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Graduate Funding Opportunities

Categories: RESEARCH GRANTS (primarily for research expenses), FELLOWSHIPS (primarily for stipend and tuition support) and TAXES.  Additional information is at the bottom of this page.

***The programs below change frequently. If you are interested in a specific opportunity, check it out with the listed source***

Research Grants

American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History
Office of Grants & Fellowships
Central Park West at 79th St
New York, NY 10024-5192
http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
or for additional monies
http://research.amnh.org/grants/index.html

Grants

  • Frank Chapman Memorial Fund
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Ornithology
    Deadline: January 15th
  • T. Roosevelt Memorial Fund
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics:  North American fauna, excluding birds
    Deadline: February 15th
  • Lerner-Grey Fund
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Marine zoological research
    Deadline: March 15th

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

http://www.asih.org/

Grants

  • Gaige Fund Award
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Herpetology.  Must be an ASIH member.
    Deadline: March 1st
  • Raney Fund Award
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Ichthyology.  Must be an ASIH member.
    Deadline: March 1st

Animal Behavior Society

http://www.animalbehavior.org/

Grants

  • ABS Student Research Grants
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Must be a student member of ABS
    Deadline: January

Association for Women in Science

http://www.awis.org/

Grants

  • Educational Foundation Research Award
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics:  Female graduate student
    Deadline: January

Explorer's Club

http://www.explorers.org/resources/funding/funding.php

Grants

  • Exploration Fund Grant
    Amount: Max $1,200
    Deadline: January 31st

Harry S. Truman Library Institute

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

Grants

  • Research Grant
    Amount:  Max $2,500
    Specifics: For graduate students and post-docs to go to the Truman Library for 1-3 weeks.
    Deadline: April 1st,October 1st

International Women's Fishing Association

Chairman
IWFA Scholarship Trust
PO Drawer 3125
Palm Beach, FL 33480

http://www.allbusiness.com/membership-organizations/membership-organizations/4043678-1.html

Grants

  • IWFA Scholarship Trust
    Amount: Max $3,000
    Specifics: Marine science research by male or female grad student
    Deadline: March 1st

National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98151/nsf98151.htm

Grants

  • Dissertation Improvement Grant
    Amount: Max $10,000
    Specifics: Support for dissertation research in some disciplines
    Deadline: 3rd Friday in November

The Ornithological Council

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/grants/

Grants

  • Various
    Amount: Varies
    Specifics: Ornithological Research
    Deadline: Varies

Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI)

http://www.projectaware.org/

Grants

  • Project AWARE
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: Research related to the marine environment
    Deadline: February, May, August, November

Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science

http://www.gwis.org/

Grants

  • Sigma Delta Epsilon & Eloise Gerry Awards
    Amount: Max $4,000
    Specifics: Must be female grad student, member of GWIS
    Deadline: December 1st

Sigma Xi

http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml

Grants

  • Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Deadline: October 15th, March 15th

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology


phone: 1-800-955-1236
email: sicb@sba.com

http://www.sicb.org/students/

Grants

  • SICB Grants-in-Aid of Research
    Amount: Max $1,000
    Specifics: SICB Member
    Deadline: December 1st

Fellowships

Smithsonian Institute

http://www.si.edu/ofg/

Fellowships

  • SI Graduate Student Fellowship
    Amount: $350/week
    Specifics: Stipend for 10 weeks research at Smithsonian facility
    Deadline: January 15th
  • SI Predoctoral Fellowship
    Amount: $15,000/yr plus travel and up to $2,000 research allowance
    Specifics: 3 months to 1 year, stipend and travel for research at Smithsonian facilities. Have completed coursework and prelims.
    Deadline: January 15th

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute


http://www.stri.org/english/education_fellowships/fellowships/index.php


Fellowships

  • STRI Short-term Fellowship
    Amount: Stipend, travel and research allowances
    Specifics: For exploratory or short-term research for 1-3 months at STRI facilities in Panama
    Deadline: February 15th, May 15th, August 15th, November 15th

American Association of University Women

http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
(319)337-1716, ext. 60

Fellowships

  • American Fellowship
    Amount: $15,000 for stipend and fees
    Specifics: For women in final year of dissertation
    Deadline: November 15th

EPA

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/index.html

Fellowships

  • Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
    Amount: $20,000/yr stipend, plus $5,000 for research expenses
    Specifics: Apply in 1st year of graduate school. Duration is 3 years
    Deadline: November

NASA

http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/fellowgrants/index.html 

Fellowships

  • Earth System Science Fellowship
    Amount: $19,000/yr stipend, plus $3,000 for books and travel
    Specifics: Duration is 3 years
    Deadline: March

NSF

http://www.nsf.gov/

Fellowships

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
    Amount: $15,000/yr stipend, plus tuition and fees, and a one time $1,000 travel allowance
    Specifics: Duration is 3 years
    Deadline: November

Tax Information

Are your grants and fellowships taxable?  Check out: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=106193,00.html

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