Funding resources for students/postdocs

Graduate Fellowships


NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

US Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships

Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships

Ford Foundation Fellowships

Other Graduate funding opportunities (updated by John’s Hopkins University)


Postdoctoral Fellowships


Dieter Lukas’ global list of independent postdocs in Biology

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowships

NSF International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)

Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry

James S. McDonnel Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Complex Systems

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Rowland Junior Fellows Program at Harvard University

L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Program

Smith Fellowship Program

Smithsonian Biodiversity Genomics and Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Other Postdoc funding opportunities (updated by John’s Hopkins University)

UCAR fellowships

ASP Postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise (PACE) Fellowship

NOAA Climate and Global Change (C & GC) Postdoctoral Fellowships

Fellowships for appointment at a DOE Lab

Appointments at Los Alamos National Lab

ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Program

Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellowship


Research Grants


Earthwatch research grants (up to $51,000)

P.E.O. Scholar Award for Women (up to $15,000; by nomination)

Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field research (up to $5,000)

Young Explorer’s Grant – National Geographic (Up to $5,000)

Mycological Society of America research grants (up to $2,000)

Sigma Xi – Grants in aid of research (up to $1,000)

The Explorer’s Club Exploration Fund Grant (up to $1,000)

Foundation Center: search for private foundation grants

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