IPER: Internal Resources

Fellowship and Funding Opportunities for IPER Students and Faculty

This page was last updated on September 20, 2007 and will be updated regularly. Please contact Danielle Nelson with suggestions, additions or problems.

	I.	US Federal Government
	II.	NSF Dissertation Improvement grants
	III.	Private Foundations, Professional Societies, and other Organizations
	IV.	Stanford Opportunities
	V.	Fellowships in Washington or other off-campus sites
	VI.	Other Governments and Multinational Organizations
	VII.	Postdoctoral Fellowships / Other Professional Development
	VIII.	Interdisciplinary and Environmental Research Grant Programs (for PIs too)
	IX.	Resources Posted by Other Universities and Organizations
	X.	Summer Funding and Opportunities

I. US Federal Government (usually restricted to US citizens and permanent residents)

Dept. of Education, Jacob Javits Fellowship –social sciences, applicants and first year only
(Oct. 15, 2007)

http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Nov 1, 2007)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201

Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships (Oct 23, 2007)

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_fellow.html

NOAA, Various fellowships for marine, coastal and environmental management research (various)

http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/fellows/grad_opportunities.html

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (Jan 7, 2008)

http://www.asee.org/ndseg/preface.cfm

Dept. of Energy Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (Feb 4, 2008)

http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/GREF/index.html

NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Fellowship Program (Jan 25, 2008)

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/funding/fisheriesgradfellowship.html

NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship Program (Feb 1, 2008)

http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

For multiple agencies and to sign up for e mail alerts:

National Center for Environmental Research / US Environmental Protection Agency
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/

Grants.gov (theoretically allows advanced searching for funding opportunities in all US federal agencies)
http://www.grants.gov/

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II. NSF Dissertation Improvement grants (usually for advanced students, primarily to cover research costs)

Developing Global Scientists and Engineers – Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (for research abroad, open to students from developing countries as well as US citizens) (rolling deadline)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12831&org=OISE&sel_org=OISE&from=fund

Directorate for Biological Sciences

Division of Environmental Biology (Nov. 16, 2007)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234&org=NSF

Science & Society Program (Feb. 1, Aug. 1 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ssociety/ssdiss.jsp

Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Cultural Anthropology (Jan 15 and Aug 15, 2008)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5388

Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences (Jan 11, Aug 11 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/drms/ddrip.jsp

Economics (Jan 18, Aug 18 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/econ/ddrip.jsp

Law and Social Science (Jan 15, Aug 15 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/law/lawguide.jsp

Political Science (Jan 15 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/polisci/ddrip.jsp

Sociology (Feb 15, Aug 15 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/soc/socckl.jsp

Science & Society Program (Feb. 1, Aug. 1 annually)

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ssociety/ssdiss.jsp

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III. Private Foundations, Professional Societies, and other Organizations (usually open to non-US citizens)

International Dissertation Research Fellowship - Social Science Research Council, for research abroad (Nov 6, 2007)

http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellowships (Humanities and Social Sciences) (Nov 14, 2007)

http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm

Link Foundation Energy Program (Dec 1, 2007)

http://www.linkenergy.org/guidelines.html

American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships (Dec 1, 2007)

http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm

Compton Foundation/Population Reference Bureau (PRB) International Fellows (open to students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America) (Dec 14, 2007)

http://www.prb.org/EventsTraining/InternationalTraining/ComptonFellows/ComptonInternationalFellows.aspx

Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation (Feb 1, 2008)

http://www.switzernetwork.org/fellowship-overview.html

Theresa Heinz Foundation (tbd, ~ Jan 2008)

http://www.hfp.heinz.org/programs/environmentalscholars.html

Resources for the Future (tbd, ~Feb 2008 and multiple)

http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/Fisher/Joseph-L-Fisher-Doctoral-Dissertation-Fellowships.cfm

Environmental Research and Education Foundation, Fellowships in Waste Management (April 30th annually)

http://www.erefdn.org/scholar.html

Ford Foundation

Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (must be from eligible country)

http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm

Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowships (must be US citizen) (Nov 15, 2007)

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/fordpredoc.html

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships (must be US citizen) (Nov 29, 2007)

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/FORDfellowships/forddiss.html

California Sea Grant State Fellow (August 8, 2007)

http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/StateFellow.html

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation (focus on applied physical sciences) (Nov 2, 2007)

http://www.hertzfndn.org/index.shtml

The Land Institute (tba, ~Feb 2008)

http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/01/377bbd433

Morris K. Udall Foundation, Environmental Public Policy and Conflict Resolution PhD Fellowships (for students in their final year) (Feb 21, 2008)

http://www.udall.gov/udall.asp?link=400

Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship -- Social Science Research Council (Jan 30, 2008)

http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/

Organization of American States (OAS) Academic Scholarships

http://www.educoas.org/portal/en/oasbecas/types.aspx?culture=en&navid=44

http://vpge.stanford.edu/SIGF/

Stanford Center on Philosophy and Civil Society Graduate Fellowships (April 1, 2008)

http://haas.stanford.edu/index.php/item/1684

DARE Doctoral Fellowship (April 23, 2008)

http://vpge.stanford.edu/dare/index.html

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

http://fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/

FSI Center for International Security and Cooperation

http://cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/

Undergraduate Research Programs

• lists graduate fellowships

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/urp/fgsr/FGSRSenior.htm

• to apply for grants to engage undergrads in your research

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/urp/FacView/fg_programgoals.html

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V. Fellowships in Washington or other off-campus sites

NSF East Asia Summer Institutes (tba, ~Dec 2008)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06602/nsf06602.htm

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships (must have completed PhD requirements) (Dec 20, 2008)

http://fellowships.aaas.org/

USAID Fellows

http://www.usaid.gov/careers/fellows/

John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships (Feb 29, 2008)

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/knausshowtoapply.html

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VI. Other Governments and Multinational Organizations –International Students

Natural Science and Engineering Research Council-Canada (Oct 15, 2007)
open to Canadian citizens studying at universities outside Canada

http://www.nserc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=sfnav&lbi=2a

Social Science and Humanities Research Council-Canada (Nov 15, 2007)

http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_index_e.asp#8

Vietnam Education Foundation (for students from Vietnam) (Oct 1, 2007)

http://www.vef.gov/chanel.php?id=1

David H. Smith Conservation Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, Society for Conservation Biology (Sept 28, 2007)

http://www.smithfellows.org/proposalguidelines.cfm

Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fellowship, World Wildlife Fund (Nov 15, 2007)

http://www.worldwildlife.org/fellowships/fuller-fellow.cfm

S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy, U.C. Berkeley (Dec 10, 2007)

http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/page.cfm?id=184

NOAA Climate and Global Change Postoctoral Fellowship Program (Jan 15, 2008)

http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/cgc.html

NSF Science & Society (Feb 1 and Aug 1, 2008)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324

NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research fellowships and Supporting Activities

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13454

Resources for the Future

http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/White/Gilbert-F-White-Postdoctoral-Fellowship-Program.cfm

Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships For Excellence in Teaching (Nov 29, 2007)

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html

Earth Institute Fellows Program, Columbia University (~ Dec 1 annually for following September)

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/postdoc/

Harvard University Center for the Environment (tba, ~Jan 2008)

http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/fellows.htm

Public Policy Institute of California Fellows (multiple positions, rolling)

http://www.ppic.org/main/opportunities.asp

California Sea Grant, CALFED Science Fellows (tba, ~Aug 2008)

http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CBDA_RFA2006.html#2005PriorityAreas

Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (Nov 1 2007; March 1, 2008; June 1, 2008) no citizenship requirements

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html

Woods Institute for the Environment, Environmental Venture Projects (Stanford only, submitted by faculty)

http://environment.stanford.edu/research/evp.html

NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (tba, ~Nov 2007)

http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13681

NSF Environmental Engineering and Sustainability (multiple deadlines)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501033&org=NSF

NSF Human & Social Dynamics (multiple deadlines)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678

Blue Moon Fund

http://www.bluemoonfund.org/

Compton Foundation, Environment and Sustainability (April and September annually, check with Stanford development office)

http://www.comptonfoundation.org/environment.html

Andrew S. Mellon Foundation, Conservation Program (grants for new faculty)

http://www.mellon.org/conservation.html

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IX. Resources Posted by Other Universities and Organizations

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Nelson Institute:

http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/grad/funding/payway/deadlines.htm

UCSB Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/academics/extramural_fellowships.htm

UCB Energy & Resources Group

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~kammen/funding%20spreadsheet.htm

The National Academies of Science

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/Other_Sources_of_Funding.html

Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation – summer, postdoc, and some graduate fellowships, generally targeted toward “activists”.

http://www.switzernetwork.org/resources.taf?type=fellowships

Social Sciences Research Council

http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/overview.page

The Foundation Center (allows searching for foundations and corporate funders)

http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/

X. Summer Funding and Opportunities

Research Grants

IPER- Rudolf Summer Grant Program (April 28, 2008)

http://pangea.stanford.edu/IPER/internal/Rudolf_summer.html

Stanford School of Earth Sciences- McGee Grant and A.I. Levorsen Research Grants (April 25, 2008)

http://pangea.stanford.edu/IPER/internal/McGee_summer.html

Summer Programs/Internships

Stanford Graduate Summer Institute , Stanford, CA (April 15, 2008)

http://sgsi.stanford.edu/

Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability- Munich Re Foundation and United Nations University Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich, Germany (January 15, 2008)

www.ehs.unu.edu

Graduate Internship with the National Park Service (NPS) Social Science Program, Denver, CO (currently suspended)

http://iper.stanford.edu/internal/NPSsumm_social_sci.html

Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (March 1, 2008) no citizenship requirements

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html

GSB Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship, Stanford University (March 10, 2008)

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sie/

Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) Summer Fellowship Program, Bozeman, MT ( March 15, 2008)

http://www.perc.org/enviroprog/students/grad/basics.php

Resources for the Future (RFF) Summer Internship Program, Washington DC (March 7, 2008)

http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/Summer/Summer-Internship-Program.cfm

The City of Palo Alto- Summer Internships (tba, ~Feb 2008)

http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/manager/cityinternships.html

Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the Study of the American West- SF Estuary Institute Historical Ecology Program (April 15, 2008)

http://west.stanford.edu/internships/San%20Fran%20Estuary%20Internship%202008.html

Tahoe-Baikal Institute- Summer Environmental Exchange in Siberia and the Sierra Nevada (Feb 12, 2008)

http://www.tahoebaikal.org/projects/exchange/

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for graduate students in science and engineering (RISE) (Jan 15 , 2008)

http://www.daad.de/rise-pro/en/index.html

Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School (April 30, 2008)

http://www.santafe.edu/education/k12-summer-internship.php

The Cherokee Fund- Summer Associate Internship, Raleigh, NC (tba, ~Jan 2008)

http://www.cherokeefund.com or email

AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship, DC and various placement locations, [for students within 1 yr of defending] (January 15, 2008)

http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/MassMedia/

National Parks Business Plan Initiative Internship, various National Park locations, [first and second yr grad students] (tba, Jan 2008)

http://pangea.stanford.edu/IPER/internal/Natl_Park_BPI_summer.html

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IASSA) Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), Laxenburg, Austria (tba, ~Oct 2008)

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/reg-info/more_about_the_program.html?sb=4

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Summer Internship Program (Feb 1, 2008)

http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.jsp

Field Courses/Workshops

Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy, UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship (May 16, 2008)

http://entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu/green/

International Summer School on High Northern Latitude Climate- Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NIERSC), St. Petersburg State University, Russia (tba, ~May 2008)

http://www.niersc.spb.ru/summer-school/

Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Assessment- University of Cambridge and Moscow State University Summer Field Course, Kola Peninsula, Russia, (tba, ~May 2008)

contact Gareth Rees at wgr2@cam.ac.uk for more information

13th Annual Santa Fe Institute Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity, Santa Fe, NM (March 15, 2008)

http://www.santafe.edu/education/schools-computational-social-sciences.php

Debating Science Workshop- NSF and the University of MT (Missoula) Center for Ethics (April 11, 2008)

http://www.umt.edu/ethics/debating_science

Field Study in Public and Environment Health, The School for Field Studies (SFS), Kimana, Kenya (Feb 29, 2008)

http://www.fieldstudies.org/pages/4163_environmental_health_in_kenya.cfm?broadcastID=664&linkID=9464&ID=34943

Environmental Studies in the Boreal Forest- University of AK Fairbanks Summer Field Course, Fedorovskoe, Russia, (Feb 1, 2008)

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/education_outreach/summer/2007/

American Meteorological Society's Summer Policy Colloquium, Washington DC (Feb 1, 2008)

http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/AboutUs_Colloquium.html