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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:

Watch this video on how to navigate the External Fund Database. It’s a quick walkthrough to help you get started!

Open Funding Opportunities

Organization Summary Open Deadline Low High
Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program

Connecticut Sea Grant, through its Arts Support Awards Program, will award up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential impact on the wider public and new audiences.

 May 20, 2026 $1,000
Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO): Skutch Research Grant

The Skutch Research Grants from the Association of Field Ornithologists provide annual awards (typically up to $1,500 USD each) to support question-driven research and projects that advance knowledge of the natural history, ecology, or conservation of birds living under natural conditions in Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

 March 15, 2026 June 15, 2026 $1,500
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship

The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship, established in the name of TGF’s founders, is an annual academic merit scholarship of $5,000 awarded to exceptional graduate students in an environmental program.

 June 30, 2026 $5,000
Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc.: Scholarship Fund

Tuition support for Masters candidates who are Connecticut residents focusing on environmental studies.

 July 1, 2026 $2,500
GeneTex Scholarship Program

The GeneTex Scholarship Program awards a $2,000 USD scholarship twice a year to a student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in a STEM field, and it is open to eligible students at accredited institutions worldwide, including international students. 

 February 2, 2026 July 13, 2026 $2,000
Association of American Geographers (AAG): Research Grants

The application window for the 2027 grants will reopen in 2026.

Research grant of up to $500 for geography research or fieldwork (excluding Masters or Doctoral dissertation research)

 November 15, 2026 $500
Education Matters Scholarship

$5000 scholarship based on response to essay question

 November 30, 2026 $5,000
Save Our Species Rapid Action Grants: European Invasive Alien Species Rapid-Response Fund
Open call for proposals. IUCN Save Our Species, with funding from the European Union, is pleased to launch a new call for proposals under the European Invasive Alien Species Rapid-Response Fund. This initiative supports urgent conservation actions that focus on the early detection and rapid eradication of invasive alien species in Europe. Grants ranging from €10,000 to €50,000 are available for projects of up to 12 months.

The call is open to organisations operating in the European Union, EU overseas countries and territories are not eligible, except for the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.

 
 October 6, 2025 October 2, 2027 $11,500 $58,000