• Are there governmental organizations that may be interested in your type of
research?
• Are there environmental or private organizations that may want to support
your research?
• Fitting your ideas to a grant vs. finding a grant that matches your ideas
• Are you a member of a research or industry organization that may give
research grants?
Some Resources for Grants
Databases & Granting Agencies:
Stanford’s Guide to Selected Resources
Michigan State University’s Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans
Government grants
UW Grants and Funding Information Service
Travel Grants:
GPSS Travel Allocation ($500-$750, only one during UW tenure)
Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation Student Travel Awards ($300-
$500, 1 per year)
SAFS Travel ($600-$1000, 1 per year)
FINS ($150, 1 per quarter)
Specific Grants:
- National Science Foundation: GRFP, grants in specific categories, funding
- National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
- AFS S. Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship
- EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results)
- AWIS Predoctoral Award
- Women Divers Hall of Fame
- USA Funds
- Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (NOAA)
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: research & travel grants
- National Academies Policy Fellowship (DC internship)
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program (USDA) Due October (next Solicitation Spring 2011)
- Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program (USDA) Solicitation ~March
- Social Science RFP for West Coast Regional Projects Letter of Intent DUE Feb 22
- Ocean and Costal Interdisciplinary Science (OACIS) GK-12 Teaching Fellowship: Seattle and San Juan Islands (See NSF GK-12 site for opportunities in other locations)
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG) DUE November
- UW Friday Harbor IGERT - Environment and Climate Change -
sr320 Jan 4, 2012
- Chateaubriand Fellowship to collaborate with a French researcher for 4-10 months
See also
Roberts Lab Prospective Student Page