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.
Active
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
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 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
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a field-based research internship with National Tropical Botanical Garden for an undergraduate or graduate student(s) within conservation science of native Hawaiian plants
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2022
New York Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate interns or graduate students to engage in field research along with NYBG botanists
- $45,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2022 Active
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)
- $10,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2022
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
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