Grants

The Foundation makes grants that support its broad interest areas of field-based science, art and craft, teaching, and protection of the natural world.

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Cranbrook Educational Community

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
to support Materials Grants to graduate students in Craft
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Environmental Grantmakers Association

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the 2022 Environmental Fellows Program
  • $22,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Esf College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support scholarships for field experiences at Cranberry Lake Biological Station
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Esf College Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships at SUNY ESF Cranberry Lake Biological Station
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate students in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Field Projects International

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an undergraduate or graduate student intern in developing illustrations for the In Situ Laboratory initiative that offers a new global framework for monitoring animal health and safety at the human-wildlife interface
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Filoli Center

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support nature trail building and maintenance
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Gardens of Golden Gate Park

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the High School Internship Program
  • $60,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Greenwich House

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Greenwich House Pottery Artists-in-Residence Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Handweavers Guild of America

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the HGA Scholarship Fund
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Hawaiʻi Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Mahukona project
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support four BIPOC fellowships for recipients to participate in two-week intensive studio workshops during the 2023 summer season
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Hidden Villa

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Hidden Villa Summer Camp and/or Internship Programs
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for undergraduate students majoring in Studio Arts
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Krenov Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for women in the nine-month program in fine cabinet and furniture making
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support an undergraduate student(s) to pursue summer field research at the MBL
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support recent college graduates and graduate students in a field-based internship studying sharks and rays
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate or graduate student
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Missouri Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support field research of graduate students in the Graduate Studies Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support conservation research and education, focused in California
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the MBARI Summer Internship Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support the MBARI Science Illustration Internship Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Morton Arboretum

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Integrated Mentorship Program at The Center for Tree Science
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the Mote Research Experience for Undergraduate Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

National Geographic Society

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support STEM Field Assistant Program, and Level I and II National Geographic Grants for Explorers engaging in field-based natural science research
  • $300,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022