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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	High
Yale Club of New Haven: Graduate Scholarships	The Yale Club of New Haven annually awards scholarships to full-time matriculated graduate and professional school students in the spring of their first and/or subsequent years who are residents of the Greater New Haven County area. Please contact YSE Financial Aid at financialaid.yse@yale.edu for the scholarship form.		April 8, 2025
CREF University Scholarships	This scholarship aims to provide financial assistance to students engaged in compost research while fostering future careers in the composting industry		April 14, 2025	$4,000
Samvid Scholarship	The Samvid Scholars program supports up to $50,000 per year for two years of graduate study. In addition to funding for their graduate program, each Scholar will receive two years of leadership development programming to support them to continue to fulfill their extraordinary potential. All scholars will have access to robust ongoing programming and will be part of an alumni community.	February 10, 2025	April 14, 2025	$100,000
American Society of Mammalogists (ASM): African Research Fellowship	African Research Fellowship grants are made annually to support field research projects by African nationals working on wild mammals in Africa.		April 15, 2025	$1,750
Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship Fund: Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship	Up to $3,000 will be awarded from the Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship Fund Scholarship to Ashtabula County students enrolled in agriculture, natural resources, family & consumer sciences, environmental sciences OR a degree of their choice coming from an Ag background OR 3 years of 4-H or FFA involvement.		April 15, 2025	$3,000
Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship Fund: Harold & Dick Springer Memorial Scholarship	The $1,000 Harold and Dick Springer Memorial Scholarship shall be awarded to a deserving Ashtabula County student enrolled in any degree of their choice: Agriculture, Medical, and Educational degree areas of study highly encouraged.		April 15, 2025	$1,000
Ashtabula County Agricultural Scholarship Fund: Lester C. Marrison Memorial Scholarship	The $1,000 Lester C. Marrison Memorial Scholarship shall be awarded to a deserving Ashtabula County student enrolled in agriculture, natural resources, or family & consumer sciences. Secondary preference will be given to a student pursuing a degree in education.		April 15, 2025	$1,000
FRA Scholarship	FRA’s scholarship program helps deserving students reach their educational and professional goals by presenting awards of up to $5,000 to students pursuing trade school, community and four year college, and graduate degrees. The Foundation presents approximately $90,000 each year to recipients based on financial need, academic standing, character and leadership qualities.		April 15, 2025	$5,000