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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 Highsort ascending
Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (ECO-CBET) September 17, 2024 $1,500,000 $1,700,000
ACS Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge Grant

This award provides a post-doctoral fellow/associate or faculty in first 9 months of appointment who plans to launch an independent research career in academia, funds to support a post-doctoral associate/fellow for two years once their new research group is launched.

 September 20, 2024 $125,000
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
Schmidt Science Fellow

Schmidt Science Fellows undertake a 12-24 month postdoctoral placement worth $110000. This placement commences after a Fellow successfully completes his or her PhD in the natural sciences, computing, engineering or mathematics. Fellows’ placements will represent a significant disciplinary pivot from their PhD topic and are central to the program’s aim to foster greater interdisciplinarity. All placements are with world-leading scientific leaders and internationally-renowned labs. The program works with Fellows after selection to identify and secure a placement that will best achieve their scientific pivot. We work with each placement host to ensure Fellows benefit from a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding environment.

 May 9, 2024 July 10, 2024 $110,000
National Academy of Science (NAS) Prize in Food and Agriculture Science

Recognize research by a mid-career scientist at a U.S. institution who has made an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food production.

 October 7, 2024 $100,000
United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship

Tuition support for Masters candidates focusing on international affairs or related discipline.

 October 24, 2024 $96,000
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Environmental Education Grants

Research grant for Environmental education projects in the US and/ or US territories.

 December 6, 2024 $91,000
Visa Everywhere Initiative

Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps startups like yours unlock new opportunities — and can give you a global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions. The program first launched in the U.S. in 2015, and quickly expanded into a global program.

 May 1, 2024 $10,000 $50,000