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
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support field-based internships for undergraduate students
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustrator(s) in Hawaiian botanical artwork
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
New York Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate interns or graduate students to engage in field research along with NYBG botanists
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 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)
- $48,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Organization of Biological Field Stations
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate students and postdoctoral fellows doing Field Biology research and to support postdoctoral fellows and early career scientists doing hands-on Earth Science research
- $100,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Regents of The University of California
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support a research fellowship for undergraduate or graduate students, focused on biological sciences with a field research component at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Regents of The University of Colorado – Boulder
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and graduate students to pursue summer field research at the CU Mountain Research Station with a focus on alpine tundra
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a botanical or mycological illustration internship for undergraduate science or art students to produce diagnostic line drawings at the National Herbarium of Victoria, in Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne Gardens
- $60,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
San Francisco State University
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate student(s) at the Estuary &
Ocean Science Center
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support the summer conservation internship program focused on field research on California native plants and ecosystems
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sea Education Association
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support a researcher in pursuing oceanographic field work in Hawai'i, followed by data analysis and professional development in Woods Hole, MA
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Smithsonian Institution
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support hands-on environmental science research projects at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center by undergraduates and recent graduates
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Smithsonian Institution
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) for undergraduate, graduate students or recent graduates focused on visualization of human-environment interactions
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Society For Advancement of Chicanos/hispanics & Native Americans in Science
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support mentorship for students focused on field sciences, including attendance of the annual conference and research presentations
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Stony Brook Foundation
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support U.S. and Malagasy student participation in the field-based study abroad program at the Centre ValBio Research Facility
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The University Corporation San Francisco State
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate or undergraduate students doing field research at the Estuary & Ocean Science Center
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate students that will provide meaningful and hands-on experience in scientific illustration of threatened wildlife of the Rio Grande Valley
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
U C Santa Cruz Foundation
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support students to attend the CAMINO (Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program, and to present their field-based research at scientific conferences
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
U C Santa Cruz Foundation
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support a postdoc and graduate student in Antarctic field research
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of Hawaii Foundation
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate student or recent graduate
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025
University of Hawaii Foundation
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and graduate student field researchers at Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of Maryland Foundation
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate students at Maryland Sea Grant to gain experience in scientific illustration and communication regarding topics in the coastal and marine sciences
- $22,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of Puerto Rico
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate students in field-based marine science research, focused on funds for transportation and field materials
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025
University of Washington Foundation
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support student(s) to attend the REU Blinks Program for Undergraduates and Post-Baccalaureates at Friday Harbor Laboratories
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
University of Washington Foundation
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships for undergraduate, postgrad and graduate students at Friday Harbor Labs
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active