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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:

Diana Morgan, Director of Research
Pamela Welch, Associate Director of Financial Aid
Lorena Miranda Guevara, YSE External Funds Coordinator
Srishti Singh, YSE External Funds Coordinator

Open Funding Opportunities

Organization	Summary	Open	Deadline	High
Council on Foreign Relations: International Affairs Fellowship	Fellowship for mid career professionals to strengthen career development by helping outstanding individuals acquire and apply foreign policy skills beyond the scope of their professional and scholarly achievements.	August 15, 2024	October 31, 2024	$120,000
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
Healthy Communities Scholarship	This $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student who encourages sustainable and local health initiatives in their community. Applicants will submit a 500-word essay on how they are working to better their homes.	April 7, 2024	May 31, 2024	$1,000
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
DACOR Bacon House Foundation: Dreyfus Scholarships for Foreign Service Dependents at Yale and Hotchkiss	Support the education of children and grandchildren of Foreign Service Officers attending Yale University (undergraduate and graduate), and at The Hotchkiss School.		May 1, 2024	$40,000
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Google Scholarship	The Google Scholarship opportunity meets AISES’ mission-driven objective to support Indigenous students in becoming qualified, STEM professionals through academic scholarship and wrap around support services. With the resources provided by Google, combined with AISES’ 46 years of experience administering scholarships and offering support programs to Indigenous students, AISES believes the recipients will excel in their programs and provide meaningful contributions in the STEM workforce	February 25, 2024	April 30, 2024	$2,500
Swarthmore College Fellowships	Tuition support for graduate students who are Swarthmore College graduates.		April 20, 2024	$5,000
Future for Nature Awards	Award for young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species.		August 23, 2024	$50,000