School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Informatics

Master's Thesis Research Grant

Contact Name: 
Dr. Eugene Turner
Typical application deadline: 
November
Page last updated: 
09/09/2010
Application Deadline: 
November 1, 2010
weblinks: 
Grant information
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Masters
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Applicant must be a member of AAG and CSG.

Funding source home page: 
Cartography Specialty Group
Keywords: 
Computers
Geography
GIS
Remote sensing
Research/field research
Travel
Amount: 
up to $500
Funding Abstract: 

Enrolled master’s students are invited to apply for the Cartography Specialty Group (CSG) Master’s Thesis Research Grants. These grants are intended to promote scholarly research in cartography by students enrolled in Geography or a related degree program. Grants are available up to a maximum of $500 and may be used for items necessary and relevant to research, such as travel, materials, equipment, and human subject fees. Deadlines for applications are March 15, June 15, and November 1 of each year.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application form including applicant information, advisor contact information, thesis title, research plan (maximum 1,500 words), and budget.

Fund Usage: 
Research, equipment, travel, general.
Funding Restrictions: 

Fundable research must be cartographic in nature. Cartography must be the central focus of the research and not merely a tool used in support of other research. Funding will be awarded for travel that is related to the research, such as field work or data collection; this grant does not provide funding for travel to conferences.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics

Master's Thesis Research Grant

Contact Name: 
CSG Non-Academic Director, Rhonda Glennon
Typical application deadline: 
March
Page last updated: 
01/24/2011
Application Deadline: 
March 15, 2011
weblinks: 
Grant information
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Masters
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Applicant must be a current member of the AAG and the Cartography Specialty Group.

Funding source home page: 
Cartography Specialty Group
Keywords: 
Computers
Geography
GIS
Remote sensing
Research/field research
Travel
Amount: 
up to $500
Funding Abstract: 

Enrolled Master’s students are invited to apply for the Cartography Specialty Group (CSG) Master’s Thesis Research Grants. These grants are intended to promote scholarly research in cartography by students enrolled in Geography or a related degree program. Grants are available up to a maximum of $500 and may be used for items necessary and relevant to research, such as travel, materials, equipment, and human subject fees.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

 

The application is available from the CSG website at  http://www.csun.edu/~hfgeg003/csg/msgrant/grantapp.html. Application must include:

1. Applicant information

2. Advisor information

3. Title of thesis

4. Description of  Research Plan

5. Budget

Note that the applicant and the advisor are jointly responsible for the accuracy and validity of all information on the application. In addition, you must receive approval from the human subjects review board at the institution where you are currently enrolled before funding will be awarded for research involving human subjects.

Fund Usage: 
Research, travel, equipment, other
Funding Restrictions: 

Research must be cartographic in nature. Cartography must be the central issue (not just a tool for other research).

Does not provide funding for travel to conferences.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics

National Fellowships Program

Typical application deadline: 
January
Contact Name: 
Dr. Julie Gros-Louis, SDE/GWIS Fellowships Coordinator
Page last updated: 
10/14/2010
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(319) 384-1816
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application (online version - also available as .pdf or .doc)
Funding source home page: 
Graduate Women in Science
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Any nationality/citizenship is eligible, can perform research outside of the US,

All applicants must be women scientists who have already completed a bachelor’s degree, and are conducting research in the natural sciences. All applicants must pay the application fee in US dollars.

Membership of GWIS is not required.

Keywords: 
Agriculture
Computers
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Economics
General support
International students
Minority
Research/field research
Science/technology
Social sciences
Women
Amount: 
$1,000 - $10,000
Funding Abstract: 

Goal: To identify and to develop the GWIS leaders of tomorrow to supersede the GWIS leaders of today.

Purposes:

  1. To increase knowledge in the fundamental sciences.
  2. To encourage research careers in the sciences by women.

A variety of awards are given in two categories:

  • For the SDE, Eloise Gerry, and Vessa Notchev Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics.
  • For the Nell I. Mondy Fellowships, awards are for research in the same areas as for the other Fellowships, with preference given to applications in the areas of food science and nutrition. The winner of the Nell I. Mondy Fellowship must be a member of SDE/GWIS.
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Fill out application form (available online) and submit as a single file in a .pdf document, except letters of recommendation.

Application includes background information form, abstract of proposed research, description of project, budget with justification, and research subject or collection permits, if necessary.

Fund Usage: 
Research, supplies, publications, travel
Funding Restrictions: 

Funds cannot be used for the following:  tuition, child care, travel to professional meetings or to begin a new appointment, travel to another institution for coursework, training or workshops, administrative overhead or indirect costs, personal computers, living allowances, or equipment of general use.

A maximum of $10,000 may be requested-any fellowship proposals requesting over $10,000 will be disqualified.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program

Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
12/09/2010
Application Deadline: 
February 28, 2011
weblinks: 
Fellowship information, inluding application information
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

To be eligible for a Train Fellowship, applicants must:

  • be a citizen or legal resident of a participating country
  • have a minimum of two year's work experience in conservation
  • be enrolled, admitted, or have applied to an institution of higher education
  • begin their studies within one year from the application deadline for their respective countries

Individuals who have received a fellowship from EFN in the past and who wish to pursue a second degree are NOT eligible. Eligibility criteria may vary slightly among countries.

Funding source home page: 
World Wildlife Fund
Keywords: 
Asia
Conservation Biology
Global change
International students
Latin America
Natural Resource Management
Research/field research
Travel
Tropical
Wildlife
Amount: 
Up to $20,000
Funding Abstract: 

Effective policy, education, fieldwork, and other conservation initiatives depend on sound technical knowledge and skills. Through  Russell E. Train Fellowships, EFN invests in the academic training of conservationists in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in a wide variety of disciplines so that they may gain the knowledge and skills necessary to manage natural resources in complex contexts.

Train Fellows receive financial support for education-related costs for a period of up to two years. Study can be at the master's or doctoral level and can take place anywhere in the world.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Because funds are limited, Train Fellows are encouraged to contribute to their educational expenses with personal or family funds when possible. In addition, EFN also strongly advises applicants to seek funding from other sources

Application Process and Required Materials: 

General application materials: application form (available online); two letters of recommendation; most recent academic transcripts; proof of admission to intended academic program; CV or resume.

Specific processes vary by country program.

Fund Usage: 
Tuition, travel, research, room and board, professional development
Funding Restrictions: 

Applicants whose total annual educational costs exceed $20,000 must show that they have requested or secured funding from additional sources, or can contribute personally to their education costs.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

MSGC Research Seed Grant

Typical application deadline: 
November
Contact Name: 
Bonnie L. Bryant
Page last updated: 
09/23/2010
Application Deadline: 
November 19, 2010
Contact Phone: 
(734) 764-9508
weblinks: 
Grant information
Application portal
Funding source home page: 
Michigan Space Grant Consortium
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Persons who received a Research Seed Grant in the previous year are not eligible to submit. Women, under-represented minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Participation in this program is limited to faculty (research and professorial) at MSGC affiliate and lead institutions.

Keywords: 
Computers
Conservation Biology
General support
Global change
Natural Resource Management
Remote sensing
Research/field research
Science/technology
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Amount: 
up to $5,000
Funding Abstract: 

The Michigan Space Grant Consortium announces the MSGC Research Seed Grant Program. These seed grants are designed to support junior faculty or research scientists at all MSGC Affiliate Universities and Colleges. This program is designed to facilitate the development of research expertise that will allow research activities to be proposed to other federal or non-federal funding sources.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

MSGC funding of Research Seed Grants will not exceed (but can be less than) $5,000.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application packet: research proposal, including abstract, project description, timeline, and plans for submission of proposal to other sources; budget and justification, including designated signature from home institution; approval by affiliate representation; CV; significant publications. All application materials must be submitted online through the MSGC website: http://sgc.engin.umich.edu/fellow/login.shtml by 11:59PM(EST) on the deadline date.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

Funds must be matched (at least one-to-one) with funds from non-federal sources.

No overhead charges can be deducted from the funds provided by the MSGC. Funding can be used for travel and to purchase supplies and services. Funding can also be used for faculty and student salaries if they are U.S. citizens. Funding cannot be used to purchase equipment or to pay salaries, stipends, or travel to persons that are not U.S. citizens.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Fuller Doctoral Fellowship

Contact Name: 
Niloofar Ganjian
Typical application deadline: 
January
Page last updated: 
10/26/2010
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2011
weblinks: 
Fellowship information, incl. link to application 11/8/10
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • All applicants must be currently enrolled in an academic program leading to a doctoral degree in a conservation-related field and must have completed at least one year of course work.
  • Applicants must have at least two years of work experience in conservation.
  • Applicants must propose research in the overall topic of evaluating the impacts of marine protected areas (MPAs) that has direct implications for conservation in one of WWF-US’s marine priority places.
  • Individuals who are currently WWF Train Fellows may not receive a Fuller Fellowship. Applicants may apply to both programs simultaneously, if they are eligible for both, but cannot receive both fellowships from WWF.
  • WWF staff, directors, and their immediate family members are not eligible for Fuller Fellowships.
Funding source home page: 
The World Wildlife Fund
Keywords: 
Animals
Biodiversity
Climate change
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
Geography
Global change
Ocean/Marine
Research/field research
Science/technology
Water/Aquatic
Wildlife
Amount: 
$15,000-$20,000
Funding Abstract: 

For nearly 50 years WWF has committed to delivering science-based conservation results while incorporating the latest research and innovations into our work. As part of its commitment to advancing conservation through science, WWF established the Kathryn Fuller Doctoral Fellowships to support PhD students working on issues of exceptional importance and relevance to our conservation efforts in a marine WWF-US priority place.

In 2011, the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund will support doctoral research on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that will enhance scientific understanding of their ecological and social impacts and that will strengthen science-based conservation and policy in WWF-US priority marine regions

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

This year WWF will provide Fuller Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships to individuals conducting relevant Marine Protected Area research in an eligible WWF priority place.   Research addressing the issues presented at http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/doctoralfund.html will receive preference in the selection process.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

A complete application dossier consists of a completed application form, two letters of recommendation (one of which must come from your doctoral research advisor), proof of admission to your academic program, and any other documents relevant to your application. All of these documents must be mailed together in one envelope.

Fund Usage: 
Research costs, including: travel, living expenses/accomodation, transportation, visas, equipment, stipends for assistants
Funding Restrictions: 

Ineligible expenses: tuition, living expenses/accomodation at university, communications devices, conference attendance, reimbursement for costs accured before fellowship grant period.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics
Sustainable Systems

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Typical application deadline: 
August
Contact Name: 
Varies by program. Visit http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ddrig_contacts.jsp
Page last updated: 
03/24/2011
Application Deadline: 
August 1, 2011
Contact Phone: 
703-292-5111
weblinks: 
Grant and Application Overview
Funding source home page: 
National Science Foundation
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

The student must be enrolled at a U.S. academic institution, but need not be a U.S. citizen. Proposals from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged.

Keywords: 
Biodiversity
Ecological studies
Economics
Ecosystem
Geography
GIS
Law
People
Policy
Research/field research
Science/technology
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Amount: 
Varies
Funding Abstract: 

The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field and archival research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Funds may be used for valid research expenses which include, but are not limited to, conducting field research in settings away from campus that would not otherwise be possible, data collection and sample survey costs, payments to subjects or informants, specialized research equipment, analysis and services not otherwise available, supplies, travel to archives, travel to specialized collections and facilities or field research locations, and partial living expenses for conducting necessary research away from the student's university.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

The following Programs support dissertation research:

Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

Archaeology

Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics

Physical Anthropology

Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)

Decision, Risk & Management Science

Economics

Law & Social Science

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

Political Science

Science, Technology, and Society

Sociology

Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS)

Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program

SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities

Science of Science and Innovation Policy

Geography and Spatial Sciences

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Submitted online via FastLane:
Proposals should be prepared and submitted in accordance with the general guidelines contained in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG). The complete text of the GPG is available electronically on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg. Paper copies of the GPG may be obtained from the NSF Publications Clearinghouse, telephone (703) 292-7827 or by e-mail from pubs@nsf.gov. Proposers are reminded to identify this program solicitation number in the program solicitation block on the NSF Cover Sheet For Proposal to the National Science Foundation. Compliance with this requirement is critical to determining the relevant proposal processing guidelines. Failure to submit this information may delay processing.

Fund Usage: 
Research, travel, equipment
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Do Something Awards

Typical application deadline: 
March
Contact Name: 
Jordyn Wells
Page last updated: 
09/07/2010
Application Deadline: 
March 1, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(212) 254-2390 ext 238
weblinks: 
Award information
Application information
Funding source home page: 
Do Something, Inc
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Master's Project
Ph.D.
Other
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Must be under 25

Keywords: 
Activism
Business/Industry
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
General support
Global change
Health
People
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Amount: 
4 awards at $10,000; 1 award at $100,000
Funding Abstract: 

Since 1996, Do Something has honored the nation’s best young world-changers. Do Something Award Winners represent the pivotal "do-ers" in their field, cause, or issue and are rewarded with a huge project grant, participation in a special award ceremony, media coverage, and continued support from Do Something.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

Each winner has the option of receiving up to $5,000 as an educational scholarship. All non-scholarship award money will go to the winners' organization or cause.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Apply online at http://www.dosomething.org/node/add/dsaward-app

Refer to http://www.dosomething.org/awards/judging-criteria for judging criteria

Fund Usage: 
Scholarship, funding for organization
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Echoing Green Fellowship

Contact Name: 
Deva Jones
Typical application deadline: 
October
Page last updated: 
04/08/2011
Application Deadline: 
October 1, 2010
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application handbook
Applicant Eligibility: 
Other
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 
  • Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Applicants can be citizens of any nationality and their organizations can be based in any country. However, if the applicant is not a US citizen or permanent resident and does not have legal status to work in the US, no services in connection with their fellowship may be performed in the United States. If you are authorized to work in the US but this status is granted to you through your current employer and you are only authorized to work for that employer, you are not eligible to apply for a US-based proposal.  
Funding source home page: 
Echoing Green
Keywords: 
Activism
Business/Industry
Environmental Education
General support
International students
People
Policy
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Amount: 
Up to $30,000 per year
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Funding is for start-up or early stages of a sustainable organization

Application Process and Required Materials: 
  • Complete the tools within the Applicant Coaching Guide (optional)
  • Register for an account and pass the Eligibility Quiz
  • Consent to the Background Check
  • Complete the Demographic Information (optional)
  • Answer 10 or 14 application questions within character count limit (1,200 characters, including spaces)
  • Upload your resume (and your partner’s resume, if applicable) to the application
  • Review Application and Submit BEFORE the application deadline
Fund Usage: 
Business development
Funding Restrictions: 

Organizations must be in a start-up phase. To be considered a start-up, the applicant may have been running the organization full-time for approximately two years and Echoing Green's financial support should qualify it as a major/primary early funder.

Applicants must make a full-time commitment to the organization's development. A full-time commitment is defined as a minimum of 35 hours per week; it is expected that the fellow would resign from their current employment to dedicate themselves full-time to their initiative.

Applicants must commit to attending Echoing Green's training conferences, if selected as fellows. All new fellows attend a conference in July the year they are selected, as well as a November conference that year and for the next three years.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

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