Grants and Scholarships
Name | Source | Support | Amount | Demographic | Research Area |
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AAUS Kevin Gurr Scholarship | American Academy of Underwater Sciences | Research costs | 1500-3000 | AAUS members, graduate students | Research that involves diving |
AMS Student Research Award | American Malacological Research Society | Research costs | 1000 | Society members | Molluscan research |
AZA Conservation Endowment Fund (CEF) | Association of Zoos & Aquariums | Research costs | 17,000 average | AZA members | Animal health/welfare, conservation education, field conservation, management, research |
Coastal Management Fellowships Program | Coastal Services Center - NOAA | Salary + expenses | 34,000 | Open | Coastal resource management and public policy |
Conservation Fund | Seaworld/Busch Gardens | Broad, 1 year term | 5000-25,000 | Open | Species research, animal rescue and rehabilitation, habitat protection, conservation education |
Conservation Support Fund | Riverbanks Zoo | Broad | 1000-5000 | Open | Wildlife conservation |
Crustacean Society Fellowship in Graduate Studies | The Crustacean Society | Supplies, travel | 1000 | society members | Crustacean research |
Dolores (Deo) Fisher Award | Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum | Open | 1000 | Women | Broad |
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program | NOAA | Stipend | 20,000 | Open; women & minorities encouraged | oceanography, marine biology, maritime archaeology |
Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program | NASA | Stipend, supplies, travel | 30,000 | Open | Earth science research program |
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) | NSF | Stipend | 5000 | Open | Research in East Asia and Pacific Rim countries |
EPA STAR | EPA | Stipend, tuition, travel | 20,000 + | Open | Environmental studies |
Exploration Fund | Explorer's Club | Broad | 500-5000 | Graduate and post-graduate students | Broad |
Fulbright US Scholars Program | US State Department | Stipend, expenses | Varies with country | Open | Open |
Gaige Fund Award | American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists | Supplies, travel | 1000 | ASIH member | Herpetology |
George R. Abbe Student Research Grant | National Shellfisheries Association | Non-travel related expenses | 1250 | Open | Shellfish research |
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) | National Science Foundation | Stipend & cost of education for 3 years | 40,500/yr. | Graduate students | Broad |
Grants in Aid of Research | Sigma Xi | Supplies, travel | 1000 | Open | Open |
Grants in Herpetology | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles | Broad | 500 | Open | Herpetology, education, conservation |
Idea Wild | Idea Wild | Equipment | 1500 | Open | Biodiversity conservation, research or education |
Joanna Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Marine Biology | The Joanna Foundation Contact: GPMB Director |
Open | 3000-5000 | Open | Marine biology |
Kathryn D. Sullivan Earth and Marine Science Fellowship | SC Space Grant and Sea Grant Consortiums | Stipend, 1 year term | 10,000 max | Graduate students, especially minorities and women | Earth and marine science |
Knauss Fellowship | NOAA | Stipend, insurance | 45,000 | Open | Marine policy |
Lerner-Gray Grants for Marine Research | American Museum of Natural History | Supplies, living expenses | 500-2500 | Open | Marine zoology |
Marine Genomics Award | CofC - Internal Contact: GPMB Director |
Stipend | 25,000 | Open | Marine genomics |
MASNA Graduate Student Scholarship | Marine Aquarium Societies of North America | Broad | 4000 | Aquarium hobbyists | Marine science |
McLeod-Frampton Graduate Scholarship | The Agricultural Society of South Carolina Contact: GPMB Director |
Open | 3000-5000 | GPMB students from SC | Marine biology |
Melbourne R. Carriker Student Research Grant | National Shellfisheries Association | Supplies | 1250 | Open | Shellfish research |
Mia Tegner Memorial Research Grant | Marine Conservation Biology Institute | Research costs | 10,000 max | Open | Historical marine ecology |
Michael Castagna Student Grant for Applied Research | National Shellfisheries Association | Non-travel related expenses | 1250 | Open | Shellfish research |
NERR Graduate Research Fellowships | NOAA | Stipend | 20,000 | Open; minorities encouraged | NERRs-related research |
PADI Foundation grants | PADI Foundation | Open | 20,000 max | Open | Aquatic projects |
Phillip M. Fields Scholarship | SC Aquatic Plant Management Society | Supplies, travel | 3000 | Open | Aquatic plant biology, ecology, management |
Presidential Summer Research Awards in Marine Biology | CofC - Internal Contact: GPMB Director |
Summer stipend | 3750 | GPMB students | Marine biology |
PSA Grant | Phycological Society of America | Research costs | 1500 | Open | Phycology |
Raney Fund Award | American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists | Travel, supplies | 1000 | ASIH member | Ichthyology |
SC Wildlife Federation Scholarship | SC Wildlife Federation | Education | 500 | SC undergraduate and graduate students | Environmental education |
SDE, Eloise Gerry, Vessa Notchev and Nell I. Mondy Fellowships | Sigma Delta Epsilon | Supplies or travel | up to 10,000 | women, SDE member | Biological and oceanographic studies |
SICB Grants-in-Aid of Research | Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology | Open | 1000 | SICB member | Integrative & comparative biology |
Slocum-Lunz Foundation | CofC - Internal Contact: chair@slocum-lunz.org |
Supplies | up to 1200 | Students enrolled in a SC institute of higher education | Marine biology |
Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship | American Fisheries Society | Research costs | 10,000 | Open | Marine ecology, conservation biology, fisheries science |
SWS Student Grants Program | Society of Wetland Scientists | Supplies, travel | 1000 | Wetland science | |
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant | American Museum of Natural History | Supplies, travel | 2500 | Open | North American fauna conservation or natural history |
WDHOF & Aggressor and Dancer Fleet Graduate Scholarships in Marine Conservation | Women Divers Hall of Fame | Tuition/fees, research costs | 2000 | Women, graduate students | Marine conservation |
Wildlife Conservation Fund | John Ball Zoo Society | Broad | 500-2500 | Open | Wildlife and habitat conservation |
Young Explorer's Grant | National Geographic | Broad | 2000-5000 | Ages 18-25 | Research, conservation, and exploration-related projects |
2019-2020 Funding and Cooperative Research Committee:
- Jeff Good (student rep)
- Renaud Geslain
- Susan Lovelace
- Andy Shedlock (Chair)
- Geoff Scott