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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	Open	Deadline	Low	High
American Society of Primatologists (ASP): Small General Grant	Research funding for primate conservation.		June 20, 2025	$500	$2,000
Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF)	KASF scholarships (which range from $500 to $5,000) are offered to the qualified Korean American students (including foreign students from Korea). All applicants must be enrolled in a full time program in the U.S during the scholarship application year. If extra funds are available, other students (non Koreans) may qualify for scholarships. Specifically, descendants of American veterans served during the Korean War may qualify for scholarships (applicable to selective regions).		June 29, 2025	$500	$5,000
African Bird Club: Conservation Award (June)	Research/ Project funding focusing on birds in Africa.		June 30, 2025		$3,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science	Recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities.	April 15, 2025	June 30, 2025		$5,000
Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA): Young Scientist Research Award (June)	Provide financial support to students undertaking forest-related research in pursuit of an academic qualification.		June 30, 2025		$500
Malacological Society of Australasia Research Grants	To assist outstanding graduate students and others in undertaking research in malacology. [for non conference years]		June 30, 2025		$2,500
Raptor Research Foundation Amadon Grant	Assist persons working in the area of distribution and systematics (taxonomy) of raptors.		June 30, 2025		$2,000
Raptor Research Foundation: Stephen R. Tully Memorial Grant	Support research, and conservation of raptors especially to students and amateurs with limited access to alternative funding.		June 30, 2025		$4,000