Lindbergh Grant Program

Typical application deadline: 
June
Page last updated: 
03/15/2011
Contact Phone: 
(763) 576-1596
Application Deadline: 
June 9, 2011
Contact e-mail: 
2012App@lindberghfoundation.org
weblinks: 
Grant information
Application form
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Students of any nationality/citizenship are encouraged to apply.

Lindbergh Grants are awarded to individuals for research or public education projects, not to affiliated organizations for institutional programs.

Funding source home page: 
Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Keywords: 
Activism
Air Quality
Biodiversity
Climate change
Computers
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
Green development
Health
International
International students
Land management
Natural Resource Management
People
Psychology
Research/field research
Science/technology
Social sciences
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
up to $10,580
Funding Abstract: 

Each year, The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation provides grants of up to $10,580 (a symbolic amount representing the cost of the Spirit of St. Louis) to men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

Lindbergh grants are made in the following categories:

  • Agriculture
  • Aviation/ Aerospace
  • Conservation of Natural Resources - Including Animals, Plants, Water, and General Conservation (Land, Air, Energy, Etc.)
  • Education - Including Humanities/ Education, The Arts, and Intercultural Communication
  • Exploration
  • Health - Including Biomedical Research, Health and Population Sciences, and Adaptive Technology
  • Waste Minimization and Management

 

  • A Jonathan Lindbergh Brown Grant may be given to a project to support adaptive technology or biomedical research which seeks to redress imbalance between an individual and his or her human environment.
Application Process and Required Materials: 

* Application form, available at http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/images/stories/documents/2012-grant-app.pdf 

Application Includes:

1. Category  

2. Project Title

3. Principle Investigator 

4. Organization of Affiliation

5.  Amount of Funding Requested

6. Dates of Project

7. Endorsers

8. Signatures

9. Lindbergh Grants Program

10. Balance Statement

11. Project Summary

12. Methodology

13. Results/Application  

14. Budget

15. Review of Literature

16. Personnel

17. Supporting Materials

18. Endorser's Support Form

Fund Usage: 
Research, public education programs
Funding Restrictions: 

The Foundation does not provide support for overhead costs of organizations, tuition, or scholarships.

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