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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:

Diana Morgan, Director of Research
Pamela Welch, Associate Director of Financial Aid
Ashley Eugley, YSE External Funds Coordinator
Srishti Singh, YSE External Funds Coordinator

Open Funding Opportunities

Organization	Summary	Deadline	Low	High
Connecticut NASA Space Grant Consortium: Graduate Research Fellowship	Funding opportunities are available to Graduate Students preparing for careers useful to NASA.	October 15, 2024		$10,000
Demonstration of Energy and Efficiency Developments (DEED): Lineworker and Technical Education Scholarships	These scholarships support the education of students working toward lineworker and other technical careers that are in high demand by electric utilities.	October 15, 2024		$2,000
Demonstration of Energy and Efficiency Developments (DEED): Student Internships (Oct)	Paid internships for student to work at an electric utility sponsored by a DEED member utility.	October 15, 2024	$4,000	$5,000
National Science Foundation (NSF): Graduate Research Fellowship Program	GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions in STEM. Applicants must be pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education at an accredited, U.S.-based institution.	October 15, 2024		$90,000
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI): Short-Term Fellowships (October)	3-month research grant for graduate students focusing on tropical research.	October 15, 2024	$5,000
Westarctica Conservation Scholarship	An annual $500 graduate research grant for the study of climate change.	October 15, 2024		$500
The Luce Foundation: Luce Scholars Program	1-year professional placement and immersion in an Asian country.	October 16, 2024
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Fellowship Program	The IASC Fellowship Program is meant to engage ECS in the work of the IASC Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. 1-3 years fellowships at the IASC	October 18, 2024