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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
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program

The fellowship can provide support for up to three years for highly qualified graduate students working towards a Ph.D. in quantitative ecology, ecosystem ecology, population dynamics or related fields of study such as wildlife biology, fishery biology, natural resource management, marine biology, quantitative ecology, applied mathematics, applied statistics, simulation modeling, marine resource economics, natural resource economics, or environmental economics.

 January 23, 2025 $66,700
American Society of Mammalogists (ASM): Student Science Policy Award

The award enables graduate students with an interest in both science policy and mammalogy to participate in AIBS Congressional Visits Day with travel expenses paid.

 January 24, 2025
Intercollegiate Studies Institute: Richard M. Weaver Fellowship

1-year fellowship (full tuition) for graduate students who intend to teach at the college level.

 January 24, 2025 $5,000 $15,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management: Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowships

2-year fellowship for graduates focusing on coastal management and policy.

 January 24, 2025 $69,000
NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship
The NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship was established in 1996 to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management programs. Up to nine fellows are placed with state coastal programs every year. The program matches postgraduate students to projects proposed by state coastal zone management programs and selected by NOAA. This two-year opportunity offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and travel and relocation expense reimbursement.
 January 24, 2025
Udall Foundation: Native American Congressional Internship
Internship opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native students with the opportunity to gain practical experience with the federal legislative process
 
 October 13, 2024 January 24, 2025 $12,500
ASPPH/EPA Environmental Health Fellowship Program

One-year fellowships for early career public health professionals to work in EPA on current and emerging environmental public health needs. 

 January 29, 2025 $64,000 $76,000
Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program

The program focuses on the stewardship and restoration of coastal, wetland and riparian ecosystems across the country. 

 January 30, 2025 $25,000 $50,000