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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
Anchor QEA’s Scholarship Program

Tuition support for graduate students in fields related to environmental management

 November 20, 2024 $1,000 $10,000
Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO): Scholar Award
Tuition support for female students in any field pursuing a doctoral level degree
 August 20, 2024 November 20, 2024 $25,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): American Dissertation Fellowship
Fellowships for women pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks. 
 
 August 1, 2024 November 22, 2024 $25,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship
 
The American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship Program increases the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and promotes gender equity for women in higher education by providing funding to women in academia to pursue independent research over the course of a year.
 November 22, 2024 $50,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): Career Development Grant
Career Development Grants supports the career progression of women by funding to women preparing to advance or change careers or re-enter the workforce. Primary consideration is given to women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in education, health and medicine, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and social sciences. Grants are available to support full-time or part-time coursework such as a second bachelor’s or first master’s degree, a certification program, or specialized training in these fields.
 
 November 22, 2024 $20,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): International Project Grants
International Project Grants support community-based initiatives that advance gender equity for women and girls and that are led by AAUW International Fellowship Alumnae. These grants equip and empower alumnae to do so within the context of their home countries and communities by making funding available to them in order to apply their academic expertise and leadership skills in a way that has a direct, positive impact on women and girls.
 November 22, 2024 $10,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): Selected Professions Fellowship Program
The Selected Professions Fellowship Program promotes gender equity for women by providing funding in support of those pursuing a full-time course of study in targeted degree programs where women’s representation has traditionally been low.  
 
Selected Professions Fellowships are available for the following degree programs: 
  • Architecture (M.Arch.)  
  • Computer/Information Science (MS) 
  • Engineering (ME, MS) 
  • Mathematics/Statistics (MS) 
  • Business Administration (MBA) 
  • Law (JD) 
  • Medicine (MD, DO) 
 November 22, 2024 $20,000
Royal Geographic Society Ralph Brown Expedition Award
The Ralph Brown Expedition Award is a single annual award of £12,500, offered to the leader of an expedition working in an aquatic environment. This includes the study of coral reefs, rivers, lakes and shallow seas. The project should be of value to the host country and, where possible, to the local community.
 
 November 23, 2024 $18,500