School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Justice

Grants-In-Aid Program

Typical application deadline: 
May
Page last updated: 
02/14/2011
Contact Phone: 
(202) 675-6956
Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

The applicant must be a member of SPSSI. Applicants may submit only one application per deadline. If an applicant has applied to the Clara Mayo Grant in the same award year (July 1 - June 30), she or he is not eligible to apply for GIA. Individuals may submit a joint application.

weblinks: 
Grant information
Portal to application
Keywords: 
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
International students
People
Policy
Psychology
Research/field research
Social sciences
Amount: 
$1,000 (predoctoral); $2,000 (postdoctoral)
Funding Abstract: 

The SPSSI Committee on Grants-in-Aid (GIA) wishes to support scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources. The Committee especially encourages proposals involving (a) unique and timely research opportunities, (b) underrepresented institutions, graduate students, and junior scholars, (c) volunteer research teams, and (d) actual, not pilot, projects.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

1. A cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail address and title of the proposal.
2. An abstract of 100 words or less summarizing the proposed research.
3. Project purposes, theoretical rationale, and research methodology and analytical procedures to be employed.
4. Relevance of research to SPSSI goals and Grants-in-Aid criteria.
5. Status of human subjects review process (which must be satisfactorily completed before grant funds can be forwarded).
6. Resume of investigator (a faculty sponsor's recommendation must be provided if the investigator is a graduate student; support is seldom awarded to students who have not yet reached the dissertation stage).
7. Specific amount requested, including a budget. For co-authored submissions, please indicate only one name and institution to whom a check should be jointly issued if selected for funding.
A recommended length for the combined Points (1) through (4) of the proposal is 5-7 double-spaced, typed pages.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

Funds are not normally provided for travel to conventions, travel or living expenses while conducting research, stipends of principal investigators, costs associated with manuscript preparation, or the indirect costs of institutions.

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

Applied Social Issues Internship Award

Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
02/07/2011
Contact Phone: 
202-675-6956
Application Deadline: 
April 29, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Graduate students and first-year post doctorates in psychology, applied social science, and related disciplines are eligible.

Applicant must be a SPSSI member.

weblinks: 
Award information
Portal to online application
Keywords: 
Activism
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
People
Psychology
Research/field research
Social sciences
Amount: 
$300-$2,500
Funding Abstract: 

The purpose of the program is to encourage research that is conducted in cooperation with a community or government organization, public interest group, or other not-for-profit entity that would benefit directly from the project

.

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

Awards ordinarily range from $300 to $2,500 to cover research costs, community organizing, and in unusual cases, a stipend for the intern. Cost sharing by sponsoring department or organization is desirable.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

The application should include:
a) A 3-6 page proposal including the proposed budget and a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and title of your proposal.
b) A short resume.
c) A letter from a faculty sponsor/supervisor of the project, a statement concerning protection for participants if relevant and any funds that the sponsoring organization will use to support the intern's research.
d) A letter from an organizational sponsor (waived if the applicant is proposing to organize a group) that endorses the intern's research activities, describes how the organization will potentially benefit from the work, and outlines any funds the organization will use to support the intern's research.

Online applications preferred. For hard copy applications, submit five complete copies of the application packet. 

Fund Usage: 
Research (general), community organizing
Funding Restrictions: 

Cost sharing is desirable

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

Davis-Putter Scholarship

Contact Name: 
Carol J. Kraemer
Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
01/28/2011
Application Deadline: 
April 1, 2011
weblinks: 
Scholarship information and FAQs
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Davis-Putter scholars are both graduate and undergraduate students and must be living in the U.S. and planning to enroll in an accredited school. Grantees must receive college credits for the time period covered by their grant.

Funding source home page: 
Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
Keywords: 
Activism
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
General support
International students
People
Social sciences
Amount: 
$10,000 max
Funding Abstract: 

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice. These need-based scholarships are awarded to those able to do academic work at the university level and who are part of the progressive movement on the campus and in the community. Early recipients worked for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Completed application consists of:

a. Three copies of your completed application form.

b. Three copies of your personal statement.

c. The original and two copies of the transcripts of your previous academic work.

d. The original and two copies of signed letters of support.

e. Three copies of the Student Aid Report (SAR).

f. One recent glossy passport-like color portrait photograph of you alone.

g. All the information we need in order to reach you by phone or email in May and June if we have any questions about your application.

Put the required documents together to make three identical separate and complete applications (only one requires a photograph). Each separate application packet should be fastened together.

Fund Usage: 
General support
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

Clara Mayo Grant

Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
02/07/2011
Contact Phone: 
(202) 675-6956
Application Deadline: 
April 30, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Individuals who are SPSSI members and who have matriculated in graduate programs in psychology, applied social science, and related disciplines. A student who is applying for a Grants-In-Aids may not apply for the Clara Mayo award in the same award year. Applicants may submit only one Mayo application per calendar year.

weblinks: 
Grant information, including link to application
Keywords: 
Activism
Environmental Justice
International students
Minority
People
Psychology
Research/field research
Social sciences
Women
Amount: 
$1,000
Funding Abstract: 

The Clara Mayo Grant program was set up to support masters’ theses or pre-dissertation research on aspects of sexism, racism, or prejudice, with preference given to students enrolled in a terminal master’s program. Studies of the application of theory or the design of interventions or treatments to address these problems are welcome.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application consists of the following:
* Cover sheet with title of proposal, name of investigator, contact information
* Abstract of proposed research (max 100 words)
* Project purposes, theoretical rationale, and research methodology, analysis.
* Relevance to SPSSI goals and funding criteria
* Status of human subjects review process
* Clear statement of type of degree program enrolled in (e.g., terminal ms)
* Letter of recommendation from faculty
* Specific amount requested including a budget.
* If available, letter of matching funds
Recommended length for items 1-4 is 5-7 double spaced pages

Online application form and electronic email attachments, or hard copies. For hard copy, submit 5 copies.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

Proposals that include a college or university agreement to match the amount requested will be favored, but proposals without matching funds will also be considered.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

Truman D. Picard Scholarship

Typical application deadline: 
March
Page last updated: 
10/26/2011
Contact Phone: 
503-282-4296
Application Deadline: 
March 18, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Intertribal Timber Council
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Applicant must be Native American/Alaskan Native.

weblinks: 
Scholarship and Application Information
Keywords: 
Community Forestry
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Forest/Forestry/Trees
General support
Minority
Natural Resource Management
People
Restoration
Amount: 
$2000
Funding Abstract: 

To honor Truman D. Picard the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) established a scholarship program in his name. Truman served on the ITC Board of Directors from 1982 to 1985. While working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Colville Agency (Nespelem, Washington), in presales he attended the Forest Engineering Institute at Oregon State University becoming one of the first people form the agency to complete this program. In 1977, Truman transferred to the Colville Tribal Forestry organization taking a position as Supervisory Forest Technician in charge of woods operations. Later he was promoted to Assistant Supervisor of Forestry Operations.  The Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program is dedicated to the support of Native American students pursuing a higher education in Natural Resources.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Application requires:

  • Letter of application including contact information, statement of interest in natural resources, demonstration of commitment to education, community, and your culture, and statement of financial need.
  • Resume
  • Three signed letters of reference, on letterhead and dated within the last six months
  • Evidence of validated enrollment in a federally recognized tribe or Alaska Native Corporation
  • Transcripts including proof of declared major
Fund Usage: 
Tuition, general support
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Typical application deadline: 
November
Contact Name: 
GRF Operations Center
Page last updated: 
09/21/2010
Application Deadline: 
November 16, 2010
Contact Phone: 
(866) 673-4737
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application
Funding source home page: 
National Science Foundation
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Keywords: 
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business/Industry
Computers
Ecological studies
Environmental Education
Geography
Green development
Land management
Natural Resource Management
People
Policy
Psychology
Science/technology
Social sciences
Urban Planning
Women
Amount: 
$40,500 including a stipend and cost-of-education allowance
Funding Abstract: 

The fellowship provides up to three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, social science, and mathematics. The fellowship is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study and can be used over a three year period. About 1,000 fellowships will be awarded this year.

Deadline varies depending on research focus:

Interdisciplinary Fields of Study: November 15, 2010

Engineering:  November 16, 2010

Mathematical Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy:  November 18, 2010

Social Sciences; Psychology; Geosciences; STEM Education and Learning: November 19, 2010

Life Sciences:  November 22, 2010

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

* Online FastLane application at https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/
Includes:
* Personal Profile
* Education and Work Experience
* Planned Graduate Program
* Reference letter
* Personal statements
* Proposed plan of research
* Previous Research Experience
* Supporting materials to be submitted by mail:
* Official academic transcript(s) from all undergrad. and grad. academic institutions
* Undergraduate GPA form
*(optional) GRE Test Scores sent directly to NSF (code 5140) by ETS

A note on interdisciplinary applications:
The NSF welcomes applications for interdisciplinary programs of study and research. However, applicants are instructed to indicate the primary field of study for the proposed graduate program in the Fastlane Application Module so that the application can be assigned to the most appropriate review panel. The guidelines below should be used to assess eligibility according to the field of study criterion. lf the field is interdisciplinary, but with a clear field of study, the application should be submitted under the primary field. Only truly interdisciplinary applications without a primary field should be submitted in the interdisciplinary field due date.

Fund Usage: 
Tuition, salary/stipend
Funding Restrictions: 

Tuition, salary/stipend
* $30,000 stipend per tenure year
* $10,500 cost-of-education allowance per tenure year

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

Global Grant Scholarship

Typical application deadline: 
November
Contact Name: 
Ann Arbor Rotary Club
Page last updated: 
01/10/2011
Contact Phone: 
(734) 662-1734
Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2010
weblinks: 
Scholarship information
Application form
Funding source home page: 
Rotary International
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Ph.D.
Keywords: 
General support
Global change
International
People
Amount: 
Varies
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowships

Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
12/02/2010
Contact Phone: 
202-328-5008
Application Deadline: 
February 18, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Resources for the Future
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Completed preliminary examinations no later than Feb. 1st before the application deadline

weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application information
Keywords: 
Business/Industry
Climate change
Economics
Energy
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
General support
Green development
International students
Law
Natural Resource Management
Policy
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Amount: 
$18,000
Funding Abstract: 

In honor of the late Joseph L. Fisher, president of Resources for the Future (RFF) from 1959–1974, RFF will award fellowships for the coming academic year in support of doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy.

RFF’s primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences. Proposals originating in these fields will have the greatest likelihood of success. Proposals from the physical or biological sciences must have an immediate and obvious link to environmental policy matters. Awardees may be invited to present the results of their dissertation research at RFF.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Funding Comments: 

This fellowship is intended to be the principal source of support for graduate students in the final year of their dissertation research. The fellowship will be reduced by the amount of any other financial assistance (other than tuition support) above $18,000. Financial assistance must be disclosed to RFF.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Upload the following onto RFF's application site:

* Application form
* Cover letter
* CV
* graduate transcript
* abstract of dissertation research (1 page max)
* technical summary of the dissertation (2,500 words max, not including the bibliography)
* letter certifying candidacy from department chair or other university official
* 2 letters of recommendation from faculty members on dissertation committee

Fund Usage: 
General support
Funding Restrictions: 

*The fellowship will be reduced by the amount of any other financial assistance (other than tuition support) above $18,000.
*You must disclose all financial assistance to RFF.

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

Rocky Mountain Research Fellowship

Typical application deadline: 
February
Contact Name: 
Rachel Balduzzi, Program Coordinator
Page last updated: 
11/11/2010
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2011
Contact Phone: 
970-586-3262
weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application guidelines
Funding source home page: 
Rocky Mountain Nature Association
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

* Currently enrolled in or in process of graduating from a graduate level program at an accredited college or university
* Participants much show proven excellence in scholarship, research or service in the fields of natural and/or cultural studies and interpretation
* Goals should include an interest in a career with national or state parks in park interpretation, natural or cultural studies, resource management, or environmental education.
* Participant should exhibit the ability to communicate effectively at a level appropriate to public audiences
* Participant should exhibit a willingness to contribute to the purposes of the Rocky Mountain Fellowship Program and assist the National Park Service by sharing knowledge, skill and enthusiasm.

Keywords: 
Animals
Birds
Community Forestry
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
Environmental Education
Forest/Forestry/Trees
Land management
Mammals
Natural Resource Management
Plants
Research/field research
River
Soil
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Wildlife
Amount: 
$5000 stipend, up to $3000 for research
Funding Abstract: 
The Rocky Mountain Research Fellowship is an endowed program funded by the Justine and Leslie Fidel Bailey Trust. It is designed to encourage highly qualified graduate students to apply their talents to conducting research in the national parks. It is also intended to convey the importance of communicating park research to the public. One fellowship is awarded annually.

This fellowship opportunity invites a broad range of research proposals to be reviewed and conducted in Rocky Mountain National Park, including wildlife management, vegetation and riparian studies, fire ecology, cultural sciences, archeology and historic structures preservation, as well as other topics in botany, zoology, geology, history, ecology and ornithology. The graduate student awarded the Research Fellowship will work with Rocky Mountain National Park staff for a period of three to four months. Applicants must submit a preliminary research proposal and the chosen fellow will be expected to convey research finding to the general public as well as to professional audiences.
Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

 Please complete the following information based on the preliminary research plans you have developed and propose to conduct during the fellowship period. This is a useful tool to prepare for the fellowship experience, and will enable park staff to evaluate your proposal.

Please mail or email five copies (postmarked no later than February 1) of your proposal to Rachel Balduzzi at the Rocky Mountain Nature Association-- see contact information below.

  1. Cover Letter

  2. Introduction (applicant information, etc.)

  3. Qualifications (resume, transcripts, list of publications, three professional references)

  4. Overview -(Summarize the proposed project by describing in general the problem or issue being investigated as well as any previous pertinent research)

  5. Objectives/Hypothesis to be tested

  6. Methods

  7. Products of Research

  8. Supporting Documents and Special Concerns

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

Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant

Contact Name: 
Kimberly A. Floyd
Typical application deadline: 
April
Page last updated: 
02/04/2011
Application Deadline: 
April 15, 2011
weblinks: 
Grant information
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Doctoral student working on dissertation

Funding source home page: 
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
Keywords: 
Activism
Behavior
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
Policy
Psychology
Research/field research
Social sciences
Amount: 
up to $5,000
Funding Abstract: 

Grants are available to help support doctoral dissertation expenses of students in the U.S. or Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning, well being, or literacy of children, adults, couples, families or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

 

 

 

If a grant is awarded, the check will be made payable to the applicant organization and sent to the attention and address of the university official designated in the application. It is not possible for the Fund to provide feedback on applications that are declined; nor may applications, once declined, be resubmitted to the Fund for further consideration.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

 

3. Ten copies of a brief abstract

4. Evidence that the dissertation proposal has received official faculty approval

5. Evidence that the dissertation proposal has received official approval from the IRB of the sponsoring institution

6. Applicant's curriculum vitae

7. A time schedule showing probable dates for completion of data collection, data analysis, and the dissertation itself

8. A proposed budget

9. Indicate other sources of funding for this project which have already been secured or to which you have applied or intend to apply for support.

10. A letter of agreement from the applicant

 

 

 

11. Letter from sponsoring organization

12. Confidential letter from the applicant's primary faculty dissertation sponsor.

 

 

The following items are required:

1. Completed application form with original signature

2. A copy of the dissertation proposal as approved.

Fund Usage: 
Research (general), field costs, software
Funding Restrictions: 

 

 

 

- salary, tuition, or living expenses for the applicant

- major travel, hotel costs, conference attendance, or organizational dues

- purchase of major equipment or furniture

- expenses incurred prior to faculty approval of dissertation proposal or after faculty approval of completed dissertation

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice

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