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General graduate fellowship (mainly focused on PhD studies)

November 27th deadline: EPA Fellowship: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/131
December 3rd deadline: SMART Fellowship https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/630
December 7th deadline: DoD Fellowship: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/223
December 17th deadline: FORD Fellowship: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/130
January 9th deadline: DOE Fellowship: https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/224
October 22nd deadline: NSF GRFP Fellowship
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Additional potential funding opportunities

National Geographic

 National Geographic Grants focus on three lenses: The Human Journey, Wildlife and Wild places and Our Changing Planet. Within these lenses each project should have one of 5 focuses: conservation, education, research, storytelling and technology. For the SPEC Lab the most applicable lenses are
Wildlife & Wild Places and Our changing Planet. The following brief descriptions are taken directly from the National Geographic project description page. 
Lenses:
Wildlife & Wild Places: projects that explore and document the Earth’s biodiversity in order to better understand and conserve species, habitats, processes, and ecosystems. 
Our Changing Planet: projects that explore and document earth and ocean systems in the present, past, and future in order to better understand and protect the evolving environment.
Focuses:
   Research: Answering important scientific questions with measurable outcomes to advance a particular field of knowledge 
   Conservation: Achieving quantifiable conservation outcomes as a result of scientifically informed actions
   Storytelling: Revealing the diversity and complexity of our world through visual, written, and/or audio media
   Education: Breaking new ground for teaching within the lens disciplines or assessing what works in the education landscape 
   Technology: Developing new technologies or innovative uses of existing technologies for science, conservation, education, mapping, or storytelling
Grants:
Standard Grant 
  •  Description: Funding by experienced individual with prior experience successfully completing projects of similar scope. Applications should be submitted at least 6 months before project start date.
  • Award: Grants usually less than $ 30,000 considered up to $50,000.
  • Deadline: January 3rd, 2018
Link:https://www.nationalgeographic.org/grants/what-we-fund
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​National Geographic Early Career Grant
  • Description: To offer less experienced individuals the opportunity to lead a project. Applicants are not required to have an advanced degree. Applications should be submitted at least 4 months before project start date. 
  • Award:  Grants usually less than $5,000 considered up to $10,000 for 1 year.
  • Deadline: November 29th, 2017 & January 3rd, 2018 (applications are accepted on a rolling basis)
Link:https://www.nationalgeographic.org/grants/how-to-apply/

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

CTFS Research Grants Program:
  •    Description: Forest Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) funds research projects associated with the CTFS-ForestGEO network of  Forest Dynamics Sites. Applicant do not need to be directly involved with sites prior to application. Ideal for:senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students; priority given to early career researchers. Projects may include: fieldwork,  site data analysis, or the generation of data that compliments the CTFS-ForestGEO programs. Research projects can be basic or applied and based around either social or natural sciences. All nationalities welcomed to apply. 
  •    Duration: 3 months- 2 Year
  •    Award: ~ $2,000 - 15,000 
  • ​   Deadline: April 18th, 2017
 Link:http://www.ctfs.si.edu/group/Grants+%26+Training/Grants+Program ​
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PaRROT Sequoia

Parrot Climate Innovation Grant 
  • Description:  This grant provides hardware and software for innovative field research that investigates the impacts, and possible mitigation, of climate change. Proposals must include mapping component using UAVs + Pix4D photogrammetric software and multi-spectral imagery related to the capabilities of the Parrot Sequoia camera. Open to all nationalities.Grants will be awarded based on novelty, scientific merit and team experience. Applicants are not required to have advanced degrees. However, advanced degrees, formal association with educational organizations or institutions as well as a strong record of climate change research as well regarded. 
  • Award: Aerial mapping kit icluding a single multirotor drone (3DR Solo or similar), 2 extra batteries, one Parrot Sequoia camera, Sequoia cables, and 6 month PIX4D license Pix4D ($6,500 value).
  • Requirements:  CV and two-page proposal integrating drone technology and aerial multispectral imagery with existing long term experiments understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change.
  • Deadline: February 1st, 2017
Link: https://pix4d.com/pix4d-and-parrot-back-6-top-researchers-on-climatechange/ 
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LEWIS AND CLARK FUND FOR EXPLORATION AND FIELD RESEARCH


  • Award: up to $5,000 for travel and related expenses, including personal field equipment.
  • Eligibility: Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. U.S. citizens and residents wishing to carry out research anywhere in the world. Foreign applicants must either be based at a U.S. institution or plan to carry out their work in the United States.
  • Requirements: two letters of recommendation from academic advisor, specifying the student’s qualifications to carry out the proposed work and the educational content of the trip. The letters of support must directly address the project outlined in the proposal. Online application form (https://aps.onlineapplicationportal.com/
  • Deadline: 01/30/2017
​Link: https://amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark
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WILDLIFE aCOUSTICS SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT GRANT

ps://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant

  • Award: every quarter, up to $5,000 of Wildlife Acoustics products
  • Eligibility: Grant recipient must be associated with a charitable, educational or other tax-exempt organization. Non US organizations are welcomed.
  • Requirements: Application form (https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant/application), 1-3 letters of recommendation, and copy of the organization's certificate/letter of tax exemption. 
  • Deadline: Trimestral. Next deadline 15th August 2017


TINKER FIELD RESEARCH GRANT

http://www.tinker.org/content/field-research-grants

  • Award: $15,000 to be matched 100% by the University of Florida’s Office of Research. Administered through center´s of Latin American Studies.
  • Eligibility: Graduate students carrying out pre-dissertation field research in the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere.
  • Requirements: 
  • Deadline: Beginning of 2017. Unclear from the web, links broken


UFL TDC FIELD RESEARCH GRANT

http://www.tcd.ufl.edu/financial-support/field-research-grants
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  • Award: up to $2,000 for travel, lodging and other research related expenses. 
  • Eligibility: Graduate students carrying out pre-dissertation field research in the tropics, enrolment on aTCD program.
  • Requirements: Application and budget form (refer to link above), 1 letter of recommendation, abstract, timetable, and proposal.
  • Deadline: 03/06/2017
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DISNEY CONSERVATION FUND

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/environment/#disney-conservation-fund

Frequently Asked Questions (https://ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com/Annual-Conservation-Grants-Frequently-Asked-Questions.pdf​)

  • Award: up to $50,000 to be provided over a grant period of two years.
  • Eligibility: Scientists, students and institutions to work with nonprofit organizations. Graduate students must apply as part of an established program.
  • Requirements: Inquiry deadline from 10/01/2017 to 11/17/2017; Invitations distributed in January 2018; Proposals in March 2017; Evaluation completed in August 2017 Processing/Notifications/Check Distribution in August-September, 2018. 
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UF Biodiversity Institute Graduate Fellowship

https://biodiversity.flmnh.ufl.edu/fellows/ (Info for 2017-2018)
http://sfrc.ufl.edu/uf-biodiversity-graduate-student-fellowships-2016-17/
  • Award: $20,000 for academic year , plus tuition
  • Eligibility: UFL graduate students conducting biodiversity research and working with: 1) large data sets, 2) biological surveys, and/or 3) translating knowledge on biodiversity into policies, law, education, etc.
  • Requirements: Proposal, CV and Endorsement Letter
  • Deadline: April, 2018


Joshua C. Dickinson IV Memorial Fund for Tropical Forestry

http://www.sfa.ufl.edu/search/content/joshua-c-dickinson-iv-memorial-fund-tropical-forestry
  • Award: It varies depending on field requirements.
  • Eligibility: Supports field experience in tropical forest ecology and management for undergraduate students in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation.
  • Requirements: Proposal, CV and Endorsement Letter
  • Deadline: November 2018


CUAHSI Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grant program

http://criticalzone.org/national/news/story/cuahsi-instrumentation-discovery-travel-grant-program/
  • Award: Up to $1000 to visit colleagues to efficiently and economically learn new instrumentation
  • Eligibility:
  • Requirements: Proposal, CV and Endorsement Letter
  • Deadline: 09/30/2017


RUFFORD Foundation grants

https://www.rufford.org/
  • Award: Various awards starting on $5000 and up to $15000
  • Eligibility: Supports small-scale, pilot studies for field work research with a nature/conservation focus in developing countries
  • Requirements: Aplication form and three references
  • Deadline: One application for every 12 month period
https://swbg-conservationfund.org/grant-seekers/
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SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

http://smconservation.gmu.edu/ - Scholarship opportunities for students from developing countries.

ALVARO UGALDE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Álvaro Ugalde Scholarship Fund - This fund will provide scholarships to young conservationists from Costa Rica and around the world. These small grants will support students and young professionals with experience in the field while contributing to the long-term conservation of the Osa Peninsula.