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Environmental Studies

Fellowship/Scholarship Funder Focus Eligibility/Criteria Amount Deadlines Website
Association for Women in Science Predoctoral Awards Association for Women in Science behavioral sciences Women expecting to graduate within 2 years of the application deadline $10,000 March https://www.awis.org/scholarships/
Babbitt Center Dissertation Fellowship Program Lincoln Institute of Land Policy  the integration of land and water policy to advance water sustainability and resilience, particularly in the West graduate students $10,000 March https://www.lincolninst.edu/research-data/research/babbitt-center-dissertation-fellowship-program
Babbitt Center Dissertation Fellowship Program Lincoln Institute of Land Policy  the integration of land and water policy to advance water sustainability and resilience, particularly in the West graduate students $10,000 March https://www.lincolninst.edu/research-data/research/babbitt-center-dissertation-fellowship-program
C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship Program Lincoln Institute of Land Policy land and tax policy graduate students $10,000 March https://www.lincolninst.edu/research-data/research/2021-c-lowell-harriss-dissertation-fellowship-program
Clark Soil Biology Graduate Student Scholarship Agronomic Science Foundation soil biology graduate students $3,000 March https://www.soils.org/awards/view/52
David L Boren Graduate Fellowships National Security Education Program cultures in world regions underrepresented in study abroad US citizens, graduate students up to $25,000 January https://www.borenawards.org/
Dissertation Fellowships American Association of University Women all fields of study women scholars, US citizens, permanent residents up to $30,000 November https://www.aauw.org/resources/programs/fellowships-grants/current-opportunities/american/
Dissertation Fellowships Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation  global security priorities UC graduate students $25,000 February https://igcc.ucsd.edu/funding/dissertation-fellowship-competition.html
Explorer's Club Student Grants The Explorer's Club research involving the ocean, and all categories of field science graduate students up to $5,000 December http://www.explorers.org/index.php/expeditions/funding/expedition_grants
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Ford Foundation research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs  U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents, Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S. $27,000 annual stipend December http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958.htm
Frank D. Keim Graduate Fellowship Agronomic Science Foundation agronomy or related field graduate students $2,000 March https://www.agronomy.org/awards/view/49
Gary “Pete” Peterson Dryland Soil Management Scholarship Agronomic Science Foundation dryland soil management graduate students $5,000 March https://www.agronomy.org/awards/view/188
Gerald O Mott Scholarship for Meritorious Graduate Students in Crop Science Agronomic Science Foundation crop science graduate students $2,000 March https://www.crops.org/awards/view/91
Graduate Research Fellowships NSF Social sciences, psychology, STEM education US citizens, have completed no more than one academic year of full-time graduate study $34,000 annual stipend, $12,000 cost of education allowance to institution October http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants NSF nature, causes, and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes across a range of scales graduate students up to $20,000 rolling https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20583/nsf20583.htm#budg_cst_shr_txt
Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research American Philosophical Society disciplines with a large dependence on field studies US citizens and residents, doctoral students up to $5000 November http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark
Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship NOAA coastal management US citizens, permanent residents, graduate students $34,000 stipend, $7,000 travel, $7,000 supplies December https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/research/davidson-fellowship.html
Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship Andrew W Mellon Foundation research that advances knowledge about non-US cultures and societies graduate students average of $23,000 November https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/idrf-fellowship/
Nelson Yield-Limiting Factors Graduate Student Scholarship Agronomic Science Foundation  yield-limiting factors in agronomy graduate students $3,000 March https://www.agronomy.org/awards/view/202
Ralph W. Stone Award The National Speleological Society cave-related thesis research graduate students $2,000 March https://caves.org/committee/rac/ralphstone.shtml
The Graduate Women In Science (GWIS) National Fellowship Program Graduate Women in Science natural sciences wome scientists up to $10,000 January https://www.gwis.org/page/fellowship_program
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) Smithsonian Institute environmental science, anthropology, history of science and technology, social and cultural history of the US graduate students $40,000 stipend and up to $4,000 research allowance November https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/
Research Funding Land Economics Foundation applying land economics to human problems for a better future individuals, academic programs, non-profit organizations, and LAI chapters up to $20,000 rolling https://www.lai.org/research-priorities
Switzer Fellowships Switzer Foundation environmental improvement graduate students $15,000 January https://www.switzernetwork.org/become-fellow