Museum Resources
Department-wide funding
- Austin and Bullen Awards
- Louis C. and Jane Gapenski Endowed Fellowship
- Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Fellowship Endowment
- Mary Ross Endowment
Find out more: FLMNH Student Awards
Discipline-specific funding
Invertebrate Paleontology
- Jon L. and Beverly A. Thompson Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- Drs. Emily H. and Harold E. Vokes Grants-in-Aid for Collection-based Research
- The Florida Paleontological Society’s Gary S. Morgan Student Research Award
- R. Jerry Britt, Jr. Paleobiology Scholarship
Vertebrate Paleontology
- Miss Lucy Dickinson Fellowship
- Ken Ericson Scholarship
- International Travel Grants to Study the Collection
Collection or Lab Specific Grant Databases
University of Florida Resources
- UF Graduate School Financial Aid
- UF Office of Research External Funding Opportunities
- UF Office of Research Graduate Student Travel Funds
- UF Honors Program Domestic & International Fellowships for Undergraduates & Graduate Students
- UF Student Financial Affairs Aid Programs
- UF Libraries Grant Resources
- UF International Center – Financial Aid
- UF Tropical Conservation and Development Awards
- UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grants
External Support
Support for Travel, Field Work and Collections Study
- AMNH Grant Opportunities
- Research grants for students
- Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grants
- Burke Museum
- Vertebrate paleontology collections study grant
- Doris O. and Samuel P. Welles Research Fund
- University of California Museum of Paleontology collections study grant
- Earthwatch Institute
- Supporting scientific and environmental research
- Explorer’s Club Student Grant
- Supporting graduate student research
- Explorer’s Club Youth Activity Fund
- Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
- National Geographic Young Explorers Grant
- Non-traditional funding for young scientists and explorers
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Invertebrate & vertebrate paleontology collections visit grants
- Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Research Fellowship
- Short-term field research
- Pamela and Alexander F. Skutch Research Award
- Grants for bird life history studies
- Phipps Conservatory Botany In Action Fellowship
- Supporting student botanical research
- Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
- For student research
- Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections Program
- For recent Master’s graduates in art and archaeology
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Short Term Fellowship
- Short-term field research
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
- Grants in Herpetology Program
- Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants in Anthropology
- Indiegogo.com
- Crowdfunding
External Graduate Fellowships
- Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Fellowship Program in Institutional Research
- Fannie & John Hertz Foundation – Hertz Foundation Fellowships
- For graduate work leading to the PhD in applied physical, biological and engineering sciences
- Florida Sea Grant Student Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards
- Florida Space Grant Consortium – Space Grant Fellowships
- Ford Foundation – Diversity Fellowships: Predoctoral Fellowships
- Institute of International Education (IIE) – Fulbright Awards for Study/Research Abroad
- All disciplines, all levels of graduate study before the PhD; foreign language proficiency required
- James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation – James Madison Graduate Fellowships
- For graduate study leading to a master’s degree; for students who plan to become teachers of American history, American government or social studies at the secondary school level
- McKnight Doctoral Fellowships
- National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM) – Graduate Fellowships
- Master’s and doctoral
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Coastal Management Fellowships
- Master’s & doctoral studies in coastal and marine systems
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
- Master’s & doctoral studies in oceanography, marine biology or maritime archaeology
- National Physical Science Consortium – Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
- Traditional Fellowships/1st 2-3 yrs + up to 3 more years with satisfactory progress
- National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- National Science Foundation – Funding for Special Programs for Graduate Students
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Information about Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Fellowship Funding Opportunities
- NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program
- Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation – Graduate Fellowships for New Americans
- SMART (Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation) Program Fellowships
- Established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines
- United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation – NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program
- Awarded to support graduate students in their pursuit of advanced degrees in the STEM disciplines
- S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) – Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
- MFA or PhD in selected fields of the arts, humanities and social sciences
- S. Department of Defense (DOD) – National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowships
- S. Department of Energy (DOE) – Computational Science Graduate Fellowships
- S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) – Graduate Fellowships
- For students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission
- S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – Early Doctoral Student Research Grant (EDSRG) Program