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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
California Native Plant Society Educational Grants Program

Funds for students and researchers studying California’s native flora.

October 31, 2025 $300 $1,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Science & Technology Policy (STPF) Fellowships

AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) provide opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking while contributing their knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policymaking process. 

November 1, 2025 $80,000 $116,000
American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF): Fellowship For Study in Scandinavia

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) offers fellowships (up to $23,000) and grants (up to $5,000) to individuals to pursue research, study or creative arts projects in one or more Scandinavian country for up to one year.

November 1, 2025 $23,000
Link Foundation/Smithsonian Graduate Fellowships in Marine Science

12-week graduate student fellowships to conduct marine science research at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.

November 1, 2025 $9,000
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine: Research Associateship Programs (September)

Fellowship for graduate, postdoctoral and senior level research at a sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.

September 1, 2025 November 1, 2025 $45,000 $80,000
NEAPMS Graduate Student Scholarships

The Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society provides scholarship funds designed to encourage and involve exceptional graduate students in the field of Aquatic Plant Management

November 1, 2025 $10,000
New Hampshire Land Association's Scholarships

The New Hampshire Land Surveyors Foundation is offering four scholarships to New Hampshire residents

 

November 1, 2025 $9,000
Rockfall Foundation - Annual Environmental Grant Program

Up to $15,000 grants for projects that support the environment in the Lower Connecticut River Valley through preservation, conservation, restoration, or education and increase public knowledge of and respect for its natural resources.

November 6, 2025