School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Informatics

Kathleen S. Anderson Award (Avian Research)

Typical application deadline: 
December
Page last updated: 
09/23/2010
Contact Phone: 
(508) 224-6521
Application Deadline: 
December 1, 2010
Funding source home page: 
Shorebird World
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Any person of any age beginning a career in biology is eligible. Enrollment in an academic program is desirable, but not required. Proposals from citizens/residents of countries south of the U.S. are encouraged.

weblinks: 
Award information
Keywords: 
Birds
Conservation Biology
Endangered Species
International
International students
Research/field research
Wildlife
Amount: 
One grant of $1,000 or two of $500
Funding Abstract: 

This award was created to honor Kathleen S. Anderson's outstanding contributions to bird conservation, and to promote and perpetuate her special interest in environmental research and education. The purpose of this award is to encourage significant avian research in areas of interest to Kathleen Anderson and to Manomet, and to help promising biologists in their work. Requests for support of ecological and behavioral studies of birds, especially research furthering bird conservation, will be considered (e.g. endangered or endemic species, population viability, effects of land uses, habitat requirements, migration ecology, feeding ecology, species interactions, etc.).

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Contact jrobbins@manomet.org for proposal and application information.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

Proposed projects must take place in the Americas.

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

Conservation Trust Grants - Ongoing

Typical application deadline: 
ongoing
Page last updated: 
03/15/2011
weblinks: 
Grant Information
Pre-Application Form
Funding source home page: 
National Geographic
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

* applicants are NOT expected to have Ph.D.'s or other advanced degrees. However, applicants must provide a record of prior research or conservation action as it pertains to the proposed project.
* NOT restricted to U.S. citizens
* Researchers planning work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator as part of their research team

Keywords: 
Animals
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Endangered Species
Environmental Justice
Global change
International
International students
Land management
Natural Resource Management
Ocean/Marine
People
Plants
Research/field research
Restoration
River
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
$15,000-$20,000
Funding Abstract: 

The objective of the Conservation Trust is to support conservation activities around the world as they fit within the mission of the National Geographic Society. The trust will fund projects that contribute significantly to the preservation and sustainable use of the Earth's biological, cultural, and historical resources.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Step 1: Pre-Application
Before receiving an application form, each principal investigator must submit a pre-application form online. The Conservation Trust accepts pre-applications throughout the year. Please submit your pre-application at least eight months prior to anticipated field dates.

Within eight weeks the principal investigator will receive a decision. If the pre-application is approved, the Board will send the project director an email with a link to the full application online.

Step 2: Application
After receiving an application, the project director must complete and submit their application online. The Conservation Trust accepts applications throughout the year. However, please allow eight months from the board's receipt of your application for the board to formally review and consider it.

Funding Restrictions: 

Grants may not be used for:

- indirect costs, overhead, and other expenses not directly related to the project

- fringe benefits and salaries

- travel to scientific/professional meetings or conferences, legal actions, land acquisition, endowments, construction of permanent field stations, or publication of research results

- While the Conservation Trust acknowledges the need to preserve archaeological sites and artifacts, our current budget limits prevent us from funding such requests

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

Junior Research Fellowships (Dissertation)

Typical application deadline: 
July
Contact Name: 
Dr. Elise Auerbach, Director
Page last updated: 
01/24/2011
Application Deadline: 
July 1, 2011
Contact Phone: 
773-702-8638
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application information
Funding source home page: 
American Institute of Indian Studies
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Available to doctoral candidates at US colleges and universities in all fields of study, for periods of up to eleven (11) months.  Dependents allowance will be given for up to two dependents as long as they remain with the fellow in India at least six months. Under exceptional circumstances, an applicant for a junior fellowship who is a U.S. citizen may request up to five months of language instruction prior to commencing dissertation research.  The request for language training should be integrated into the project proposal.

Keywords: 
Asia
Business/Industry
Climate change
Computers
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Economics
Energy
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
Fish/Fishery
Forest/Forestry/Trees
Geography
Global change
International
International students
Land management
Landscape Architecture
Law
Minority
People
Research/field research
Science/technology
Social sciences
Travel
Urban Planning
Amount: 
40,400 rupees/month + $70 dollar supplement
Funding Abstract: 

Junior Research Fellowships are available to doctoral candidates at U.S. universities in all fields of study. These grants are specifically designed to enable doctoral candidates to pursue their dissertation research in India. Junior Research Fellows establish formal affiliation with Indian universities and Indian research supervisors. Awards are available for up to 11 months.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Dissertation research in India, for periods up to 11 months. 

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application must include:

  • Application checklist
  • Application form
  • Project statement (6 pages maximum)
  • Bibliography (1 page)
  • CV (2 pages)
  • Copy of  the first page of your passport and any Indian visa stamps in current passport
  • Institutional affiliation form
  • Project information sheet (2 pages)
  • Reviewer worksheet
  • 2 letters of recommendation.
Fund Usage: 
Stipend, salary
Funding Restrictions: 

The earliest possible departure date for India by awardees is eleven (11) months following the date of application submission

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

International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)

Typical application deadline: 
September
Contact Name: 
Lauren Wyatt
Page last updated: 
03/24/2011
Contact Phone: 
(703) 292-8429
Application Deadline: 
September 13, 2011
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Application Instructions
Funding source home page: 
National Science Foundation
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

* U.S. Citizen or permanent residents as application submission
* have been awarded a doctoral degree within two years of the application date or expect to receive the doctoral degree by the award date.
* desire to conduct scientific research at appropriate academic, government or non-profit research institutions, located outside of the United States.
* Applicants who are permanent residents of the U.S. may not request a host site in their native country.
* Appropriate host sites are foreign science or engineering centers in all geographical regions. Appropriate establishments include institutions of higher education, industrial research institutions/laboratories, government research institutes/ laboratories/ centers,and non-profit research organizations.

Keywords: 
Computers
Ecological studies
Environmental Education
GIS
International
Natural Resource Management
Policy
Remote sensing
Research/field research
Science/technology
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Amount: 
Varies
Funding Abstract: 

The objective of the International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) is to introduce (biological and behavioral) scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacitgy and global perspective and forging long-term relationships with scientists, engineers, and technologists abroad. These awards are available in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Approximately 30-35 fellowships will be offered each year to U.S. investigators for research abroad.

Application Process and Required Materials: 
Application must be submitted electronically using FastLane (www.fastlane.nsf.gov). Follow application instructions at https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/d11/ApplInst_3.htm?.
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship

Typical application deadline: 
January
Contact Name: 
Dr. Jim Diana, Director, Michigan Sea Grant
Page last updated: 
12/14/2010
Contact Phone: 
734-763-5834
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2011
weblinks: 
Fellowship Information
Funding source home page: 
Great Lakes Commission
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Eligible applicants include students who, at the time of application, are in a graduate or professional degree program in public policy, public health, natural resources, aquatic sciences or other related field at a U.S. accredited institution of higher education in the United States.

Keywords: 
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Environmental Education
Fish/Fishery
General support
Great Lakes
Health
International students
Natural Resource Management
Ocean/Marine
Policy
Research/field research
Restoration
Watershed
Amount: 
$41,000
Funding Abstract: 

The Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellow will work with members of the Great Lakes' science, policy and information/education communities to advance the environmental quality and sustainable economic development goals of the Great Lakes states. In so doing, the Fellow will contribute to and benefit from research coordination and policy analysis activities. The Fellow will be housed at the Great Lakes Commission offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This will be the 12th year this fellowship has been sponsored by the Great Lakes Commission, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program and the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Of this amount, $35,000 is provided to each Fellow for compensation. The remaining $6,000 will be used to cover health insurance for the Fellow and support fellowship-related travel. During the fellowship, the Great Lakes Commission may provide supplemental funds for work-related travel by the Fellow.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Interested students should discuss this fellowship opportunity with their local Sea Grant programs. Interested individuals should submit their applications to the state Sea Grant program directors (see below), who then screen the applications for forwarding to the Great Lakes Commission. Each application must include:
* Personal and academic resume or curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages);
* Education and career goal statement with emphasis on what the prospective fellow expects from the experience in the way of career development (1,000 words or less);
* Two letters of recommendation, with at least one from the student's major professor;
* A letter of endorsement from the sponsoring Sea Grant director; and
* A copy of undergraduate and graduate student transcripts.
Note: Thesis papers are not requested or desired.

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

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Energy Technology Innovation

Typical application deadline: 
January
Contact Name: 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Page last updated: 
10/12/2011
Application Deadline: 
January 14, 2011
Contact Phone: 
(617) 495-8806
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Fellowship application information
Funding source home page: 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

The Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School is soliciting applications for post-doctoral fellowships in the following areas:

1) Carbon capture & storage technology and policy;
2) Energy technology and policy in India;
3) Energy technology and policy in China;
4) U.S. transportation policy;
5) Climate policy, and
6) Energy-technology innovation policy

ETIP strives to determine and then seek to promote adoption of effective policies for accelerating the development and deployment of cleaner and more efficient energy technologies, primarily in China, India, and the United States

Keywords: 
Air Quality
Business/Industry
Climate change
Energy
Global change
International
International students
Research/field research
Science/technology
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Amount: 
$20,000 predoctoral; $34,000 postdoctoral
Funding Abstract: 

Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP)
STPP includes two major research projects that offer pre and post-doctoral fellowships in national and comparative science and technology policies and policy formation mechanisms; science and technology policy for competitiveness, sustainability, and security; social determinants of, and social impacts of, scientific and technological change. If you are applying for an STPP fellowship, please specify to which of these areas you are applying. Fellowships are available within the following projects:

  • Managing the Atom Project
    Addressing the risks posed by nuclear weapons and weapons-usable materials; assessing the future of civilian nuclear power; and strengthening democratic management of both through improved access to information, broader public participation, and more effective regulation and oversight. Managing the Atom is a joint project of the Belfer Center's International Security Program (see above), though it offers a separate set of fellowships.
  • Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group
    Addresses patterns and processes of energy research, development, demonstration and deployment in the United States and around the world, policies and institutions for closing the gap between national and international energy R&D strategies and those needed to meet the challenge of climate change; analysis of effectiveness of collaborative and partnership approaches for meeting U.S. energy-related environmental goals.
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

$34,000 to post-doctoral research fellows and $20,000 to pre-doctoral research fellows, with health insurance. Only a limited number of fellowships are available, so interested candidates are encouraged to apply for other sources of funding. All applicants should indicate clearly whether they are seeking full or partial funding from BCSIA, and indicate other potential funding sources. Non-stipendiary appointments are also offered. Please note that CSP fellowship appointments are non-stipendiary. In most cases, office space and supplies, computers with LAN and Internet connections, and access to Harvard University libraries and other facilities will be provided.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Each applicant should submit as one complete packet:

  1. A completed one page application (click to download the application PDF).
  2. A 3 to 5 page double-spaced statement that proposes a major research project or dissertation prospectus, including its relevance to the research interests of one of the Center's programs or projects; the statement should clearly indicate at the top of the page the specific Belfer Center program or project to which the application is being directed and whether or not you are applying for funding.
  3. A curriculum vitae;
  4. 3 sealed letters of recommendation (not emails) attesting to the applicant's professional competence;
  5. A short writing sample pertinent to the application (No more than 50 pages; please do not send books or lengthy manuscripts);
  6. Pre-doctoral candidates must also provide a sealed graduate school transcript.
Fund Usage: 
Stipend, research
Funding Restrictions: 

Must indicate other potential funding sources.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Kenneth E. Grant Research Scholarship

Typical application deadline: 
February
Contact Name: 
Sue Ann Lynes
Page last updated: 
11/18/2010
Application Deadline: 
February 12, 2011
Contact Phone: 
515-289-2331
weblinks: 
Scholarship information, including application information
Funding source home page: 
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

An applicant for the research scholarship must:

  • be a member of SWCS;
  • have demonstrated integrity, ability, and competence to complete the specified study topic;
  • be eligible for graduate work at an accredited institution; and
  • show reasonable need for financial assistance.
Keywords: 
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
Land management
Natural Resource Management
Research/field research
Soil
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Amount: 
$1,000
Funding Abstract: 

In 1978, friends and associates of Kenneth E. Grant established a scholarship program in his name when he retired as administrator of the Soil Conservation Service. The Kenneth E. Grant Research Scholarship provides financial aid to members of SWCS for interdisciplinary graduate-level research on a conservation topic that will extend the SWCS mission of fostering the science and the art of soil, water, and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

Research proposals investigating the implications of a biofuel based economy or locally grown foods are encouraged.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

No specific forms are required.

The applicant should submit, in three pages or less, a proposal for completing the specified project. Included in the proposal should be material supporting the applicant’s ability to meet the eligibility requirements outlined above.

Applications submitted by email are encouraged. sueann.lynes@swcs.org. You may also submit applications by U.S. Postal Service (1 copy only) to: SWCS-Scholarship, 945 SW Ankeny Rd., Ankeny, IA 50023.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

The recipient of the 2010 grant will complete the investigation and submit a progress report by January 2011, with a final report submitted to SWCS by June 2011.

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

Melville H. Cohee Student Leader Conservation Scholarship

Typical application deadline: 
February
Contact Name: 
Sue Ann Lynes
Page last updated: 
11/18/2010
Application Deadline: 
February 12, 2011
Contact Phone: 
515-289-2331
weblinks: 
Scholarship information
Application information and form
Funding source home page: 
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

An applicant must meet the following qualifications:

  • be a member of SWCS for at least 1 year; 
  • not a family member of the Professional Development Committee;
  • in junior or senior year of full-time undergraduate study in fall of 2011 or pursuing graduate level studies in  a natural resource field.

 Financial need is not a consideration.

Keywords: 
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
General support
Land management
Natural Resource Management
Restoration
Soil
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
$500
Funding Abstract: 

The Melville H. Cohee Student Leader Conservation Scholarships provides financial assistance to members of SWCS who are in their junior or senior year of full-time undergraduate study or are pursuing graduate level studies with a natural resource conservation orientation at a properly accredited college or university.

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application form available online-- See link below.

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

Mazamas Graduate Student Research Grant

Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
10/26/2010
Contact Phone: 
503-227-2345
Application Deadline: 
February 4, 2011
Funding source home page: 
The Mazamas
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
weblinks: 
Grant Information
Application Procedures
Keywords: 
Community Forestry
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
Geography
Land management
Natural Resource Management
Population
Recreation
Research/field research
Restoration
Travel
Amount: 
$1,500
Funding Abstract: 

 

 

 

The Mazamas Graduate Student Research Grants are intended to help graduate students cover travel and per diem costs of conducting master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation research. 

 

 

The Mazamas Research Committee evaluates Graduate Student Research Grant proposals using the following criteria:

1. Relationship to Mazamas’ goals of conserving and increasing the understanding of mountain environments (particularly relating to the Pacific Northwest), and enhancing the enjoyment and safety of mountain recreation.

2. Scientific merit as judged by the originality; reasonableness; significance in relation to previous work on this subject; scientifically sound methods; adequate assessment techniques; and potential significance of the project’s goals and methods.

3. Likelihood of success at meeting the scientific objectives and communicating project results to appropriate audiences.

4. Potential for compounded benefits, such as student career advancement and other forms of resource development, support for and impact on community and governmental organizations, and proposals for new initiatives that may attract additional funding.

5. Reasonableness of the budget request.

6. Quality of proposal presentation, including readability, organization, and satisfaction of the requirements listed under “Conditions of Awards” and “Application Procedure.”

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Email one complete copy of your application materials to

 

 

 

mazama.research@mazamas.org

 

 

Application should include:

 

 

1. A cover page with the project title, applicant’s name, affiliation, mailing address, and other contact information (phone, fax, e-mail). Please indicate that you are applying for a Graduate Student Grant.

 

2. A 250-word abstract of the proposed project.

 

3. A description of the proposed project including its objectives, justification, and likely practical impact, background, methodology, expected results, and planned means of disseminating the results. Maximum length of this description is not to exceed 7 (seven) pages. Use #12 font, double spaced.

 

4. An itemized budget for the travel and per diem funds requested, with appropriate justification for each item as it relates to the scope of the project.

 

5. A copy of the student’s resume (1-4 pages).

 

6. A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s thesis or dissertation advisor. This letter may be attached to the proposal or mailed separately. If mailed separately, please indicate who is sending it.

 

7. To keep our mailbox from exploding, submitted files must not exceed 3 megabytes in size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund Usage: 
Research, travel, equipment
Funding Restrictions: 

 

 

 

1. Funds must be spent only on allowable costs.

2. The grantee will submit brief annual progress reports during the performance period.

3. Upon completion, and no later than three years following awarding of the grant, the grantee will submit a final report.

4. Mazama support will be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the grant, but club endorsement of results and conclusions will not be implied.

5. Equipment exceeding $100.00 becomes the property of the sponsoring institution, usually a university.

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

Association of Woman in Science Predoctoral Grants

Typical application deadline: 
January
Page last updated: 
11/02/2009
Application Deadline: 
January 29, 2010
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

  • Be enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the time of application

  • Have passed your qualifying examination (except Satter award applicants)

  • If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must be enrolled at a U.S. institution

  • Not have applied to this program previously

Funding source home page: 
Association for Women in Science
weblinks: 
Award information
Application information
Keywords: 
General support
Plants
Women
Amount: 
$1,000
Funding Abstract: 

About 5-10 AWIS graduate fellowships in the amount of $1,000 are awarded each year. The four memorial awards are: (1) Amy Lutz Rechel Award, for an outstanding graduate student in the field of plant biology, (2) Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister Award, for an outstanding graduate student in physics, (3) Ruth Satter Award, for an outstanding graduate student who interrupted her education for at least three years to raise a family, and (4) the Diane H. Russell Award, for an outstanding graduate student in the field of biochemistry or pharmacology. AWIS may also award Citations of Merit ($300).

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Application Process and Required Materials: 

For details about each component of the application, see the website.
You must submit five copies of the application documents. Collate all the documents in the order below, make five double-sided copies, and staple each copy. (Do not submit the original documents, which will not be double-sided.)
1) Summary Form
2) Research Plan
3) Resume
4) Graduate Transcript - Ph.D.
5) Graduate Transcript - Masters
6) Undergraduate Transcript - Baccalaureate
7) Other Transcripts (e.g., summer school)
The transcripts may be copies that you make. If so, also submit (not stapled into the collated material) one official original copy of each transcript. When copying the transcripts, do not include the "back" if it is used to describe the grading system -- copy only pages that show coursework and degrees awarded.
In addition, you must submit in signed, sealed envelopes,
1) a reference letter (using the AWIS form) from your thesis adviser (five copies are requested on the form)
2) a second reference letter (using the AWIS form) from a professor or research adviser (five copies are requested on the form)
All five copies of each letter may be placed in one signed and sealed envelope.
*In addition, submit one copy of a brief biographical statement.
*If you wish receipt of your application to be acknowledged, enclose a stamped, self-addressed POSTCARD (do not enclose an envelope) with the application.
All application materials must be sent in one package, including reference letters and original transcripts (which should be in sealed, signed envelopes).

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

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