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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Esf College Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustrator internship for an individual wishing to pursue a career in scientific illustration
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate or graduate student focusing on native flora and fauna
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

Field Projects International

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate student or early career intern(s) in documenting and/or illustrating field biology research in international field sites, such as data visualization and educational resources
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the summer coral reef conservation field experience
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Idea Wild

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support Idea Wild's small equipment fund for biological field research projects
  • $100,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Jane Goodall Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc African students in a field-based study internship focused on primate research and conservation
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the field research internship program at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center with a focus on community college students
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support art and science internships for undergraduate or graduate student(s)
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a science illustration internship for graduate students
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
Expenditure Responsibility Grant
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

National Geographic Society

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support Level I Grants for Explorers engaging in field-based natural science research; and the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship
  • $600,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Organization For Tropical Studies

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support 1-2 masters or postbaccalaureate students to pursue field research on forest plots
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Organization of Biological Field Stations

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate students from member organizations in field-based research
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Regents of The University of California

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
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Regents of The University of Colorado – Boulder

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate students to pursue summer field research in the CU Boulder Mountain Research Station focused on alpine tundra
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a botanical or mycological illustration internship for undergraduate students or local artists to produce diagnostic line drawings at the National Herbarium of Victoria, in Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne Gardens
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

Sacnas

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support mentorship for students focused on field sciences, including attendance of the 2024 annual conference and research presentations
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

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 2024 Active

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the STRI General Internship Program for students from underrepresented backgrounds focused on field biology research
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Stony Brook Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support U.S. and Malagasy student participation in the field-based study abroad program at the Centre ValBio Research Facility in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 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 a local, globally endangered parrot species with long cultural ties to the region
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 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)
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 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
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

University of Maryland Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate students to pursue a field-based internship with Maryland Sea Grant, with a focus on community college students
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active