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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

Organizationsort descending Summary Open Deadline Low High
American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS): Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship

The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude to enter the profession of teaching Surveying, Mapping, or Photogrammetry

November 4, 2024 $5,000
Clean Energy Experts Scholarship Program

The Clean Energy Experts Scholarship program offers a single $1,000 grant to assist with educational expenses, such as tuition, textbooks, computer equipment, housing, and other related expenses to the recipient’s studies.

December 18, 2024 $1,000
Dr. Charlena M. Seymour Scholarship for women

The Dr. Charlena M. Seymour Scholarship celebrates women pursuing advanced degrees in Public and Environmental Health, paying tribute to the inspirational Charlena Seymour.

July 1, 2024
Harold Bettinger Scholarship

Harold Bettinger was a partner in Bettinger Farms of Swanton, Ohio. In the mid-’50s, he was one of the first progressive growers to convert his bedding plant production from wooden to plastic flats. Bettinger Farms now grows greenhouse and field vegetables. The Bettinger Scholarship is intended for horticulture students, sophomore through graduate levels, who have a major or minor in business and/or marketing with the intent to apply their education to a horticulture-related career business

May 1, 2024 $5,000
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)

The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) funds several Merit Scholarships to support university, technical college, and other post-secondary education. The scholarship fund has been established to assist the further education of Canadian and U.S.A. students connected to the Pacific halibut fishery and its industry. Generally, a single new scholarship valued at US$4,000 per year is awarded every two years. The scholarships are renewable annually for the normal four-year period of undergraduate education, subject to maintenance of satisfactory academic performance. A selection panel of industry and Commission representatives reviews applications and determines recipients based on academic qualifications, career goals, and relationship to the Pacific halibut industry. 

April 21, 2024 June 15, 2024 $4,000
Julia Kiene Scholarship

The Julia Kiene Scholarship is a Scholarship of $2,000 annually. Ms. Kiene’s career serves as an inspiration to women who pursue careers in the industry

May 1, 2024 $2,000
AAG Cartography Specialty Group: Masters Student Thesis Grant (November)

Research grant for Masters students thesis work in cartography or a related degree program

November 1, 2024 $500
ABC Scholarship for Women

ABC Wildlife offers a scholarship designed to increase the number of women studying and influencing the future of science, including technology, engineering and math.

April 21, 2024 July 1, 2024 $1,000