Funding for Environmental Research and Graduate Studies
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Funding Opportunities for Research and Studies
[listed by date posted]
These are compilations of the newest funding opportunities for students and faculty. The opportunities listed in these documents can be found below in their respective categories.
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MSU Funding Opportunities for Faculty Research
China Program Development Grants - MSU Office of China Programs
Supports MSU faculty members for travel to and from China to develop new exchange and cooperative programs with potential strategic partners. Contact: richt@msu.edu
Closing Date: March 20 (annual)MSU Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project Grants
Closing Date: OngoingProject GREEEN
For research and extension addressing critical needs of Michigan's plant industries.
Closing Date: January 5 (annual)Strategic Partnership Grant
Preproposals Due: February 4 (annual)Venture Grant - Michigan State University Center for Water Sciences
Closing Date: April 15 and December 15 (annual)
MSU Funding Opportunities for Graduate Studies & Research
Gender, Justice, and Environmental Change Fellowships
Dissertation research and completion fellowships. Projects must face on gender dimensions of environmental and/or agricultural change. Three $10K fellowships.
Application deadline: April 17 (annual)Graduate Student Assistants - The Skunkworks Lab
MSU, East Lansing, MI
Applications will be reviewed as they are receivedInterdisciplinary Conference Funding for MSU Students - ESPP
Competitive funding for students to present at interdisciplinary environmental conferences.
Closing Date: February 13, May 8, August 14, November 13Student projects related to sustainability - MSU Office of Campus Sustainability
Up to $500 per project to students for research projects, demonstration projects, creative projects, or policy development projects.
Contact Lauren Olson (olsonla3@msu.edu) for more more information.
Funding Opportunities for Faculty Research
A general note: A new National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) report identifies funding for environmental, energy and education in the economic stimulus legislation and omnibus appropriations act.
Handbook of Federal Funding for Environment R&D - National Council on Science and the Environment (NCSE)
The handbook provides a survey of federal funding for environmental R&D; it has recently been updated. To access:
User ID: university
Password: memberDepartment of AgricultureAgriculture and Food Research Initiative
Multiple areas related to sustainable agriculture. Replaces National Research Initiative. Some areas require integration of research, education, and extension.
Deadline: Multiple deadlinesAgriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program
Provides U.S. agricultural producers with the tools needed to make informed risk management decisions for their operations, with the goal of enhancing farm profitability. (Minor environmental component.)
Deadline: August 10, 2009Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Effects of grazing land use.
Application Deadline: July 1, 2009Conservation Innovation Grants
"To stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies...in conjunction with agricultural production." Emphasis on technology transfer. Areas include water quality and quantity, soils, atmosphere, grazing land, forest health, wildlife habitat, and on-farm energy.
Closing Date: March 2 (annual)Critical Agricultural Materials
For the development and demonstration of novel, environmentally friendly technologies for use in paints and coatings, and adhesives for composites.
Closing Date: July 7, 2009Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowships
Program for graduate training: provides student stipend and cost-of-education allowance to the institution. Sustainability areas.
Deadline: May 8 (annual)Higher Education Challenge Grant
Closing Date: February 1 (annual)Integrated Organic and Water Quality Program
For comparisons between organic and conventional farms re: sediment delivery, nutrient use and transport, and overall water availability.
Closing Date: July 24, 2009Multicultural Scholars Grants Program
For initiatives to train minority undergraduates in the food and agricultural sciences.
Closing Date: July 28 (annual)National Integrated Water Quality Program
Focal topics are:Closing Date: July 15 (annual)
- Global climate change and its impact on water resources
- Impacts of bioenergy development on water use and water quality
- Developing a new paradigm for youth and water
- Watershed-scale projects (education projects, extension, or integrated research, education, and extension projects)
Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
For projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products.
Closing Date: March 9 (annual)Rangeland Research Program
Supports the development of new and emerging rangeland science methodologies.
Closing Date: July 7 (annual)Department of DefenseActive Cooling Modules
Closing Date: Abstract due June 18; Proposal due August 13, 2009Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center
Closing Date: ContinuousCenters in Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPhER)
Closing Date: Abstract due June 25; proposal due August 25, 2009Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics
Closing Date: Abstract due June 8; Proposals due August 24, 2009Modeling and Simulation/Analysis tools for Infrastructure Applications
Closing Date: ContinuousNational Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship
For basic research in multiple areas, including social sciences.
Letter of intent due June 23; white paper due July 9; proposal due October 16, 2009Photovoltaics
Closing Date: June 30, 2009Pollution Prevention
Closing Date: ContinuousReduced Footprint Technologies for Forward Facilities Early Entry and Sustainment
Closing Date: ContinuousRemote Sensors and Imaging
Closing Date: ContinuousRendering and Display of Terrain and Environment
Closing Date: ContinuousSpatial Data Mining and Spatial Analysis
Closing Date: ContinuousStrategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
For research improving the sustainability of DoD's installations, and reducing environmental liabilities. Specific areas: contaminant detection and remediation, sustainable infrastructure (including ecosystem management), and cleaner weapons technology.
Closing Date: January 8; also exploratory "SEED" funding due March 12 (annual)Surface Catalysis for Energy (SurfCat)
Closing Date: May 15, 2009Water Detection and Drilling
Closing Date: ContinuousYoung Faculty Award
Environment-relevant areas include materials (ultra-lightweight materials, new polymeric materials) and efficient power technologies.
Closing Date: February 16 (annual)Department of Energy2011 Solar Decathlon
Teams of students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
Applications for 2011 competition are due November 17, 2009Biological Systems Research on the Role of Microbial Communities in Carbon Cycling
Application deadline: November 9, 2009Cancer Research Program New Investigator Award (environmental impacts)
Genetic cancer research and its relation to exposures to the various environments that are unique to a military lifestyle.
Application deadline: December 9, 2009Development of Algal/Advanced Biofuels Consortia
Application deadline: September 14, 2009Early Career Research Program
For untenured faculty. Includes research in biological, climate, and energy sciences. Full RFP here.
Application deadline: September 1, 2009. (Optional letter of intent due August 3)Energy Efficient Information and Communication Technology
For technology development.
Application deadline: July 21, 2009Funding for (1) Expansion of Infrastructures for Ethanol Blends (2) Development of Algal Biofuels and Advanced Fungible Biofuels
*Funding opportunity will be announced later this summer.Geologic Sequestration Training and Research
Closing Date: August 11, 2009Geothermal Technologies Program
Applied
Closing Date: July 22, 2009High Penetration Solar Deployment
Applied.
Closing Date: July 30, 2009Information and Communication Facility Energy Efficiency
Closing Date: Deadline not announcedInnovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE)
Proposals for computationally intensive research projects to run at America's premier leadership computing facility. To address grand challenges “such as developing new energy solutions and gaining a better understanding of climate change resulting from energy use.”
Closing Date: July 1 (annual).National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR)
For one-year synthesis activities that address a clearly defined gap in scientific knowledge of terrestrial ecosystems and climate change.
Closing Date: Letter of intent due May 16
Proposal Due: August 15 (annual)Site Characterization of Promising Geologic Formations for CO2 Storage
Closing Date: August 3, 2009Wind Energy Consortia between Institutions of Higher Learning and Industry
*Funding opportunity will be announced in late MayDepartment of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease ControlBehavioral and Social Research on Disasters and Health
Closing Date: October 5, February 5, June 5 (annual)Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
Closing Date: September and January (annual)Career Development Grants in Occupational Safety and Health Research (K01)
Closing Date: October 12, February 12, and June 12 (annual)Center for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention
Letter of Intent: October 30 (annual)
Closing Date: November 30 (annual)Community Participation in Research
Topics include promotion of physical activity-friendly neighborhoods and establishing safer work practices among agricultural workers in rural areas.
Closing Dates: September 25, January 25, May 25 (annual)Dietary Supplement Research Centers: Botanicals (P50), NIH
Closing Date: December 3, 2009Food and Drug Administration Small Scientific Conference Program
Closing Date: Multiple deadlinesGlobal Infectious Disease Research Training Program Award
Focus on capacity building.
Letter of intent due August 14; application due September 16 (annual)In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk
Closing Date: June 5, October 5, and February 5 (annual)Innovative Toxicity Assays of Pollutants, Therapeutics, and Drugs (SBIR [R43/R44])
For small business innovation research.
Closing Date: September 2009International Research in Infectious Diseases Including AIDS (IRIDA) Program
Closing Date: September 16 (annual)Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities
Closing Date: ContinuousNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Closing Date: Multiple deadlinesNIH Administrative Supplements for Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
Multiple deadlinesNIOSH Exploratory and/or Developmental Grant Program (R21)
Closing Date: February 16, June 16, October 16 (annual)NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03)
Closing Date: February 16, June 16, October 16 (annual)Occupational Safety and Health Research
Closing Date: October 5, February 5, June 5 (annual)Partnerships for Biodefense Food- and Water-borne Diseases (R01)
Closing Date: September 23, 2009Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products
Closing Date: October 5, February 5, and June 5 (annual)Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Children
Closing Date: October 16, February 16, and June 16 (annual)Short Term Career Development Award in the Environmental Health Sciences for Established Investigators (K18) - NIH
Closing Date: October 12, February 12, and June 12 (annual)Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
Closing Date: Internal deadline (to MSU OVPRGS) February 16; HHS deadline April 15 (annual)Technology Development for the Detection and Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Carcinogens (SBIR) [R43/R44]
For small businesses to improve existing technologies for the detection of chemical and biological carcinogens in clinical and/or environmental specimens.
Deadline: Various (through 2012)Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and US Geological SurveyAlaska's National Wildlife Refuge System
Closing Date: December 18 (annual)Canada Standard Grants Program for Bird Habitat Conservation
Closing Date: January 2 (annual)Fish Passage and National Fish Habitat Action Plan
For aquatic habitat restoration projects.
Closing Date: September 30, 2009Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
To encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of fish and wildlife resources and their habitat.
Closing Date: Pre-proposals due January 23 (annual)Joint Fire Science Program
For projects promoting the conservation of neotropical migrant birds.
Closing Date: November 21 (annual)Migratory Bird Joint Ventures Midwest Region
For Bird conservation activities in the areas of research, monitoring, evaluation, outreach, and habitat implementation; 1:1 cost share.
Closing Date: November 14 (annual)Mineral Resources External Research Program - U.S. Geological Survey
Closing Date: September 29 (annual)Neotropical Migrant Grants
For projects promoting the conservation of neotropical migrant birds.
Closing Date: November 13 (annual)North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Small Grants
Closing Date: November 30 (annual)North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants
Closing Date: March 7 (annual)Southeast Endangered Species
Closing Date: ContinousTribal Wildlife Grants
Tribes must apply.
Closing Date: September 1, 2009Water Resources Research National Competitive Grants Program (USGS)
For research on the topics of water supply and water availability. Must apply through MSU's Institute of Water Research.
Closing Date: March 6 (annual)White-Nose (Bat) Syndrome Research
Closing Date: July 15, 2009Wildlife Without Borders, Critically Endangered Animal Conservation Fund
For vertebrate species with natural habitat ranges in developing countries, excluding species eligible for funding under one of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund programs. Funds “applied and well-focused research that would lead to immediate action” and other conservation efforts.
Closing Date: July 15, 2009Wildlife Without Borders, Division of International Conservation
Programs focused on species (tigers, turtles, others) and regions (Latin America and Carribean, Africa, Mexico)
Closing Date: VariesEnvironmental Protection Agency5th Annual P3 Awards: People, Prosperity, and Planet
Closing Date: December 20 (annual)Advancing Public Health Protection through Water Infrastructure Sustainability
Also: Early Career Projects
Deadline: August 17, 2009Biotechnology and Food Allergy (joint initiative with NIAID)
Closing Date: Not issued yet; opens in JuneClean Air Research Centers
To advance understanding of air pollution and human health effects.
Closing Date: November 16, 2009Climate Showcase Communities
Governments must apply; for plans/demonstrations/ projects reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Closing Date: July 22, 2009Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
Community-based multimedia demonstration program designed to help communities understand and reduce risks due to toxic pollutants and environmental concerns from all sources.
Closing Date: March 16 (annual)Environmental Behavior, Bioavailability and Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials - Joint US-UK Research Program
Closing Date: August 5, 2009Environmental Education Grants
To design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices.
Closing Date: December 18 (annual)Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
Closing Date: June 30 (annual)Exploring Linkages Between Health Outcomes and Environmental Hazards, Exposures, and Interventions for Public Health Tracking and Risk Management
Closing Date: August 5, 2009Forum Facilitation, Great Lakes National Program Office
To facilitate multi-stakeholder processes related to implementation of lakewide management plans.
Closing Date: February 9 (annual)Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants
For demonstration, training, outreach and/or education. May include research as building blocks.
Closing Date: September 14, 2009National Wetland Program Development Grants
Must involve 2 + states/tribes. Focus on applied work.
Closing Date: July 15 (annual)Pollution Prevention Grant Program
Closing Date: April 16 (annual)Targeted Grants to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning
Deadline: August 14 (annual)Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments
Closing Date: June 17, 2009National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationExperimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Letter of Intent: January 29
Closing Date: March 14 (annual)Design and Usage of Massively Multiplayer Online Games and Persistent Immersive Synthetic Environments
Using NASA content within a gaming context.
Closing Date: August 10, 2009Global Climate Change Education: Research Experiences, Teaching, and Learning
Extends the results of NASA’s Earth Science Program to the education community by sponsoring opportunities for global climate and Earth system science education.
Closing Date: Not issued yet; opens in early JuneResearch Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2009
Physical Oceanography
Multiple areas.
Perhaps of particular ESPP interest: Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science - interest in societal impacts. Topics include: Earth system responses to extreme disturbances, impacts of climate/ land use on watersheds and connected coastal environments, water and energy cycle impacts of biomass burning.
Letter of Intent: July 10
Proposal Due: September 10
Notice of intent due April 30; proposal due June 30
Opportunities in Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach (also supplemental outreach and education awards)
Notice of intent due May 1; proposal due July 1
Precipitation Science
Notice of intent due June 15; proposal due August 17
New Investigator Program in Earth Science
Notice of intent due June 30; proposal due August 31
National Science FoundationFunding Opportunities in the Environmental Sciences
Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment
To enhance university research facilities.
Letter of Intent (required) due July 1, 2009; proposal due August 24, 2009Additional funding for interdisciplinary research related to Environment, Society, and Economy (ESE)
Closing Date: OngoingAdvanced Technological Education
Partnering with two-year colleges to educate technicians for high-technology fields.
Optional pre-proposal April 23; full proposal October 15Advances in Biological Informatics
Closing Date: August 12 (annual)Archaeology and Archeometry
Closing Date: Multiple deadlinesAssembling the Tree of Life
For research that will resolve evolutionary relationships for large groups of organisms throughout the history of life.
Closing Date: March 29 (annual)Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) - NSF and Gates Foundation
For science research projects that develop innovative approaches and technologies to boost agricultural productivity in developing countries.
Letter of Intent due August 5, 2009; full proposal due September 09, 2009Biochemical Engineering: Diverse Topics Including Food Safety
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Biological Oceanography
Closing Date: August 15 and February 15 (annual)Biosensing
Closing Date: September 17, 2009; March 3, 2010Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Cellular Systems Cluster
Closing Date: January 12 and July 12 (annual)Chemical and Biological Separations
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Chemical Oceanography
Closing Date: August 15 (annual)Civil Infrastructure Systems
Closing Date: October 1 and February 15 (annual)Clean Energy Opportunities
*NSF is planning to issue a variety of clean energy-related funding opportunities; timeline is unclear.Climate Change Education
"Dear Colleague Letter" for formal and informal education.
Closing Date: Varied deadlinesClimate Process and Modeling Teams
Seeks to speed development of global coupled climate models by bringing together theoreticians, observationalists, process modelers and the large modeling centers to concentrate on the leading problems facing models.
Closing Date: September 24, 2009Combustion, Fire and Plasma Systems
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Communicating Research to Public Audiences
Closing Date: Continuous deadlinesCoupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
Closing Date: May 10 (annual)Decision Making Under Uncertainty (for climate change) Collaborative Groups
Closing Date: July 14, 2009Developing Global Scientists and Engineers: International Research Experiences for Students
Proposals to support groups of U.S. undergraduate or graduate students conducting research abroad in collaboration with foreign investigators.
Closing Date: September 15 and February 15 (annual); internal MSU deadline earlierDiscovery Research K-12
Closing Date: January (annual)Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Closing Date: November 18 (annual)Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities
Closing Date: July 8 (annual)EarthScope
Closing Date: July 16 (annual)Ecological Biology
Closing Date: January 9, July 9 (annual)Ecology of Infectious Diseases
Closing Date: December 10 (annual)Ecosystem Science
Closing Date: July 9, January 9 (annual)Emerging Topics in Biogeochemical Cycles (ETBC) (Dear Colleague Letter)
Enhanced support for biogeochemical research
Closing Date: UnspecifiedEnergy for Sustainability
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Engineering Design and Innovation
Closing Date: October 1 and February 15 (annual)Engineering Research Centers Partnerships in Transforming Research, Education and Technology
Areas are: (1) coupled physical civil infrastructure systems, (2) energy systems for a sustainable future; and (3) transformational engineered systems.
Letter of intent due May 15, 2009; preliminary proposal July 15, 2009Environmental Engineering
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies
Emphasizes engineering principles underlying technology impacts.
Closing Date: September 17, 2009; March 3, 2010Environmental Sustainability
Topic areas are Industrial Ecology, Green Engineering, Ecological Engineering, and Earth Systems Engineering. Focused on engineering, but encourage interdisciplinary contributions.
Closing Date: September 15 and March 2 (annual)Environmental Technology
Closing Date: September 15 and March 2 (annual)Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
Closing Date: March (annual)Evolution Processes
Closing Date: January 9 and July 9 (annual)Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program
Closing Date: July 21-23 (annual)Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
Closing Date: January 12 and July 12 (annual)Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Closing Date: July 16 and January 16 (annual)Geomechanics & Geomaterials
Closing Date: October 1 and February 15 (annual)Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics
Closing Date: July 16 and January 16 (annual)George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research
Closing Date: March 27 (annual)Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM)
Closing Date: October 15 (annual)Geotechnical Engineering
Closing Date: October 1 and February 15 (annual)Graduate Stem Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12)
Funding for graduate students to bring their leading research practice and findings into K-12 learning settings. Only faculty members, not graduate students, can apply.
Letter of Intent May 19, 2009; April 20, 2010. Full proposal June 29, 2009; June 03, 2010Hydrology
Closing Date: December 1 and June 1 (annual)Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
Closing Date: Various closing datesIndustry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program
Closing Date: March 6, June 26, September 25 (annual)Informal Science Education
Letter of Intent: September 18 and March 20 (annual)Information Technology and Infrastructure Systems (includes water infrastructure)
Closing Date: October 15 and February 15 (annual)Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events
Closing Date: February 15, October 15 (annual)Innovation and Organizational Change
Closing Date: September 3 and February 2 (annual)Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure
One area addressed is integration of sustainability into engineering education. Note: If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jon Sticklen (Computer Science and Engineering)
Closing Date: March 11 (annual)Instrument Development for Biological Research
Closing Date: August 29 and September 12 (annual)Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program
To establish innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Internal deadline: February 1 (annual) (see MSU's limited submissions page for more info); preproposals due to NSF March 13.Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (IHCS)
For engineering solutions for a variety of domain-specific applications in areas including environment.
Closing Date: February 7, October 7 (annual)International Planning Visits & Workshops
Closing Date: September 20, February 20, and May 20 (annual)International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
To support the early phases of developing a research and education activity with a foreign partner(s).
Closing Date: September 20, February 20, May 20 (annual) – internal MSU deadline may be earlier.International Research Fellowship Program
Closing Date: September (annual)Major Research Instrumentation Program
Closing Date: January 24 (annual)Modeling of Continental Margins - MARGINS program
Closing Date: July 1 (annual)NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Multi-Scale Modeling
The Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) and the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) are enhancing support for interdisciplinary research which bridges from the biological to the earth system sciences in the area of multi-scale modeling.)
Closing Date: Various depending on programOceanography
Closing Date: August 15 and February 15 (annual)Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)
Closing Date: Letter of Intent due November 11; various due dates (annual)Opportunity for Promoting Understanding Through Synthesis
Closing Date: July 9 and January 9 (annual)Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change
Closing Date: October 15 (annual)Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
To design short courses at the advanced graduate and post-doctoral level. PASIs aim to disseminate knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in engineering fields. Emphasis on bioengineering and on using modern tools in genomics and bioinformatics to explore themes in biology.
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)Particulate and Multiphase Processes: Emphasis on Environmental Applications
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
Closing Date: March 5 (annual)Petrology and Geochemistry
Closing Date: December 1 and June 1 (annual)Physics of Living Systems
Closing Date: July 31 (annual)Population and Evolutionary Processes
Closing Date: January 9 and July 9 (annual)Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks
Closing Date: February 7, October 7 (annual)Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences
Closing Date: June 25 (annual)Research Experiences for Teachers in Biology
Closing Date: ContinuousResearch Experiences for Teachers in Engineering
Closing Date: November 19 and July 6 (annual)Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs (“Supplements”) or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program (“Sites”).
Deadline: Early September (annual)Research Initiative Grants and Career Advancment Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology
Closing Date: January 14 (annual)RIDGE 2000: Geology/Biology of Mid-Ocean Ridge System
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)Science, Technology and Society Program
Closing Date: August 1 and February 1 (annual)(1) Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering Sustainable Buildings; (2) Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR)
FY2010 topic for Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation.
Closing Date: Not issued yetSedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
Closing Date: July 16 and January 16 (annual)Structural Systems and Hazards Mitigation of Structures
Closing Date: February 15, October 1 (annual)Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
Closing Date: January 9 and July 9 (annual)Thermal Transport Processes
Closing Date: September 15 and March 1 (annual)Undergraduate Biology Education - Incubator Proposal Opportunity for Research Coordination Networks
For the development of networks to catalyze positive changes in biology undergraduate education.
Closing Date: July 23, 2009; July 5, 2010Urban Long-Term Research Area Exploratory Awards (ULTRA-Ex)
For teams of scientists and practitioners to conduct interdisciplinary research on the dynamic interactions between people and natural ecosystems in urban settings in ways that will advance both fundamental and applied knowledge. (Builds on LTER program.)
Closing Date: July 7, 2009Other2009 Summer WAS*IS (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies) - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Societal Impacts Program (SIP)
WAS*IS is a grassroots movement to fully integrate social science into meteorological research and practice. It seeks to "building an interdisciplinary community of practitioners, researchers, and stakeholders." Many disciplines are welcome. The annual WAS*IS workshop is August 6-14, 2009, in Boulder, CO, contingent upon funding.
March 27 (annual)2010 Integrated Ocean Observing System Implementation - NOAA
Application deadline: October 30, 20092010 Open Rivers Initiative - NOAA
Funding and technical assistance to catalyze the implementation of locally-driven projects to remove dams and other river barriers.
Application deadline: November 16, 20092010 Sea Grant/Regional Team Climate Engagement - NOAA
For projects that advance priority climate (stakeholder) engagement strategies throughout NOAA. Must be led by Sea Grant or NOAA regional team – only one project per NOAA region.
Application deadline: September 1, 2009Abe Fellowship - Social Science Research Council
For social science research on global issues, especially related to Japan and America.
Closing Date: September 1 (annual)Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program - USAID
Closing Date: August 11, 2009Africa Climate Change Adaptation and Other Aspects of Conservation and Sustainable Development - MacArthur Foundation
Closing Date: Deadlines varyAmerican Council of Learned Societies
Closing Date: VariousArchitecture and the Designed Environment - Graham Foundation
Closing Date: September 15, February 15 (annual)Bellagio Residencies and Conferences - Rockefeller Foundation
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Closing Date: September 15 (annual)Canadian Research Opportunities - Government of Canada
Funding opportunities with focus on topics of policy relevance for Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Note: Environmental sustainability is listed as a particular interest for all program areas; over the past three years, applicants to the research grants program have had a 39 percent success rate.
Closing Date: September 30 (annual)CCK Grant for Scholars (Chinese Studies) - Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
Closing Date: October 2 (annual)Climate Change and Green Revolution in Africa - Rockefeller Foundation
Closing Date: VariableCoastal and Marine Habitat Restoration National and Regional Partnership Grants - NOAA
Closing Date: September 30, 2009Coastal Hypoxia Research Program (CHRP) - NOAA
Closing Date: October 15, 2009Collaborative Research - National Endowment for the Humanities
Closing Date: November 5 (annual)Collaborative Research Fellowships - American Council of Learned Societies/Mellon Foundation
For collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences. Small teams of two or more scholars collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project.
Closing Date: September 30 (annual)Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program - NOAA
For applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community.
Closing Date: October 16, 2009Collaborative Ventures in Behavioral Science - Stanford University
Stanford invites teams of five to ten scholars each for summer workshops, to design multi-year efforts that will advance research in an important area of interdisciplinary research. Junior faculty, non U.S. scholars, and scholars with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: November 3 (annual)Committee for Research and Exploration - National Geographic Society
$15,000-$20,000. Multiple disciplines funded.
Closing Date: ContinuousCommunity-based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants - NOAA
Closing Date: October 31, 2009Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO) - NOAA and NSF
For fundamental research to understand complex dynamics controlling ocean and coastal living marine resources. Can include integration of human dimensions.
Closing Date: October 5, 2009Complex Systems - The James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Research Awards
Closing Date: March 12 (annual)Cooperative Research Grants - United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)Coral Reef Conservation - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Preproposals Due: February 2 (annual)
Full Proposal Due: May 16 (annual)Cultural and Biological Diversity - Christiansen Fund
Closing Date: August 31 and March 31 (annual)Development of Policy-Based Solutions to Great Lakes Environmental Problems - Joyce Foundation
Closing Date: August 20, December 9, and April 14 (annual)Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (Faculty Research Directors) - Social Science Research Council
Pairs of faculty propose student research training programs for emerging or revitalizing interdisciplinary fields of study within the humanities and/or social sciences. Faculty whose fields become one of the five that will be selected will design and lead two student training workshops.
Deadline: October 2, 2009 (faculty application)Ecological Economics Research Grants - Walker Foundation
Closing Date: October 1 and April 1 (annual)Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants - National Endowment for the Humanities
Supports a faculty member’s development of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question…addressed by the humanities [including] What is the relationship between humans and the natural world?
Closing Date: September 15 (annual)Energy Innovations Small Grant Program (EISG) - California Energy Commission
Must address electricity, natural gas, or transportation in a way that benefits California ratepayers.
Closing Date: VariousEntrepreneurial Approaches to Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction - Social Equity Venture Fund
Deadlines VaryEnvironment Program - Mott Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousEnvironment Program Grants - Nathan Cummings Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousEnvironmental Planning Research Grants - Fitch Foundation
Closing Date: September 14 (annual)Flagship Collaboration Fund (Australia) - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Focus on issues of concern to Australia; overseas institutions can be funded. Topics include food, energy, water, climate adaptation.
Closing Date: Deadlines VaryFellowships in India - American Institute of Indian Studies
For faculty and graduate students.
Closing Date: July 1 (annual)Field Work with Volunteers - Earthwatch Institute
For research on climate change, oceans, sustainable cultures, and sustainable resource management.
Closing Date: ContinuousFloriculture Research Grants - The Gloeckner Foundation
Closing Date: April 1 (annual)Food, Health and Well-being - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousFranklin Research Grants (for travel for research, including fieldwork) - American Philosophical Society
Support diverse disciplines. Must have doctoral degree - particular interest in junior faculty.
Closing Date: October 1 and December 1 (annual)Fulbright Fellowships
Fellowships for research and teaching overseas - varying lengths. MSU's Office of International Studies and Programs is offering orientation workshops in early April - contact Kathy Riel (riel@msu.edu) .
Closing Date: Deadlines varyFund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) - European Union-United States Atlantis Program
For collaboration between European and US universities.
Closing Date: March 23 (annual)Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Comprehensive Program - Department of Education
Closing Date: May 5 (annual)Future for Wildlife Grants - Oregon Zoo
Small grants ($2,000 average) in support of field conservation programs in the Pacific Northwest and abroad.
Closing Date: June 30, December 31 (annual)Future of Humanities Research Grants - Foundation for the Future
Closing Date: April 30 (annual)Great Lakes Protection Fund
For projects that produce results for the entire basin ecosystem and are carried out by collaborative teams.
Closing Date: ContinuousGreat Lakes Watershed Restoration Program - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)Green Chemistry, Petroleum and Alternative Energy Research - American Chemical Society
Closing Date: VariableGrid Technology for Projects that "Benefit Humanity" - World Community Grid
Closing Date: ContinuousHarmful Algal Bloom Program - NOAA
Closing Date: October 14 (annual)Health Effects of Air Pollution - Health Effects Institute
Closing Date: VariableHealthy Homes Technical Studies - Housing and Urban Development
Closing Date: August 18 (annual)Horses & Humans Foundation
Closing Date: May 15 (annual)Industry Centers - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousInternational Exchanges - Trust for Mutual Understanding
For exchanges with Russia and Central and Eastern Europe related to environmental sciences.
Closing Date: ContinuousInvestigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Burroughs Wllcome Fund
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)Joint Fire Science Program - Bureau of Land Management
To support regional consortia of fire science providers and managers to enhance fire science delivery and adoption.
Closing Date: July 10, 2009Kushlan Research Award in Ciconiiform Biology and Conservation - Waterbird Society
Closing Date: July 15 (annual)Lemelson-MIT Prize and Award for Sustainability - Lemelson Foundation
Closing Date: November 2 (annual)Lindbergh Foundation
For research and educational projects that aid a balance between technology and environmental preservation. $11K
Closing Date: June 11 (annual)Marine Debris Research and Technology Grants - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Closing Date: May 5 (annual)Marine Environmental History and Historical Marine Ecology Research - Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Closing Date: May 5 (annual)Marine or Freshwater Conservation - Project AWARE
Funds environmentally-focused research that leads to conservation measures.
Closing Date: ContinuousMatching Awards Program - National Forest Foundation
Closing Date: December 14 and June 6 (annual)Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program - National Institute of Standards and Technology
For research on “measurement science” related to energy, environment and climate change.
Closing Date: July 13, 2009Michigan Coastal Management Program
Closing Date: May 1 (annual)Microbial Aspects of the Indoor Environment; Marine life; Bioterrorism; Public Understanding of Science (and scientists' understanding of the public) - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousMiddle East Desalination Research Centre
Closing Date: ContinuousMulti-Country Fellowship Program - Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams.
Closing Date: January 16 (annual)Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Science and Technology Competitions - Department of Homeland Security
Environment-related topics include response to natural disasters.
Closing Date: July 15, 2009National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Program - U.S. Geological Survey
Closing Date: September 9 (annual)National Scenic Byways Program Discretionary Grants - Department of Transportation
For projects in a variety of areas, including resource protection. States must submit grants.
Closing Date: March 13 (annual)Next Generation Design Competition - Metropolis Magazine
Closing Date: January 4 (annual)North Pacific Research Board
For research activities on or relating to the fisheries or marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean (including any lesser related bodies of water)
Closing Date: December 5 (annual)Ocean Fund for Ocean Research and Awareness - Royal Caribbean Cruises
Closing Date: June 30 (annual)Organic Research Initiative - Ceres Trust
For research that helps improve organic farming systems, facilitate the transition of conventional farms to organic methods, or make existing organic farms more productive and profitable. Particular focus on soil microbes.
Closing Date: September 15, 2009Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences - Pew Charitable Trust
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)Plant Ecosystem Ecology: Junior Faculty Grants - Mellon Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousProfessional development opportunities for international conservationists - World Wildlife Fund
For mid-career conservationists from developing countries to upgrade their knowledge through short courses, workshops, conferences.
Closing Date: ContinuousPrograms and Fellowships - Asian Cultural Council
Closing Date: August 1 and January 15 (annual)Projects Leading to Design and Development of Sustainable Farmer or Community Seed Storage Models in Africa - USAID
Closing Date: July 6, 2009Royal Bank of Canada Blue Water Project Grants
For watershed protection and/or access to safe drinking water; available to organizations for projects in any of the many countries in which RBC is located. Goals cannot be purely research.
Closing Date: March 1 and June 30 (annual)Reports on Environment and Energy - IBM Center for the Business of Government
Closing Date: October 1 and March 2 (annual)Request for Research Proposals & Request for Education & Outreach Proposals - Organic Farming Research Foundation
Closing Date: March 15 and September 16 (annual)Research and Dissertation Grants Program - American Education Research Association
Closing Date: January, February, August (annual)Research and Experimentation Grants in Art, Science, and Technology - Daniel Langlois Foundation
Closing Date: January 31 (annual)Research that Furthers Social Change - Sociological Initiatives Foundation
Closing Date: August 15 (annual)Research Grants - Fats and Proteins Research Foundation
Closing Date: March 15 and September 15 (annual)Research Grants: Health of Animals - Morris Animal Foundation
Closing Date: November 1 (annual)Research Grants - Horticultural Research Institute
Closing Date: May 15 (annual)Research Grants - National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
Closing Date: February 15 (annual)Research Grants - National Water Research Institute
Closing Date: ContinuousRufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation - Rufford Foundation
For conservation projects outside the first world, not pure research.
Closing Date: ContinuousScience for Peace and Security - NATO
Funds for scientists in NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to collaborate on topics including environmental sustainability.
Closing Date: ContinuousScience, Engineering, and Liberal Arts - W. M. Keck Foundation
Closing Date: May 1 and November 1 (annual)Searle Scholars Program, Biomedicine and Chemistry - Kinship Foundation
Closing Date: August 24 (annual)
Internal MSU Deadline: August 1Small Grants for Diverse Research and Conservation Projects - Raptor Research Foundation
Closing Date: October 1 and February 1 (annual)Small Research Grants for African Global Change Scientists - START/PACOM
Closing Date: ContinuousSocial Science Research Council Assorted Opportunities
Closing Date: Multiple deadlinesSpecial Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences - Dreyfus Foundation
Closing Date: Preliminary proposal June 7, Full proposal November 12 (annual)Summer Stipends - National Endowment for the Humanities
Closing Date: October 2 (annual)Sustainable Agriculture Travel Fellowships and Conference Support - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Supports work on “The Natural Resources Challenge,” “Sustainability in Practice,” and “The Food Chain.”
Closing Date: August 31, 2009 for fellowships, September 30, 2009 for conferencesSustainable Development (1. climate change and 2. ecosystems) - Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Closing Date: ContinuousSustainable Horticulture and Endangered Ecosystems- Tanzania - USAID
Closing Date: October 10, 2009Sustainable Innovation Course and Program Development Grants - Lemelson Foundation/National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
Closing Date: December 1 and May 9 (annual)Sustainable Vision Grants: Faculty partner with communities and entrepreneurs to implement socially-beneficial technology
Closing Date: October 27 (annual)Transatlantic Research Cooperation - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Research cooperation among German, American and/or Canadian scholars in the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law.
Closing Date: October 31, April 30 (annual)Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund
Closing Date: November 1 and May 1 (annual)United States Golf Association Wildlife Links
For research, management, and education projects working to enhance wildlife conservation on golf courses. $60 K.
Closing Date: Pre-proposals due April 1 (annual)Unsolicited Research Program - The WaterReuse Foundation
Closing Date: Pre-proposals due March 3 (annual)US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program - Department of Education
Closing Date: April 17 (annual)US-China Clean Energy and Climate Partnership - USAID
Closing Date: August 17 (annual)US-Egypt Joint Research Grants - US Embassy
Closing Date: November 15 (annual)US-France collaboration - Partner University Fund
Closing Date: December 15 (annual)US-UK Partnership Awards - UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
For collaboration between US and Britain.
Closing Date: November 12 (annual)Visits and Exchanges - International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management
Closing Date: Multiple deadlinesWalter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award - Health Effects Institute
Letter of Intent: February 5
Closing Date: March 5 (annual)Water Management - Pepsi Foundation
Closing Date: ContinuousWater-Related Projects - PADI Foundation
Closing Date: February 15 (annual)Water Research Foundation [Multiple RFPs]
Topics address policy, ecology, and engineering aspects of safe drinking water.
Application Deadlines: May and July (various dates annually)Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program - National Council for Science and the Environment
Closing Date: December 3 (annual)Wildlife Research and Habitat Conservation - SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
Closing Date: December 1 (annual)Woodrow Wilson Fellowships - DC
Academic-year residential fellowships for individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. (Policy links). Must have PhD by application deadline.
Closing Date: October 1 (annual)Working Groups and Distributed Graduate Seminars - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Closing Date: July and January (annual)
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Studies & Research
Multiple listings compiled by ESPP
Funding Opportunities for Environmental Graduate Studies (125 KB, PDF)
Note: This contains all recurrent opportunities over $10,000 for graduate environmental studies we have found as of July 2009, in addition to a host of internships.
Updated 7/7/20092009 Summer WAS*IS (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies) - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Societal Impacts Program (SIP)
WAS*IS is a grassroots movement to fully integrate social science into meteorological research and practice. It seeks to "building an interdisciplinary community of practitioners, researchers, and stakeholders." Many disciplines are welcome. The annual WAS*IS workshop is August 6-14, 2009, in Boulder, CO, contingent upon funding.
Closing Date: March 27 (annual)2010 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study - EPA
Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. Master's level students may receive support for two years. Doctoral students may be supported for three years. $37,000 per year of support.
Deadline: October 23 (annual)2011 Solar Decathlon - Department of Energy
Teams of students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
Applications for 2011 competition are due November 17, 2009Ambassadorial Scholarships - Rotary Foundation
For a year of study in another country. Must apply a year ahead of time.
Application deadline: Varies (annual)Biosphere Atmosphere Research & Training - University of Michigan Biological Station
NSF-funded program provides full fellowships for students; students spend summers at UM Biological Station and then return to home institutions.
Deadline: February 27 (annual)Boren Fellowships - National Security Education Program
For U.S. graduate students (Master's and Ph.D.) to add an international and language component to their education. Research area must relate to national security, defined broadly as including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, and population growth and migration.
Closing Date: January 29 (annual)Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program - National Academy of Sciences
Three month funded position at the National Academies, for graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.
Closing Date: May 1 for fall session; November 1 for winter session (annual)Clean Energy Prize - DTE Energy and University of Michigan
Annual entrepreneurship competition that challenges teams from colleges and universities in Michigan to develop the best plan for bringing new clean-energy technologies to market. Entries must focus on the challenges of renewable energy, energy efficiency, or energy storage.
Executive summaries due November 21 (annual).Decagon Research Instruments
The Decagon company will provide $10,000 of research instruments to a graduate student in environmental science; preference to studies proposing continuous wireless monitoring of the natural environment as part of their research methods.
Application deadline: January 1 (annual)Developing Global Scientists and Engineers: Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP) - NSF
DDEP supports dissertation research abroad of a doctoral candidate collaborating with a foreign investigator.
Application deadline: ContinuousDissertation Completion Fellowships - American Council of Learned Societies/Mellon Foundation
For graduate students in the humanities and social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. 65 awards.
Application deadline: November 11 (annual)Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS)
Connects natural and social scientists engaged in research related to climate change. Annual symposium is designed to foster interdisciplinary understanding, communication, career-development and networking. For those who have finished PhDs between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2009.
Closing Date: TBA (annual)Doctoral Student Research Award - Government of Canada
Funding opportunities with focus on topics of policy relevance for Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Note: Environmental sustainability is listed as a particular interest for all program areas; over the past three years, applicants to the research grants program have had a 39 percent success rate.
Application deadline: October 31 (annual)Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Program - Department of Transportation
For Master's or Ph.D. degrees related to transportation
Application deadline: February 13 (annual)Early Doctoral Student Research Program Housing and Urban Development
Closing Date: May 2 (annual)Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program - NASA
For students pursuing master's or doctoral degrees in Earth sciences. 1-3 years of funding ($24k/ year). Funds a very diverse set of biophysical and social science areas.
Application deadline: February 3 (annual)Energy Fellowships for New Doctoral Students at MIT
One year of funding; prospective graduate students apply to MIT as usual through the department of their interest.
Application deadline: Deadline by departmentEntrepreneurial Approaches to Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction - Social Equity Venture Fund
Deadlines vary"Environmental Challenge" related to waste management - Air & Waste Management Association
An MSU team is forming; students from all disciplines are sought. If you're interested, contact Rebecca Hullman.Fellowships at Air and Waste Management Association (East Michigan Chapter)
For undergraduate or Master's students studying for a career in air pollution control, hazardous waste management or another environmental area. Four $1500 scholarships.
Application deadline: February 28 (annual)Fellowships at Rocky Mountain Nature Association
For a graduate student to work with Rocky Mountain National Park staff for 3-4 months.
Application deadline: February 1 (annual)Fellowships in India - American Institute of Indian Studies
Application deadline: July 1 (annual)Fellowships in Sustainability Science, Center for International Development - Harvard University
Semester or year of support, for advanced doctoral students. Some preference to applicants addressing human needs for water or food/ agriculture/ land use.
Application deadline: January 15 (annual)Fulbright Fellowships
Year-long fellowships fund graduating undergraduates, graduate students, and others for graduate study, research, and teaching overseas. MSU's Office of International Studies and Programs is offering orientation workshops in early April; contact Kathy Riel (riel@msu.edu)
Application deadline: Early fall (annual)Global Venture Challenge 2009 - Department of Energy
Engages students, industry, government and the investment community in ideas related to bioenergy, and energy efficiency & renewable energies.
Competition open October 1 (annual)Graduate Fellowships in (1) population dynamics and (2) marine resource economics - NOAA
Engages students, industry, government and the investment community in ideas related to bioenergy, and energy efficiency & renewable energies.
Application deadline: January 20 (annual)Graduate Fellowship in Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands and Watersheds - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Application deadline: January (annual)Graduate Fellowships - Department of Homeland Security
Funding for study of natural disasters, among other more security-oriented areas
Application deadline: January 9 (annual)Graduate Research Fellowships - National Science Foundation
Three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees Must apply prior to completing the first term of the second year of graduate school.
Deadline: November (annual)Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth System Science (GSSP) - NASA
Enables graduate students to work with NASA mentor on research project June 1 through August 7. Mentor locations include: The Laboratory for Atmospheres, The Laboratory for Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences, The Global Modeling & Assimilation Office, The Global Change Data Center, The Software Integration & Visualization Office; also research on coastal zone processes and global climate change studies.
Application deadline: February 27 (annual)Graduate Women in Science Fellowships - Sigma Delta Epsilon
For graduate students or women engaged in post-doctoral or early-stage junior faculty academic research. Deadline: January 15 (annual).Grant Programs for Students - American Museum of Natural History
Grants are to support research on (a) ornithology, both neontological and paleontological; (b) marine zoology; and (c) North American fauna in any phase of wildlife conservation or natural history. Funding is $200-$2500.
Application deadline: Multiple deadlinesGrants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36) - Centers for Disease Control
Application deadline: February 9 and August 10 (annual)Horton Hydrology Research Grant
For PhD candidates; $10 K for research in hydrology (including its physical, chemical, or biological aspects) or in water resources policy sciences (including economics, systems analysis, sociology and law).
Application Deadline: April 17 (annual)Interdisciplinary post-doctoral opportunities - EPA
Diverse areas.
Application Deadline: April 24International Dissertation Research Fellowship - Social Science Research Council
For students in the humanities and social sciences. Must have passed qualifying exams by the time the fellowship begins or by December 2010, whichever comes first. 75 awards.
Application Deadline: November 3 (annual)International Fellowship in Population, Environment, and Human Security - The Compton Foundation/Population Reference Bureau
For currently-enrolled Master's and Ph.D. students from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. For work examining interactions linking family planning/reproductive health/population dynamics with environmental and/or human security issues.
Application deadline: January 23 (annual)Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship - NASA
For women, minorities, and the disabled. Must be U.S. citizen in NASA-related area (including earth science).
Application deadline: February 1 (annual)John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
One-year fellowship in DC for graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Closing Date: February 19 (annual)Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
For any field requiring field research (social and biophysical sciences). For doctoral students and postdocs. Several hundred to $5K.
Application deadline: February 15 (annual)Lifecycle Building Challenge - EPA and partners
Students (and professionals) design buildings for disassembly.
Deadline: August 30 (annual)Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowships - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Strengthens the connections between scientists and journalists by placing students in newsrooms across the country (during the summer). Eligibility: undergraduate students in their senior year, or in any graduate or post graduate level in the natural, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics.
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)Marine or Freshwater Conservation - Project AWARE
Funds environmentally-focused research that leads to conservation measures.
Closing Date: ContinuousMondialogo Engineering Award - United Nations/Daimler
Student engineers from developing and developed countries form teams to develop ideas for sustainable solutions.
Team must submit names by October 31; project due in April (annual)Multi-Country Fellowship Program - Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams.
Application deadline: January 16 (annual)National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) Paid Internships
Washington, D.C.
Application deadline: ContinuousNational Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program - EPA
Summer internships at EPA for undergraduate and graduate students.
Application deadline: February 2 (annual)One-year Fellowship (Dow Chemical sponsor) - Hong Kong University and Technology
For dissertation or postdoctoral research by someone who has received an MA or Ph.D. from a Michigan university within the past three years. Fields of study include: environment, energy, sustainability, education, science and technology. Priority given to proposals that relate to East Asia, China in particular.
Application deadline: March 31 (annual)P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet - EPA
Funds an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and/or graduate students to develop sustainable projects. ("The first phase of the P3 Award Program is a competition for one-year grants of up to $10,000 to test scientific hypotheses and principles by developing scientific or engineering designs that will promote sustainable development. In the spring following Phase I grant awards, Phase I grantees are required to present their designs at the annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, DC where they will have an opportunity to compete for Phase II grant awards of up to $75,000.")
Closing Date: December 23 (annual)Ph.D. Sustainability Academy - University of Western Ontario
October 22-27, 2009, London, Ontario. Week-long workshop for students on sustainability-related issues. Focus is business sustainability but organizers encourage people with other foci. Theme is Design for Sustainability: “We will be exploring how issues, capabilities, practices, organizations, markets and institutions can be (re)designed to promote more socially and environmentally responsible practice.” Expenses (except travel) paid.
Application deadline: August 1 (annual)Planetary Biology Internship - NASA
Closing Date: March 3 (annual)Resident Fellowship Program - Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Application deadline: December 15 (annual)Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation - Rufford Foundation
For conservation projects outside the first world, not pure research.
Application deadline: ContinuousScholarships for Short-term Research in Switzerland
For students in all fields.
Application deadline: March 31 (annual)Scholarship from International Association for Great Lakes Research
For a doctoral student whose dissertation research is likely to make a significant contribution to the understanding of large lakes. $2,000.
Application deadline: March 1 (annual)Smithsonian Institute Fellowship Program
For 3-12 months of research at the Smithsonian Institution.
Application deadline: January 15 (annual)Social Entrepreneurship Projects – Echoing Green Fellowship
Funding to launch organizations or initiatives; must be involved full time for two years.
Application deadline: December 1 (annual)Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund - Roger Williams Park Zoo
$1,000-2,000, with 40 awards annually. Funding priorities are projects with in-country collaborators and field studies or other projects with a multi-disciplinary approach to biodiversity/ ecosystem conservation.
Application Deadline: June 1 (annual)Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Graduate fellowships for resident aliens, Green Card holders, or naturalized US citizens.
Application Deadline: November 1 (annual)Student Environmental Management for the U.S. Army Environmental Center U.S. Department of Defense (various venues)
Application deadline: ContinuousSustainable Energy Fellowship - University of Michigan
Funded workshop in early June. Only open to juniors, seniors, and first-year Master's students.
Application Deadline: April 3 (annual)Tribal Natural Resource Internship Program - MSU Native American Institute
Summer internships for MSU students, with tribes and American Indian-serving non-profits in Michigan.
Application Deadline: April 10 (annual)USA to Australia Fellowships for Graduate and Postdoctoral Study - American Australian Association
For research in engineering, life sciences (particularly in oceanography/marine sciences), and other areas.
Application deadline: October 31 (annual)Walter O. Spofford, Jr. Memorial Internship Involving Chinese Environmental Issues - Resources for the Future
For graduate students with a special interest in Chinese environmental issues to spend time at RFF in Washington, DC. Students should be in their first or second year of graduate training in the social or natural sciences.
Application deadline: February 27 (annual)Workshop on "Forging Closer Ties: Transatlantic Relations, Climate, and Energy” - Freie University , Berlin
Workshop for Ph.D. students at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) in Berlin in December. Up to 10 Fellowships are available.
Application deadline: July 20, 2009
Funding Opportunities for Undergraduate Studies and Research
Campus Ecology Fellowship - National Wildlife Federation
For students working on reducing their campus carbon footprint.
Application deadline: October 1 (annual)Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowship Program - Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Preference is given to currently enrolled or just-graduated undergraduates, although graduate student applications will also be considered. 22 positions in many fields, including education and outreach.
Application deadline: February 27 (annual)Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowships - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Strengthens the connections between scientists and journalists by placing students in newsrooms across the country (during the summer). Eligibility: undergraduate students in their senior year, or in any graduate or post graduate level in the natural, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics.
Closing Date: January 15 (annual)National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program - EPA
Summer internships at EPA for undergraduate and graduate students.
Application deadline: February 2 (annual)P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet - EPA
Funds an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate and/or graduate students to develop sustainable projects. ("The first phase of the P3 Award Program is a competition for one-year grants of up to $10,000 to test scientific hypotheses and principles by developing scientific or engineering designs that will promote sustainable development. In the spring following Phase I grant awards, Phase I grantees are required to present their designs at the annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, DC where they will have an opportunity to compete for Phase II grant awards of up to $75,000.")
Closing Date: December 23 (annual)Research Experiences for Undergraduates - National Science Foundation
Application deadline: Varies
Deadline for "sites": August 18 (annual)Student Environmental Management Participation for the U.S. Army Environmental Center - U.S. DOD
Application deadline: ContinuousSummer Program in Environmental Public Health - Centers for Disease Control
For college juniors and seniors. 10- week program at the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Application deadline: February 18 (annual)Sustainable Energy Fellowship - University of Michigan
Funded workshop in early June. Only open to juniors, seniors, and first-year Master's students.
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