External Fellowships
Also see outside grants available.
BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) Fellowship
Website: https://bealocalist.org/apply-local-economy-fellowship
Due: Typically in October
Amount: two years of funding and training
The Bullitt Environmental Fellowship
Website: www.bullitt.org
Due: Typically in April
Amount: two-year, $50,000/year
For: Graduate students interested in pursuing leadership positions within the environmental field.
Coalition for a Livable Future Equity Fellowship
Website: http://www.cnrg-portland.org/node/27397 or contact Kris Smock: kris@kristinasmockconsulting.com
Due: Typically in May
For: assist with analyzing maps and conducting basic statistical analysis of the raw data
Coastal Management Fellowship
Website: http://coast.noaa.gov/fellowship/
Due: Typically in January
Amount: 2 year fellowship; salary, medical benefits, and travel/relocation reimbursement
For: will complete their master's, doctoral, or professional degrees within two years
AAUW Fellowships & Grants
Website: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/selected-professions-fellowships/
Due: Typically November – January
Amount: Varies—up to $20,000
For: Graduate women
Annie’s Sustainable Agriculture
Website: http://www.annies.com/giving-back/agricultural-scholarships
Due: TBA, before February
Amount: $2,000 – $10,000
For: Research concerning sustainable, organic agriculture
Coastal Fellowship Graduate Opportunities
Website: www.://coast.noaa.gov/fellowship/grad_opportunities.html
Due: Many opportunities
Amount: Various amounts
For: Coastal, marine or environmental research or management
College Guide for Indigenous Students
Website: https://study.com/resources/indigenous-student-college-guide
Due: Many Opportunities
Amount: Varies
For: Indigenous Students in the United States seeking higher education opportunities
Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County
Website: http://www.traditionsfairtrade.com/sustFund/sustainingFundHome.html
Due: Typically in October
Amount: varies
For: Community-oriented projects in Thurston County.
Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program
Website: http://www.coralreef.noa.gov
Due: Every other Fall
Amount: salary varies
For: Applicants typically have a master's degree and two years of experience or a bachelor's degree and four years of experience. Jurisdictions may require additional or alternate skills, such as outreach and education experience. Jurisdictions may set other specific eligibility requirements which are provided when new fellows are being recruited.
Echoing Green Fellowship (for social entrepreneurial ideas):
Website: http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship
Due: Typically October-November
Amount: 2-year program; $60,000 stipend; health insurance; additional stipends & support
For: Continuing development for an organization in start-up phase
EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge
Website: http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/crw_challenge.cfm
Due: Typically in December
Amount: Prize of $1,500 – $2,500, as well as $8,000 – $11,000 in funds for their faculty advisor to conduct research on green infrastructure
For: Develop innovative approaches to stormwater management.
EPA Fellowships
Website: http://epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
Due: Typically in November
Amount: Up to $42,000/year
For: Research in environmental studies
FlowCAM Student Equipment & Travel Grant
Website: Contact Victoria Kurtz (Victoria@fluidimaging.com)
Due: Typically in May
Amount: Training and support throughout program; use of Flow CAM for 3 months, Travel support to conference
For: Research surrounding marine or freshwater plankton, want to use Flow CAM in research
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
Fulbright Awards
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Amount: varied
For: Fulbright is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
Global Health Equity Scholars Fellowship
Website: http://ghes.berkeley.edu/
Due: Typically in December
For: one-year mentored research fellowship sponsored by theFogarty International Center (FIC) and several collaborating institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Henry Luce Foundation: Luce Scholars Program
Website: http://www.hluce.org/lsprogram.aspx
Amount: Stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia
For: College seniors, graduate students, and young professionals in a variety of fields who have had limited exposure to Asia.
Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award
Website: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellowships/application.aspx
Due: October 28, 2016
Amount: varied
The Graduate Fellowship Award is based on merit (not need) and consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.
IBP Pathways to Science
Website: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Grad.aspx
The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) Pathways to Science sector offers a number of different fellowships to teachers, undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs. The majority of fellowships are geared towards interdisciplinary studies and students involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). There are also fellowships specifically geared towards minority students in these fields.
International Financial Aid
http://iefa.org/search/index.html
Kinship Conservation Fellows Program
Website: kinshipfellows.org
Due: Typically in January
Amount: $6,000 and month-long lodging in Bellingham
For: Interested attendants of Kinship’s intensive, in-residence instruction on the forces that drive environmental markets.
Live Real’s Real Food Fellowship
Website: http://realfoodfellowship.weebly.com/
Due: Typically in May
Amount: varied
For: 18 – 29 yrs of age, commitment to create just food system and participate in community food system building, 8-month fellow program
Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellowship
Website: http://wsg.washington.edu/students-teachers/fellowships/hershman-fellowship/hershman-how-to-apply/
Due: Check website in March
Amount: varied
For: Graduate students or recent graduates interested in working with state agencies in Olympia, working on ocean and coastal science and management issues.
Meridian Institute Fellowship
Website: http://www.merid.org/en/About/Meridian_Fellowship.aspx
Due: Typically in February
Amount: minimum salary of $30,000 per year
For: Recent college graduates to work on varied and highly complex public policy issues, learn about the field of multi-party collaborative problem solving, and engage with leaders from a variety of sectors and interest groups.
Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship
Website: http://www.fossil.energy.gov/education/lelandfellowships
Due: Applications accepted November through January
Amount: A weekly stipend of $750 for Master's students
For: Students who are pursuing degrees in science, technology (IT), engineering, or mathematics (STEM majors).
Ms. Foundation Fellowship
Website: http://forwomen.org/grants-2/apply-for-a-grant/
Due: Typically in March
Amount: $85,000/one year; health benefits; optional grants; travel assistance; office space, etc.
For: leaders who are advancing solutions to critical issues, with a focus on the areas of: reproductive health, child sexual abuse, and/or child care (access to affordable child care and improved working conditions for child care providers)
NSF Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB)
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12501/nsf12501.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Due: Typically in January
Amount: $3,000,000
For: Proposals that generate extended time series of biological and environmental data to address ecological and evolutionary processes and resolve important issues in organismal and environmental biology.
National Water Research Institute Fellowship
Website: http://www.nwri-usa.org/fellowship.htm
Due: Typically in XX
Amount: varied
National Wildlife Federation Fellowships
Website: http://www.nwf.org/Campus-Ecology/Get-Involved/Apply-for-a-Fellowship.aspx
Due: Typically in July
Amount: $2000 Stipend
For: Graduate student enrolled in school for a 15 month period who are interested in one of four fellowship topics: Protected Wildlife in Cities and Suburbs, Saving Appalachian Forests and Wildlife, Stopping Expansion of Dirty Energy, and/or Clean Energy Solutions.
NOAA Graduate Sciences Program & NOAA Fisheries/Sea Grant Fellowship
Website: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/FundingFellowships.aspx
Due: Varied
Amount: Varied
For:The Graduate Sciences Program (GSP) is aimed primarily at increasing opportunities for students in NOAA-related fields to pursue research and educational training in atmospheric, environmental, remote sensing and oceanic sciences at minority serving institutions (MSI) when possible. The GSP offers between two years (master's candidates) to four years (doctoral students) of NOAA-related research and training opportunities.
North Pacific Research Board Graduate Student Research Awards
Website: http://www.nprb.org/graduate-research-award-program
Due: Typically in May
NSF GK-12 Graduate Stem Fellows in K-12 Education
Website: http://www.gk12.org/
For: Graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math
Open Society Fellowships
Website: http://www.soros.org/grants/open-society-fellowship
Due: Typically in August
For: The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Nonproliferation Graduate Fellowship Program
Website: http://ngfp.pnnl.gov/
Due: Typically in May
Amount: 12-month appointment—specialized training
For: Career interest in nuclear nonproliferation, U.S. national security interests
Panasonic Trust Fellowships
Website: http://www.georgewright.org/parkbreak
Due: October
Amount: $8,000
For: UK Citizens
Park Break Fellowship
Website: http://www.georgewright.org/parkbreak
Due: October
Amount: All-expenses for seminar
For: Park Break is an all-expenses-paid, park-based field seminar for graduate students contemplating a career in park and land-use management or related research and education fields.
Presidential Management Fellows Program
Website: http://www.pmf.gov/
Amount: Salary, benefits, education
For: want to enter a 2-yr leadership development program, potential government leaders
REEEP Renewable Energy
Website: http://www.reeep.org/24110/9th-call.htm
Due: Typically in September
Amount: varies
For: Renewable energy projects in developing countries
Smithsonian Fellowships
Website: http://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/
Due: varies
Amount: $6,500
For: Various opportunities
Smithsonian Institution- Native American Awards
Website: http://www.si.edu/ofg/
Due: Typically in February
Amount: $150/day stipend, or $400/week for travel and research
For: Native Americans undertaking a research project related to Native American Topics
Strong Cities, Strong Communities Fellowship
Website: http://www.gmfus.org/initiatives/strong-cities-strong-communities-fellowship
Due: March
Amount: $60,000 annual stipends; travel & training costs
For: Practitioners in the United States who have experience and expertise in economic development, public administration, community development, planning, housing, education, public finance, health, transportation, or other relevant fields
SustainUS Agents of Change Program
Website: http://sustainus.org/aoc/
Due: Typically in June
Amount: Attend international Climate Change sessions and conferences. Training in Washington DC.
For: 18 – 26 years of age
The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment
Website: http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/
Due: typically in late October
Amount: $25,000 – $100,000
For: interdisciplinary projects
United Nations Young Professionals Program (YPP)
Website: https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=NCE&lang=en-US
Due: July to September
For: Under 32 yrs of age, interested in working with UN as international civil servant
Urban and Regional Policy Fellowship
Website: http://www.gmfus.org/grants-fellowships/fellowship-programs/urban-and-regional-policy-fellowships/
Due: February
For: Students focusing on the policy issues and challenges common to metropolitan regions and cities in the United States and Europe.
Walton Family Foundation Sustainable Water Markets Fellowship Program
Website: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/academics/water_markets.htm
Due: January
Amount: $5,000
For: Offers an education in science, economics, policy, business and law, augmented by specialized training in innovative approaches to sustainable water resources management and conservation planning.
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fellowship for Minority Students
Website: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/
Due: Rounds typically in December, March, & July
Amount: $2500 – 5000
For: Representative of underrepresented community; able to intern for 10-15 weeks for Aspen Institute in Washington, DC