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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
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
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
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
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
American Association of University Women (AAUW): American Dissertation Fellowship
Fellowships for women pursuing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing research for publication for eight consecutive weeks. 
 
August 1, 2024 November 15, 2024 $25,000
Yale ISPS Survey Research Fund

The ISPS Survey Research Fund supports research projects that advance survey methodology (design or analysis) or pursue novel social science research questions through survey data.

November 15, 2024 $25,000
Tree Fund: Hyland R. Johns Grant Program

Funds longer term research and technology transfer projects that have the potential of benefiting the everyday work of arborists.

September 15, 2024 $25,000
PTES conservation insight grants

Funds between £3,000 and £10,000 per annum up to a maximum total of £20,000 for researchers on endangered species conservation

August 25, 2024 $3,700 $24,900