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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	Deadline	Low	High
Future Conservation Awards	Each worth $15,000, Future Conservationist Awards are granted to teams of early-career conservationists (i.e., team members have less than five years of professional conservation experience) who are conducting high-priority projects focused on protecting species listed as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Projects must take place in an eligible country, be led (or co-led) by a national of one of these countries, involve at least three people and last between three to 12 months.	October 7, 2024		$15,000
African Bird Club: Conservation Award (Jun Review)	Research/ Project funding focusing on birds in Africa.	June 30, 2024		$3,000
International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR): Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship	Tuition support for graduate students pursuing research in Great Lakes fish research.	December 1, 2024		$6,000
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
Ohio Cichlid Association: Jim Smith Endowment Fund	Financial support to individuals who do work furthering cichlid or catfish research, education or conservation.	September 15, 2024	$2,500
Citizens Scholarship Sweepstakes	$15,000 scholarship for tuition	June 30, 2024	$2,500	$15,000
African Bird Club: Expedition Award (Oct Review)	Research/ Project funding focusing on birds in Africa.	October 31, 2024		$5,825
The Explorers Club: The Exploration Fund Grant	Provide grants in support of exploration and field research for graduate, post-graduate, doctorate and early career post-doctoral students who are just beginning their research careers.	November 1, 2024	$2,500	$5,000