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

American Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc student biology research in the field through the Richard Gilder Graduate School
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Archbold Biological Station

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

Black in Marine Science

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

California Botanic Garden

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and recent graduate summer internships in applied plant conservation
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

California State University Channel Islands Foundation

Field Biology 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

Conservation Nation

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support the Grant Program with a focus on hands-on field biology work
  • $100,000
  • 2 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

Ecological Society of America

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support leadership development and conference attendance of undergraduate campus chapter leaders of the Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program
  • $25,000
  • 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

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support graduate students in field-based internships focusing on urban pollinator conservation and community science
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Kawerak

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support the Caleb Scholars Program, focused on field-based research
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology 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

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support Undergraduate Research Experiences and prioritize students with limited access to field research opportunities and/or those who would not otherwise be able to participate in such a program
  • $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

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