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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Organization For Tropical Studies

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support the professional development of undergraduate or graduate students in the field of scientific illustration and provide real world experience that advances the mission of the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Point Blue Conservation Science

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship at Point Blue for one graduate student
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Point Blue Conservation Science

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship at Point Blue for one graduate student
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Regents of The University of California

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate students taking California Ecology and Conservation, a seven-week intensive field research course taught at UC Natural Reserves
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a botanical/mycological illustration internship for undergraduate students or local artists at the National Herbarium of Victoria, situated in Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria’s Melbourne Gardens
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Sacnas

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support mentorship for students focused on field sciences, including the attendance of the 2023 annual conference
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

San Francisco State University

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate student(s)
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To further the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's mission of conserving native plants through an illustration internship
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Save The Redwoods League

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Starter Grant Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship in the Choy Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for undergraduate or graduate student(s), and/or those in early-career transitional phases that would enable them to progress to their next career stage
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s General Internship Program for students from the tropics focused on field research
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate student(s) focused on visualization of human-environment interactions
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Stanford University

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc intern(s) to pursue field-based research that contributes to fulfilling the mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support opportunities for youth pursuing scientific illustration careers, and promote awareness of habitat conservation and restoration
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an internship for an undergraduate student that will provide meaningful, hands-on experiences in scientific illustration by synergizing with local research of an endangered parrot species
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Alaska

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Tamamta Fellows Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support two to three scientific illustration internships for undergraduate students at UC-Santa Cruz's Norris Center for Natural History
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Florida Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the field research grant program for graduate/doctoral students with a focus on field biology through the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an art internship for an undergraduate student or recent graduate in collaboration with a science graduate student, HIMB faculty member(s), and a local professional artist by creating a mural on Moku o Loʻe
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Maryland Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate students from the Chesapeake College in Maryland to pursue a field-based internship to study microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay estuary
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Montana Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two students in the Summer Internship Program at the Flathead Lake Biological Station-University of Montana
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Puerto Rico

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate and undergraduate students in field-based marine science research
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Texas At El Paso

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate students conducting field research in ecology/evolutionary biology during calendar year 2024
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

University of Washington Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships for undergraduate and graduate students at Friday Harbor Labs
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023