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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 Opensort descending Deadline Low High
Doyon Foundation Basic Scholarship (Fall)

Tuition support for graduate students in any field.

May 15, 2024 $1,600 $2,400
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Student Awards

ASBPA awards students in coastal fields who have demonstrated talent and shown promise to become future leaders in the coastal professions. These awards also come with small monetary prizes. These awards are announced during the National Coastal Conference.

August 15, 2024 $500 $600
Aerospace Education Foundation: Jodi Callahan Memorial Graduate Scholarship

Tuition support for active duty Air Force, full time Air National Guard or full time Air Force Reserve pursuing a Master degree.

April 30, 2024 $2,000
WEAR & I Fashion Pioneer Scholarship

Tuition scholarship upto $1500

May 1, 2024 $500 $1,500
Connecticut Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

To provide a financial scholarship award of up to $2,000 to eligible and deserving
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) to aid in furthering their formal higher education
pursuits. [Please inform YSE FA office, if you are applying]

May 1, 2024 $2,000
Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society (AFS): Student Travel Award

Travel & Presenter award for students to attend the annual AFS meeting.

May 6, 2024 $200 $500
Neotropical Bird Club Conservation award (July)

Fund conservation work or research that has an intended conservation benefit.

July 1, 2024 $1,500 $5,000
The Genetics Society: Heredity Fieldwork Grant (May)

Grant to support field-based genetic research.

May 1, 2024 $2,400