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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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
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

San Francisco State University

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support up to two rising scholars at the Estuary & Ocean Science Center through the Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences graduate program or the Diving into Ecology and Evolution undergraduate marine science immersion semester
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

San Francisco State University

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

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

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

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
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Save The Redwoods League

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support at least two students' participation in the BIPOC Science Starter Grant Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

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
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support hands-on environmental science research projects by undergraduate students
  • $40,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate student focused on visualization of human-environment interactions
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Stanford University

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc intern(s) to pursue research that contributes to fulfilling the mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

U C San Diego Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a research fellowship for undergraduate or graduate students, focused on marine biological sciences with a field research component at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the UC Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute's Research SCUBA Certification Program (DIVErsity in Diving)
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Alaska

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Tamamta Fellows Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support students to attend the CAMINO (The Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program, and to present their field-based research at scientific conferences
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support two scientific illustration internships for undergraduate students at UC-Santa Cruz's Norris Center for Natural History.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

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 Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and recent graduate Research Assistantships at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology for one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an internship program for a community college art student in collaboration with a marine biology graduate student (scientific partner) and a local professional artist (mentor) by creating a mural inspired by cultural research and conservation
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Washington Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support student(s) to attend the REU Blinks Program for Undergraduates and Post-Baccalaureates at Friday Harbor Laboratories
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

American Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc student biology research in the field through the Richard Gilder Graduate School
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Archbold Biological Station

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

California Botanic Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate summer internships in Applied Plant Conservation at the California Botanic Garden
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a graduate student in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation in 2022
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support an undergraduate student(s) to pursue summer field research at the MBL in 2022
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
MBARI Summer Internship Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021