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Fellowship and Grant Deadlines

This calendar of deadlines is designed to give you quick access to information about a wide variety of annual fellowship and grant competitions. The majority of these are fellowship and grant opportunities. Some highlight special events such as funding workshops or grant-writing sessions. Most of these are supported by organizations outside of the university; some are university-based. For fellowships and grants offered by our Institute, see the section on Nelson Institute Fellowships and Awards

The following competitions are arranged in an academic-year format according to the month in which their deadline usually occurs. Please note that all deadlines are approximations only!

September
 
  6   EPA Marshall Scholarships for both new and continuing graduate students: See the UW Academic Awards Office for application instructions.
  7  Harvard Society of Fellows Three-Year Junior Fellowships

14  Humanities Exposed (HEX) Evjue Research Award
15  Wildlife Conservation Society (biannual) Research Fellowship Program
17  Fulbright Grants for Graduate Students (campus deadline)
30  Annie's Environmental Studies Scholarships

October

  1  DEED Student Research Grants and Internships
  1  Organization for Tropical Studies (biannual) Research Fellowships Program
  1  American Water Works Association (AWWA) Academic Achievement Award
  1  UW Madison-Montpellier Graduate Student Exchange Program
  5  Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
15  Nelson Institute Travel Grants
15  DEED Technical Design Project Awards
15  NSF-SBE Dissertation Research Grants in the Social Sciences
15  UW-Madison Child Care Tuition Assistance Program
15  Hispanic Scholarship Fund
15  Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
15  Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program
23  Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study
26 
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) with specific instructions for UW-Madison Applicants
31  UW-Madison Graduate Student Collaborative Vilas Travel Grant

November

  1  National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
with application submission via NSF's FastLane
  1  Department of Zoology's John Jefferson Davis Travel Awards
  1  Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship (spring)
  2  Identifying Grants for Research and Project Funding: a funding workshop of Memorial Library
  2  Madison Viking Scholarships for study at the University of Oslo's International Summer School
  5  National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
  5  Woodrow Wilson Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
  6  Social Science Research Council (SSRC) International Dissertation Research Fellowships
  9  Presidential Management Fellowships
15  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internships
15  Scholarships and Fellowships with the Garden Club of America
15  American Association of University Women American Fellowships
15  German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Awards
15  ACLS Southeast European Studies: Fellowships and Grants
16  Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: Predoctoral Awards
16  NSF-DDIG Dissertation Research Grants in the Biological Sciences
30  UW-Madison House Fellow Program
30  Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: Dissertation Awards

December

  1
  Nelson Institute Doris Duke Conservation Fellowships
  1  American Association of University Women International Fellowships
  1  mtvU GE ecomagination Challenge
15  American Association of University Women Career Development Grants
15  Alaska Conservation Foundation Small Grants Program (applications accepted monthly)
20  National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Fellowship Program
21  EPA's P3 Awards: National Student Design Competition for Sustainability

January

  1
  Applied Ecological Services Graduate Student Research Assistance Program
  1  Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (deadlines vary by country)
  1  Organization of American States OAS Fellowships
  2  NSF-IGERT Nelson Institute Certificate on Humans and the Global Environment: CHANGE Fellowships
11  Air & Waste Management Association Scholarships
15  Garden Club of America GCA Fellowship in Ecological Restoration
15  Sigma Delta Epsilon-Graduate Women In Science SDE-GWIS Fellowships
15  American Water Works Association AWWA Scholarships and Fellowships
15  International Institute Applied Systems Analysis Young Scientists Summer Program
15  Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Opportunities
15 
Environmental Fellows Program (Postdoctoral) at Harvard University
15  Milwaukee County Zoological Society Wildlife Conservation Grants for Graduate Student Research
15  AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Summer Fellowship
15  UW-Madison Child Care Tuition Assistance Program
28  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowships
28  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Management Fellowship
30  National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
31 
Dr. W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr. Scholarship

February

  1  NSF IGERT China Program: Graduate Traineeships and Graduate Associates in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Southwest China
  1  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Graduate Student Researchers Program
  1  Community Forestry Research Fellowship
  1  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internships
  1  NSF-SBE Dissertation Research Grants in the Social Sciences
  4  Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowships
  4  Department of Energy Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (GREF)
  8  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nancy Foster Scholarships
14 
Inter-American Foundation and IIE: IAF Fellowship Program
15  The Land Institute Graduate Research Fellowships
15  DEED Student Research Grants and Internships
15  Nelson Institute Andrew Muzi Yellow Jersey Award
15  Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Internship and Travel Grants
15  Alaska Conservation Foundation Conservation Internship Program
22  NOAA Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowship Program
25  UW-Madison Graduate Student Exchange Scholarships: Bonn & Warwick
27  Resources For the Future RFF Fellowships and Internships

28  NASA Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth System Science
28  WWF-Russell Train Education for Nature Fellowships for International Students
29  Organization for Tropical Studies (biannual) Research Fellowships Program

March

  1  Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship (summer)
  1  Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Dissertation Fellowship Program
  3  The Wilderness Society Gloria Barron Scholarship
  7  Tinker-Nave Fund Short-Term Field Research Grants
12  Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship-Knapp House Graduate Program (Contact your department for their internal campus deadline)
12  National Sea Grant Internship Program-Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
15  Wildlife Conservation Society (biannual) Research Fellowship Program
15  Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research

15  J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund for Public Service
15  Nelson Institute Travel Grants
15  Nelson Institute Kaplan Family Award
15  Alaska Conservation Foundation Small Grants Program (applications accepted monthly)
24  Anna Grant Birge Memorial Awards Summer Awards For Graduate Research in Limnology: E-mail Mary Possin for application details
27  Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Dr. Laurel Salton Clark Memorial Graduate Fellowship Program
28  UW-Madison Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award for Outstanding (Ph.D.) Research in Social Studies
30  WWF-Russell Train Education for Nature Fellowships for International Students

April

  1  Department of Zoology Graduate Research Grants and John Jefferson Davis Travel Awards
  1  Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment
23  American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships
25  UW-Madison Kauffman Entrepreneurship Community Internship Program
30  Raymond J. Penn Scholarship Fund for Dissertators: See announcement in Wisconsin Week or contact Chris Elholm for information
30  Environmental Research & Education Foundation EREF Graduate Scholarships

May

  1  Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships, Madison Chapter/Rotary District #6250
  1  Ruth Dickie Grants-in-Aid and Ruth Dickie Research Scholarships
15  Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
30  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Population Health Dissertation Grants

June

  1  UW-Madison Child Care Tuition Assistance Program
  1  Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship (Fall)
  1  Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internships
12  Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grants
30  Robert Bruce Dickie and Anna Adams Dickie Family Sauk County Educational Award

July

  1  NSF IGERT China Program: Graduate Associates in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Southwest China

August

  1  German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Awards
  1  NSF-SBE Dissertation Research Grants in the Social Sciences


Continuous Recruitment:

UW-Madison Child Care Tuition Assistance Program

National Geographic's Young Explorers Grants (YEG)

Alaska Conservation Foundation Small Grants Program

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