Trinidad and Tobago.

July 1, 2025 $1,500
Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut: Annual Scholarship

The Mission of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., is 

  • To coordinate, stimulate and encourage higher standards in all aspects of Garden Club work
  • To protect and conserve our natural resources, preserve our heritage and promote civic beauty

The mission is fulfilled in rich and varied ways, offering member clubs and affiliates opportunities to participate in, and contribute to, the core mission and values of the Federation.

July 1, 2025
Neotropical Bird Club: Neotropical Birding and Conservation Award (July)

Fund conservation work or research that has an intended conservation benefit.

July 1, 2025 $1,500 $5,000