Financial Resources

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US Federal Government (usually restricted to US citizens and permanent residents)
Dissertation Improvement Grants
Private Foundations, Professional Societies, and other Organizations
Stanford Opportunities
Fellowships in Washington or other off-campus sites
Other Governments and Multinational Organizations - International Students
Postdoctoral Opportunities and Other Professional Development
Interdisciplinary and Environmental Research Grant Programs (for E-IPER students and their advisors)
Resources Posted by Other Universities and Organizations
Summer Funding and Other Opportunities
Field Courses and Workshops

1. US Federal Government (usually restricted to US citizens and permanent residents)
   
   • Two searchable sites that list federal grants and can send customized e-mail alerts:
     National Center for Environmental Research
     Grants.gov
   • Dept. of Education, Jacob Javits Fellowship (Next deadline in 2012)
   • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Deadline Nov 14-18, 2011)
   • Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships (Deadline Nov 8, 2011)
   • NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship (Deadline Jan 27, 2012)
   • NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Fellowship Program (Deadline Feb 2012)
   • Population Dynamics Graduate Fellowship (Deadline approximately Jan 2012)
   • Marine Resource Economics Graduate Fellowship (Deadline approximately Jan 2012)
   • National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship
   • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships  (Deadline Dec 16, 2011)
   • Dept. of Energy Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (applications not currently accepted)
   • Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program (applications not currently accepted)
   • Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship (Deadline Feb 1, 2012)
   • Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program (Deadline Sept 25, 2011)
   • Boren Fellowships For Graduate Students
     For U.S. graduate students to add a language component to their studies (Deadline Jan 31, 2012)
   • Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship (Due May 28, 2012)
2. Dissertation Improvement grants (usually for advanced students, primarily to cover research costs)
   
   • NSF - Division of Environmental Biology
     Directorate for Biological Sciences (Deadline Nov 10, 2011) 
   • NSF - Division of Social and Economic Sciences
     Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences (Deadline Jan 18, Aug 18 annually)
     Economics (Deadline Jan 18, Aug 18 annually)
     Political Science (Deadline Jan 15, Aug 15 annually)
     Sociology (Deadline Oct 15, Jan 15, Feb 15, Aug 15 annually)
     Science & Society (Deadline Feb 1, Aug 1 annually)
     Science, Technology & Society Program (Deadline Feb 1, Aug 1 annually) 
   • NSF - Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
     Cultural Anthropology (Deadline Jan 15 and Aug 15 annually)
   • SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program (Deadline Feb 1, 2012)
3. Private Foundations, Professional Societies, and other Organizations (usually open to non-US citizens)
   
   • International Dissertation Research Fellowship - Social Science Research Council
     For research abroad (Deadline Nov 3, 2011)
   • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies
     Dissertation Completion Fellowships
     Humanities and social sciences
     (Deadline Nov 9, 2011)
   • Link Foundation Energy Program (Deadline Dec 1, 2011)
   • Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fellowship, World Wildlife Fund (applications not currently accepted)
   • American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowships (Deadline Dec 1, 2011)
   • Compton Foundation/Population Reference Bureau International Fellows
     Open to students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
   • Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship Program (Deadline January 15, 2012)
   • Theresa Heinz Foundation Environmental Scholars (by nomination only)
   • Resources for the Future (Deadline Feb 18, 2011)
   • Environmental Research and Education Foundation Fellowships in Waste Management (Deadlines January and August annually)
   • Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
     Must be US citizen (Deadline Nov 14, 2011)
   • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
     Must be US citizen (Deadline Nov 17, 2011)
   • Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
     Focus on applied physical, biological and engineering sciences (Deadline Oct 31, 2011)
   • Morris K. Udall Foundation, Environmental Public Policy and Conflict Resolution
     Dissertation Fellowships (applications not accepted for 2012 cycle)
   • International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) -- Social Science Research Council (Deadline Nov 3, 2011)
   • Organization of American States (OAS) Academic Scholarships
   • The Dolores Zohrab Leibmann Fund
     Open to Masters students (Deadline Jan annually)
   • George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship (Deadline Jan 18, 2012)
4. Stanford Opportunities
   
   • Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF)
   • DARE Doctoral Fellowship
   • Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Graduate Fellowships
   • Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
     Various opportunities and deadlines
   • FSI Center for International Security and Cooperation
     (Deadline Feb 1, 2012)
   • Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN)
   • Undergraduate Advising & Research
     Undergraduate Academic Life (lists some graduate fellowships)
     Undergraduate Research Programs
     To apply for grants to engage undergrads in your research;
     Deadlines: Oct 14, 2011 (for funding available in the Winter, Spring, and Summer); Jan 12, 2012 (for funding available in the Spring and Summer)
   • Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) Fellowship (Deadline Apr 2, 2012)
5. Fellowships in Washington or other off-campus sites
   
   • NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (Deadline Nov 9, 2011 and second Wednesday in Nov annually thereafter)
   • Fellowships Office of Policy and Global Affairs (Deadlines vary)
   • The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship (Deadline Oct 1, 2011 and May 1, 2012)
   • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
     Must have completed PhD requirements (Deadline Dec 5, 2011)
   • USAID Fellows (Deadlines vary)
   • John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships (Deadline Feb 17, 2012)
   • Hellman Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy (Deadline Jan 13, 2012)
   • White House Fellowship (Deadline Jan 13, 2012)
   • American Chemical Society Science Policy Fellowship (Deadline Dec 31, 2011)
   • Jefferson Science Fellows at the U.S. Department of State (Deadline Jan 13, 2012)
   • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowships Program (Deadline Nov 9, 2011)
6. Other Governments and Multinational Organizations - International Students
   
   • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council-Canada
     Open to Canadian citizens studying at universities outside Canada (Deadlines vary)
   • Social Science and Humanities Research Council-Canada
     Open to Canadian citizens studying at universities outside Canada (Deadlines vary)
   • Vietnam Education Foundation
     For students from Vietnam
7. Postdoctoral Opportunities and Other Professional Development
   
   • Pathways to Science Post Doctoral Fellowships Listing
   • David H. Smith Conservation Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program, Society for Conservation Biology
     (Deadline Sept 16, 2011)
   • Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fellowship, World Wildlife Fund (applications not currently accepted)
   • S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy, U.C. Berkeley (Deadline Dec 10, 2011)
   • NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Deadline Jan 18, 2012)
   • NSF Science, Technology, & Society Program (Deadline Feb 1, Aug 1 annually)
   • NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
   • NSF International Research Fellowship Program
     (Deadline Sept 13, 2011 and second Tuesday in Sept annually thereafter)
   • Resources for the Future: Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Deadline TBA)
   • Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (Deadline Nov 17, 2011)
   • Earth Institute Fellows Program, Columbia University  (Deadline Nov 15, 2011)
   • Harvard University Center for the Environment (Deadline Jan 13, 2012)
   • Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University Center for International Development 
   • Public Policy Institute of California Fellows
   • Delta Science Fellows Program
   • National Academies Research Associateship Program (Deadlines vary)
   • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development CROSS-ORD Interdisciplinary Post-Doctoral Research Program
   • California Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program 
   • Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation (by nomination only)
   • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships  (Deadline Dec 5, 2011)
   • Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) (for those that work or reside on the east coast) 
   • Asoka-Lemelson Fellowship Program
     For entrepreneurs
   • LEAD International Fellows Training Programme
   • Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences  (Deadline Jan 13, 2012)
   • Princeton University Program in Science Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP)
   • NRC Research Associates Program (Deadlines vary)
   • University of Maine Sustainability Solutions Initiative
   • Columbia Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship (Due Dec 15, 2011)
   • Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship (Due May 28, 2012)
   • NSF EAR (Earth Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowship (Due July 2, 2012)
8. Interdisciplinary and Environmental Research Grant Programs (for E-IPER students and their advisors)
   
   • Woods Institute for the Environment, Environmental Venture Projects
     Stanford only, submitted by faculty teams
   • NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (Due Nov 15, 2011)
   • NSF Environmental Engineering and Sustainability
   • Blue Moon Fund
   • Compton Foundation, Environment and Sustainability
     Check with Stanford development office (Deadline Apr and Sept annually)
9. Resources Posted by Other Universities and Organizations
   
   • Cornell Graduate School Fellowship Database
   • UCSB Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
   • UCB Energy and Resources Group
   • Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
   • The National Academies of Science
     Fellowship, Scholarship, and Grants Programs
   • Social Sciences Research Council
   • The Foundation Center
     Allows searching for foundations and corporate funders
10. Summer Funding and Other Opportunities
    
    • • Stanford Graduate Summer Institute, Stanford, CA
      • Graduate School of Business Summer Entrepreneurship, Stanford University (Deadline Mar 15, 2012)
      • AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship (Deadline Jan 15, 2012)
      • Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability - Munich Re Foundation and United Nations
        University Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich, Germany
      • Property and Environment Research Center Fellowship Program (Deadline Mar 15, 2012)
      • Resources for the Future (RFF) Summer Internship Program (Deadline TBA)
      • The City of Palo Alto Summer Internships
      • Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the Study of the American West (Summer fellowships and internships available)
      • Tahoe-Baikal Institute Summer Environmental Exchange in Siberia and the Sierra Nevada (Deadline TBA)
      • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for graduate students in science and engineering (RISE) (Deadline Jan 31, 2012)
      • Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School (Application opens Nov 1, 2011; final deadline not yet announced)
      • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IASSA) Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) (Deadline Jan 16, 2012)
      • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Summer Internship Program
      • AMS Summer Policy Colloquium
      • MAP Sustainable Energy Fellowship (Deadline Jan 27, 2012)
      • SESYNC Graduate Scholars Program (Deadline Apr 12, 2012)
      • U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security fellowship (Deadline Apr 30, 2012)
11. • Field Courses and Workshops
      • Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy- UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship (Application opens Jan 2012; final deadline not yet announced)
      • Annual Santa Fe Institute Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity, Santa Fe, NM (Deadline Feb 15, 2012)
      • Debating Science Workshop - NSF and the University of MT (Missoula) Center for Ethics
      • International Arctic Research Center Summer School
      • American Meteorological Society's Summer Policy Colloquium, Washington DC (Rolling admission)