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

Idea Wild

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support IdeaWild’s small equipment fund for biological field research projects
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Kawerak Inc.

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support Caleb Scholars Program, focused on field-based research
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

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
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

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
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

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

Missouri Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support field research of graduate students in the Graduate Studies Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a science illustration internship for certificate students from CSU Monterey Bay
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Morton Arboretum

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Integrated Mentorship Program at The Center for Tree Science
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a science illustration intern
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

National Geographic Society

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support the STEM Field Assistant Program and Level I National Geographic Grants for Explorers engaging in field-based natural science research
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Organization For Tropical Studies

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a student pursuing graduate studies in field biology research through a project generating new Geographic Information Systems layers (types of data) for forest research plots and to improve the management of OTS field stations
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

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