School of Natural Resources and Environment

Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies

AuSable Graduate Fellowships

Typical application deadline:

February

Contact Name:

Rolf Bouma

Page last updated:

12/07/2010

Application Deadline:

February 28, 2011

Contact Phone:

734-668-7421

weblinks:

Fellowship information

Application form

Funding source home page:

Applicant Eligibility:

Graduate

Applicant Eligibility Comments:

Intended primarily for graduate students in UM's School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) but open to other interested persons

Keywords:

Behavior

Environmental Education

Environmental Justice

People

Social sciences

Amount:

$50 Masters students; $100 PhD / semester for books and reference materials

Funding Abstract:

The AuSable Institute of Environmental Studies is a Christian institute that promotes a Christian stewardship vision among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. The AuSable Graduate Fellows Program is intended to create a graduate-level forum for discussion and exploration of a Christian worldview that takes seriously GodÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s creation of the natural world and humanityÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s place and responsibilities in it.

Type of Funding:

Award/Prize

Funding Comments:

Stipend for the purchase of books and other resource materials in the area of ecology and religious faith.

Application Process and Required Materials:

Application form appended with two letters of recommendation, personal statement, 2-page resume, and copies of transcripts for the last two years.

Fund Usage:

Books

Fields of Study:

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:

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:

American Institute of Indian Studies

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:

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:

National Science Foundation

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:

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:

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:

Fellowship application information

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

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:

A completed one page application (click to download the application PDF).
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.
A curriculum vitae;
3 sealed letters of recommendation (not emails) attesting to the applicant's professional competence;
A short writing sample pertinent to the application (No more than 50 pages; please do not send books or lengthy manuscripts);
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:

Scholarship information, including application information

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:

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 applicantÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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:

Application information and form

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

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: