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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 Lowsort ascending High
Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (ECO-CBET) September 17, 2024 $1,500,000 $1,700,000
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowships (July)

Offer early-career and more senior scientists the opportunity to work on one- to three-year assignments with NASA scientists and engineers.

July 1, 2024 $70,000
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine: Research Associateship Programs (June)

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

June 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 $45,000
ForEverglades Fellows

Up to $30,000 per year for graduate research students pursuing the development of innovative scientific methods to advance the understanding of Everglades physical, chemical or biological processes, or research in the economic impacts of environmental changes. 

July 1, 2024 $30,000
American Australian Association (AAA): USA to Australia Fellowship

Tuition support for American graduate or post-graduate students studying in Australia.

August 1, 2024 September 30, 2024 $30,000 $40,000
American Association of University Women (AAUW): International Fellowships

1-year tuition support for women pursuing graduate or postdoctoral study who are not US citizens or permanent residents.

August 1, 2024 November 15, 2024 $20,000 $50,000
Science/AAAS Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists

The Prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for outstanding life science research for which he/she was awarded a doctoral degree in the previous two years.

July 15, 2024 $10,000 $30,000
Doyon Foundation Competitive Scholarship

Tuition support for graduate students in any field.

May 15, 2024 $7,000 $11,000