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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 Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine: Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program

Full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation.

 June 25, 2025 August 20, 2025 $11,000
Future for Nature Awards 2026
Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation? Are you the future of nature?
 August 25, 2025 $50,000
Sallie Mae Sweepstakes (August)

$2000 scholarship for US residents

 August 31, 2025 $2,000
British Ecological Society: Small Research Grant [September]

These grants support scientific ecological research where there are limited alternative sources of funding. Small projects can be awarded up to £5,000.

 June 12, 2025 September 8, 2025 $5,000
Minnesota Herpetological Society (MHS): Grants in Herpetological Conservation and Research (September)
Funding is limited to: 1) Projects with a MN-based PI; 2) Projects conducted in MN; and/or 3) Projects outside MN that focus on species that also occur in MN. MHS gives preference to applicants that are MHS members in good standing. Grants are competitive, and the amount will vary by project.
 
 September 15, 2025
Ohio Cichlid Association: Jim Smith Endowment Fund

Financial support to individuals who do work furthering cichlid or catfish research, education or conservation. 

 September 15, 2025 $2,500
TREE Fund: Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative and John P. White Grant Program
Established jointly by TREE Fund, the Skiera Family, Wisconsin Arborist Association and the International Society of Arboriculture, The Bob Skiera Memorial Fund now provides financial support for the “Building Bridges Initiative”. The Initiative is intended to help arborists and urban foresters communicate the value of trees and urban forests through engagement via collaborative research and other projects with public works officials, risk assessment professionals, civil engineers, wildlife researchers, soil scientists and others.
 
Note: Letter of interest due 9/15, grant application due 10/1
 August 1, 2025 September 15, 2025 $30,000
TREE Fund: Jack Kimmel International Grant Program

Grants are available to researchers whose work is primarily outside of the United States. Jack Kimmel grants provide much needed funding to arboriculture and urban forestry researchers all over the world. 

Note: Letter of inquiry due 9/15, final application due 10/1

 August 1, 2025 September 15, 2025 $10,000