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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 High
Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the American Fisheries Society (AFS): Student Travel Award

Travel & Presenter award for students to attend the annual AFS meeting.

May 6, 2024 $200 $500
Association of American Indian Affairs (AAIA): Elizabeth & Sherman Asche Scholarship

1-year tuition support for Native Americans in any field of graduate study.

May 15, 2024
Doyon Foundation Basic Scholarship (Fall)

Tuition support for graduate students in any field.

May 15, 2024 $1,600 $2,400
Doyon Foundation Basic Scholarship (Summer)

Tuition support for graduate students in any field.

May 15, 2024 $1,600 $2,400
Doyon Foundation Competitive Scholarship

Tuition support for graduate students in any field.

May 15, 2024 $7,000 $11,000
CT Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program for artists

Connecticut Sea Grant, through its competitive funding program the Arts Support Awards Program, will award up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists. The winning submission will be selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, relevance to coastal and marine environments and Connecticut Sea Grant themes, as well as its potential reach and impact on non-traditional audiences.

May 17, 2024 $1,000
STEG PhD research grants

PhD Research Grants of up to £15,000 can fund research assistance, data collection and/or purchase, and stipends

May 20, 2024 $18,000
American Meteorological Society: Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science

Award to a student in the process of completing a dissertation on the history of the atmospheric, or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.

May 24, 2024 $20,000