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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Archbold Biological Station

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Black in Marine Science

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the BIMS Immersion Program
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Black in Marine Science

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an intern by providing them training in marine science communication and helping them develop professionally
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration residency program for a recent graduate, graduate student, or undergraduate who will work in collaboration with faculty from the departments of Art + Film and Biological Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

California Academy of Sciences

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support field research graduate fellowships for international students
  • $300,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

California State University Channel Islands Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support immersive field experiences for undergraduates led by the Environmental Science and Resource Management department at the Santa Rosa Island Research Station
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for a graduate student seeking to refine their skills and expand their professional portfolio using natural history collections
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Desert Botanical Garden

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support one undergraduate or graduate student in a botanical illustration internship
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships for undergraduate or graduate students focusing on native flora and fauna
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate to post-baccalaureate level students to pursue field research internships
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

National Tropical Botanical Garden

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

Regents of The University of California

Field Biology Field Research 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

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

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Field Research 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 Field Research 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 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
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

U C Santa Cruz Foundation

Field Biology Field Research 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 Field Research 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 Field Research 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 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 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 Field Research 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 Active