Scholarships

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Overview

Scholarships, grants, and opportunities below is a list I have been making since I was an undergraduate student. International students in the US are eligible for many of these scholarships. These opportunities will be interesting to anyone who does Earth science, cryosphere science, paleoclimate, geology, and fieldwork.

Some local chapter grants have similar grants in other locations in the US.

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📅 Timeline

January

  • AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship — Jan 1
  • Alaska International Summer School of Glaciology
  • Karthaus Field School — Jan 10
  • Woman In Science Leadership NOAA Workshop — Jan 24
  • Journey in Audio
  • AEP Scholarship — Jan 23
  • Juneau Icefield Research Program — Jan

February

  • Swiss Climate School
  • AGeS-Grad (geochron) — Feb 1
  • GSA Graduate Student Research Grants — Feb 2
  • GRISO Summer School — Feb 16
  • GLAMACLES — Feb 15
  • AAC Research Grants — Feb 28
  • AWG Takken Travel Award — Feb 10 / Aug 10
  • AIPG Graduate Scholarship — Feb 1
  • TRGS Scholarships — Feb 15
  • Bob Compton Field Geology Fund — Feb 23
  • IPROMO Mountain Summer School — Feb 23
  • Gino Watkins Fund Awards
  • AWIS Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship — Feb 28
  • SCAR and INSTANT Fellowship — Feb 15
  • AGU Voices

March

  • Advanced Climate Dynamics Courses (ACDC)
  • SEG Scholarships — Mar 1
  • Sigma Xi GIAR — Mar 15 / Oct 1
  • David S. Miller Young Scientist Scholarship — Mar 13
  • PSECCO Conference Grant — Mar 15

April

  • CCCIP — Apr 13
  • ICTP Polar Climates School — Apr 1
  • Emily M. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship — Apr 15
  • Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund — Apr 12
  • NASA Climate Summer School — May 1
  • COLDEX Oldest Ice Short Course — May 1
  • Judith McKenzie Fellowship — Apr 30

May

  • AEP SF Scholarship — May 28

June

  • Radiocarbon Summer School
  • Marine Taxonomic Services Environmental Scholarship
  • Christine Mirzayan Fellowship

July

  • GSA Cordilleran Travel Grant
  • Science Communication Internship — opens July 1
  • GlaMBIE Workshop — July 31
  • ESA Remote Sensing Course — July 10
  • White Desert Foundation Grant — July 31

August

  • ARCUS Summer Travel Award — rolling until Aug 3
  • AWG Sand Travel Award — Aug 10
  • AGU Virtual Poster Showcase
  • David S. Miller Scholarship — Aug 10
  • AGU Fall Meeting Travel Grant — Aug 10
  • AWG Takken Award — Feb / Aug
  • Arctic Mayors’ Forum Mentorship — Aug 12
  • Arctic Data Center Course — Aug 16
  • Cyber2A Workshop — Aug 1

September

  • AGeS-DiG — Sep 15
  • Josephine de Karman Fellowship — Sep 16
  • Sikumiut Field School — Sep 15

October

  • Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship — Oct 29
  • Sigma Xi GIAR — Oct 1
  • LTER Graduate Writing Fellowship — Oct 15

November

  • CSU PREPP (UCI) — Nov 3
  • Rolex Explorers Club Grant — Nov 15
  • Fjällräven Field Grant — Nov 15
  • Exploration Fund Grant — Nov 15
  • Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grants — rolling
  • ARCUS Conference Funding — Nov 1
  • Ralph Brown Expedition Award

December

  • (None listed)

📄 Detailed Applications

SEG Scholarships

  • Due Date: March 1
  • Program Date: Opens Nov 1
  • Location: Scholarship
  • Website: https://seg.org/Scholarships
  • Apply: https://www.grantinterface.com/Process/Apply?urlkey=segscholarship
  • Letters: 2

AWG Sand Student Research Presentation Travel Award

  • Due Date: August 10
  • Requirement: Must present at GSA Annual Meeting
  • Letters: None

GSA Graduate Student Research Grants

  • Due Date: Feb 2 (11:59 PM MST)
  • Notification: Late May
  • Website: https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Grants_Scholarships/Research_Grants/GSA/grants/gradgrants.aspx

GSA Cordilleran Travel Grant

  • Due Date: Unknown
  • Website: https://www.geosociety.org/gsa/about/sections/GSA/Sections/cd/travelgrants.aspx

AGeS-Grad

  • Due Date: Feb 1 (11:59 PM MST)
  • Website: https://www.colorado.edu/program/agesgeochronology/ages-grad/about-ages-grad

AGeS-DiG

  • Due Date: Sep 15 (11:59 PM MST)
  • Website: https://www.colorado.edu/program/agesgeochronology/ages-dig/how-apply-ages-dig

AEP Scholarship

  • Due Date: Jan 23
  • Letters: 1 (professor)
  • Website:
    • https://sf.califaep.org/2020_scholarships.php
    • https://oc.califaep.org/scholarship_application_packet.php

AGU Virtual Poster Showcase

  • Website: https://www.agu.org/Learn-and-Develop/Learn/Student-Competitions/Virtual-Poster-Showcase
  • Letters: 0

AAC Research Grants

  • Due Date: Feb 28
  • Website: https://americanalpineclub.org/research-grants
  • Apply: https://theamericanalpineclub.submittable.com/submit
  • Letters: 0

Rolex Explorers Club Grant

  • Due Date: Nov 15
  • Website: https://www.explorers.org/grants/rolex-explorers-club-grant/

Fjällräven Field Grant

  • Due Date: Nov 15
  • Website: https://www.explorers.org/grants/fjallraven-field-grant/

Exploration Fund Grant

  • Due Date: Nov 15
  • Website: https://www.explorers.org/grants/the-exploration-fund-grant/

Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grants

  • Status: Open
  • Website: https://www.explorers.org/grants/explorers-club-discovery-expedition-grants/

David S. Miller Young Scientist Scholarship

  • Due Date: Aug 10
  • Website: https://education.agu.org/grants/student-travel-grants-application-requirements/david-s-miller-young-scientist-scholarship/

AGU Fall Meeting Travel Grant

  • Due Date: Aug 10
  • Website: https://www.agu.org/Learn-and-Develop/Learn/Travel-Research-Grants/Fall-Meeting-General-STG

Lawrence A. Taylor Research Fund

  • Website: https://www.agu.org/Learn-and-Develop/Learn/Travel-Research-Grants/Lawrence-A-Taylor-Research-Fund

Knight-Hennessy Scholars

  • Website: https://scholarships.berkeley.edu/knight-hennessy
  • Letters: 2

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship

  • Due Date: Oct 29
  • Website: https://www.pdsoros.org/apply/eligibility
  • Letters: 3–5

Emily M. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship

  • Due Date: Apr 15
  • Website: http://bigtrees.org/events-programs/scholarship-fund/

AWG Takken Award

  • Due Date: Feb / Aug
  • Website: http://awg.org/images/awards/Student-Awards/Takken-Award/AWG_Takken_Student_Research_Awar.pdf

AAAS Mass Media Fellowship

  • Website: https://www.aaas.org/programs/mass-media-fellowship
  • Letters: 2

Science Communication Internship (GSA)

  • Opens: July 1
  • Website: https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/intern/GSA/News/sci-comm-intern.aspx

Sigma Xi GIAR

  • Due Date: Mar 15 / Oct 1
  • Website: https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid

AIPG Graduate Scholarship

  • Due Date: Feb 1
  • Website: https://aipg.org/page/GraduateScholarship
  • Letters: 1

ARCUS Early Career Conference Funding

  • Due Date: Nov 1
  • Website: https://www.arcus.org/programs/early-career-funding

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

  • Due Date: Sep 16
  • Website: http://www.dekarman.org/qualifications/

Swiss Climate Summer School

  • Due Date: Feb
  • Location: Switzerland
  • Website: https://c2sm.ethz.ch/education/summer-school-2023.html

ACDC

  • Due Date: March
  • Location: Greenland
  • Website: https://www.uib.no/en/rs/acdc/160261/acdcgriso-2023

Radiocarbon Summer School

  • Due Date: June
  • Location: Irvine
  • Website: https://in.nau.edu/aceisotopelab/education/

GlaMBIE Workshop

  • Due Date: July 31
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Website: https://glambie.org/workshop-2/

GLAMACLES

  • Due Date: Feb 15
  • Location: Montana
  • Website: https://glamacles.github.io/

GRISO

  • Due Date: Feb 16
  • Location: Greenland
  • Website: https://griso.ucsd.edu/griso-summer-school-2024/

ICTP Polar Climates School

  • Due Date: Apr 1
  • Location: Italy
  • Website: https://indico.ictp.it/event/10498/

Arctic Mayors’ Mentorship Program

  • Due Date: Aug 12
  • Location: Iceland
  • Website: https://arcticmayors.com/our-work/mentorship-program/

ESA Remote Sensing Course

  • Due Date: July 10
  • Location: Austria
  • Website: https://landtraining2024.esa.int/

Sikumiut Field School

  • Due Date: Sep 15
  • Location: Alaska
  • Website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5Zp7Sk0jwglXgFEQdwhWzMSQqaJrgObKxZ45KlhoNqVmwlA/viewform

Arctic Data Center Course

  • Due Date: Aug 16
  • Location: Santa Barbara, CA
  • Website: https://arcticdata.io/training/

Cyber2A Workshop

  • Due Date: Aug 1
  • Location: Santa Barbara, CA
  • Website: https://cyber2a.github.io/workshop/

ARCUS Summer Travel Award

  • Due Date: Rolling → Aug 3
  • Website: https://www.arcus.org/programs/early-career-funding

CSU PREPP (UCI)

  • Due Date: Nov 3
  • Website: https://grad.uci.edu/professional-development/graduate-and-postdoctoral-scholar-resource-center/csu-long-beach-pre-professor-program/

CCCIP

  • Due Date: Apr 13
  • Website: https://grad.uci.edu/professional-development/graduate-postdoctoral-scholar-resource-center/california-community-college-internship-program-cccip/

AWIS Doctoral Scholarship

  • Due Date: Feb 28
  • Amount: $10,000
  • Website: https://awis.org/scholarships/

Judith McKenzie Fellowship

  • Due Date: Apr 30
  • Location: ETH Zurich
  • Website: https://eaps.ethz.ch/en/department/diversity/funding.html

White Desert Foundation Grant

  • Due Date: July 31
  • Location: Antarctica
  • Website: https://white-desert.foundation/antarctic-science/

NOAA Women in Science Workshop

  • Due Date: Jan 24
  • Website: https://research.noaa.gov/wis_workshop/

Journey in Audio

  • Website: https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/expedition-grants/journey-in-audio

TRGS Scholarships

  • Due Date: Feb 15
  • Website: https://www.trgs.org/apply-for-scholarships

IPROMO Summer School

  • Due Date: Feb 23
  • Website: https://www.fao.org/mountain-partnership/our-work/capacity-development/ipromo/ipromo-2025/en

Gino Watkins Fund

  • Website: https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/expedition-grants/the-gino-watkins-fund-awards

SCAR & INSTANT Fellowship

  • Due Date: Feb 15
  • Website: https://scar.org/fellowships-awards/fellowships/information

AGU Voices for Science

  • Website: https://www.agu.org/honors/voices-for-science

PSECCO Travel Grant

  • Due Date: Mar 15
  • Website: https://psecco.org/news/psecco-conference-travel-grant-applications-due-march-15-2026

NASA Climate Summer School

  • Due Date: May 1
  • Website: https://climatesciences.jpl.nasa.gov/events/summer-school/about/

COLDEX Short Course

  • Due Date: May 1
  • Website: https://coldex.org/oldest-ice-short-course

Marine Taxonomic Scholarship

  • Website: https://marinetaxonomicservices.com/scholarship-information

Christine Mirzayan Fellowship

  • Website: https://mirzayanfellow.nas.edu/

Ralph Brown Expedition Award

  • Website: https://www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/research-grants/ralph-brown-expedition-award

Juneau Icefield Research Program

  • Due Date: January
  • Location: Alaska
  • Website: https://www.juneauicefield.org/
  • Apply: https://www.juneauicefield.org/students/application
  • Letters: 2