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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 Deadlinesort ascending Low High
Geological Society of America: Farouk El-Baz Student Research Award

Research grant for graduate students working on desert studies in geological science.

 April 1, 2025
Boston University African Studies Centre: WARC Travel Grant

Travel grant for West African nationals to conduct research related activities or attend conferences in Africa.

 April 1, 2025 $3,000
MHS Grants in Herpetological Conservation and Research (Feb)

Grants to support individuals, groups, and projects fitting with the Society’s mission and goals.

 February 15, 2025 $1,500
Altman Family Scholarship

Ken and Deena Altman, owners of Altman Plants, created this scholarship in 2015. The Altman family is highly appreciative of the field of horticulture and they enjoy giving back. The Altmans support numerous efforts to improve education and research for the industry. Altman Plants supplies plant programs to large retailers with point of purchase materials, sales reps to assist with merchandising, a large distribution system that covers the U.S., and offers expertise in growing plants. Each year one student will be awarded this scholarship. It is an annual scholarship, although the same person may receive it a second year should their application score the highest.

 February 1, 2025 $5,000
MIT Water Innovation Prize

 A solutions-to-market competition aiming to help support the next breakthrough in the water sector.

 November 1, 2024 February 1, 2025 $35,000
Kinship Conservation Fellows

The Kinship Conservation Fellowship supports conservation practitioners across the globe. The program is designed to advance your career and equip you with new skills, insights, and analytical tools to accelerate the projects you lead at home.

The month-long, in-residence Fellowship focuses on market-based solutions in conservation and cultivates your leadership skills in the sector.

 January 14, 2025 $8,000
Taco Bell Live Mas Scholarship

This scholarship is for students(ages 16-26) who are passionate about creating a better future and making a positive impact on their community. This is not needs or achievement based; it is a passion-based scholarship program.

 November 1, 2024 January 3, 2025
Future Without Speciesism Award

PETA is awarding prizes of $1,000 to $10,000 to students who come up with a game-changing idea for an invention that the student can develop into a specific action plan or design to replace animal use. This award does not convey ownership rights to PETA or prevent you from patenting your invention.

 December 31, 2024 $10,000