Funding Opportunities
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Below is a list of water and climate-related funding opportunities offered through various organizations and agencies compiled by the AU Water Resources Center (WRC).
Updated May 3, 2021
RESTORE Act Funding Calendar
Gulf of Mexico Science and Restoration Program Funding
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Title |
Deadline |
Funding Limit (USD) |
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Listed by Date |
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
7 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$100,000 |
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Improving the Science Foundation for Bird Conservation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
10 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
See record |
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NOAA Science Collaboration Program Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
10 May 2021 Proposals Confirmed |
$15,000,000 |
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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Current and Emerging Threats to Crops United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
11 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$39,000,000 |
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Multistate Conservation Grant Program (MSCGP) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
17 May 2021 Preliminary Proposal Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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Alabama NRCS Technical Assistance Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
19 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$800,000 |
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Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
21 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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A Cooperative Agreement for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
24 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$50,000,000 |
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Agroforestry Outreach Proposals United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
28 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$35,000 |
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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
28 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$10,000,000 |
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Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Grant Program Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
29 May 2021 Submission/ Entry Anticipated |
$375,000 |
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Office of Research and Development (ORD) United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
2 Jun 2021 Application Confirmed |
$400,000 |
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
4 Jun 2021 Preliminary Proposal Anticipated |
$100,000 |
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Seaplane Invasive Species Risk Analysis U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
4 Jun 2021 Application Confirmed |
$140,000 |
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Research and Education Grant Call for Proposals United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Southern Region SARE (S-SARE) |
5 Jun 2021 Preliminary Proposal Anticipated |
$400,000 |
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Capacity Development for Weather, Water, and Climate Forecasting and Disaster Risk Reduction National Weather Service (NWS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
7 Jun 2021 Application Confirmed |
$15,000,000 |
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Earthwatch Institute |
7 Jun 2021 Preliminary Proposal Anticipated |
$80,000 |
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On-the-Ground Programs: Matching Awards Program (MAP) National Forest Foundation (NFF) |
9 Jun 2021 Application Anticipated |
See record |
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Request for Proposals: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Earthwatch Institute |
9 Jun 2021 Preliminary Proposal Anticipated |
$80,000 |
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Fisheries Innovation Fund – Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Grant Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
16 Jun 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
$500,000 |
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Cooperative Research Units Program U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
18 Jun 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
25 Jun 2021 Application Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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Turfgrass and Environmental Research Call for Proposals United States Golf Association (USGA) |
26 Jun 2021 Full Proposal Anticipated |
See record |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
28 Jun 2021 Application Confirmed |
$4,200,000 |
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National Wildlife Refuge Friends Grant Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
30 Jun 2021 Full Proposal Anticipated |
$15,000 |
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North American Wetlands Conservation Act – U.S. Standard Grants North American Wetlands Conservation Council U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
9 Jul 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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Racial Equity in STEM Education Division of Graduate Education (DGE) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (HER) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
13 Jul 2021 Application Confirmed |
$5,000,000 |
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Foundational and Applied Science Program National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
20 Jul 2021 Application Anticipated |
See record |
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
23 Jul 2021 Full Proposal Anticipated |
$350,000 |
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Opportunities for Promoting Understanding Through Synthesis (OPUS) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
2 Aug 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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National Estuary Program (NEP) Coastal Watersheds Grant Program Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) |
7 Aug 2021 Letter of Intent Anticipated |
$250,000 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
10 Aug 2021 Letter of Intent Confirmed |
$29,500,000 |
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ROSES 2021: Remote Sensing of Water Quality National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
13 Aug 2021 Notice of Intent Confirmed |
$1,000,000 |
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Coral Special Topics Request for Proposals National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
1 Sep 2021 Application Anticipated |
$300,000 |
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Candidate Species Conservation Fund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
30 Sep 2021 Application Confirmed |
$500,000 |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
30 Sep 2021 Application Confirmed |
$500,000 |
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Endangered Species Recovery Implementation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
30 Sep 2021 Application Confirmed |
$2,000,000 |
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Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Microsoft |
30 Sep 2021 Application Anticipated |
$100,000 |
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National Sea Grant College Program 2020-2021 Special Projects Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
30 Sep 2021 Application Confirmed |
$4,000,000 |
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
30 Sep 2021 Application Confirmed |
$750,000 |
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Advancing Digitizing of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
8 Oct 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
20 Oct 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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VentureWell (formerly National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)) Lemelson Foundation |
4 Nov 2021 Application Anticipated |
$30,000 |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
31 Dec 2021 Application Confirmed |
$2,000,000 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
12 Jan 2022 Preliminary Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Office for Coastal Management National Ocean Service (NOS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
17 Jan 2022 Application Anticipated |
$34,000 |
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Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
25 Jan 2022 Application Confirmed |
See record |
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ERDC Broad Agency Announcements U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACES) Department of the Army United States Department of Defense (DOD) |
28 Feb 2022 Proposals Confirmed |
See record |
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The USAID Global Health Broad Agency Announcement for Research and Development United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
30 May 2022 Expression of interest Confirmed |
See record |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
30 Sep 2023 Application Confirmed |
See record |
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FY2021 to FY2023 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States Department of Commerce (DOC) |
30 Sep 2023 Application Confirmed |
See record |
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Ongoing and Continuous Opportunities Listed by Name |
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Microsoft |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
$15,000 |
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Biological Oceanography Program Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics |
Ongoing |
See record |
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Community Requests |
Continuous |
See record |
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Critical Aspects of Sustainability National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Discretionary Fund, Technical Assistance, and Travel Assistance Southern Partners Fund |
Continuous Application Confirmed Limited submission |
$1,500 |
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Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
$100,000,000 |
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Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Engineering of Biomedical Systems Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
See record |
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Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Environmental Grants and Supports – World Trout Grants Program Patagonia, Inc. |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
$20,000 |
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Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
To be announced Full Proposal Anticipated |
$100,000 |
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Fund for Environmental Journalism Grants Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
$5,000 |
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Sea Pact |
Continuous Letter of Inquiry Confirmed |
See record |
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Gulf Coast Conservation Grants Program (GCCGP) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
To be announced Full Proposal Anticipated |
$250,000 |
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Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment |
Ongoing |
See record |
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Hydrologic Sciences |
Continuous |
$1,000,000 |
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Improvements to Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
$4,200,000 |
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Infrastructure Capacity for Biology (ICB) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
$1,200,000 |
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Innovation Corps – National Innovation Network Teams Program (I-CorpsTM Teams) National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
$12,750,000 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
See record |
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Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
See record |
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Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) |
Continuous Full Proposal Confirmed |
$600,000 |
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National Fish Habitat Action Plan United States Department of the Interior (DOI) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) |
Varies Application Confirmed |
$900,000 |
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Unilever |
Continuous Submission/Entry Confirmed |
See record |
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Paleoclimate |
Ongoing |
See record |
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Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program (ROC Small Grants) Waitt Foundation |
Continuous Proposals Confirmed |
$20,000 |
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Research Coordination Networks (RCN) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) |
Varies Full Proposal Confirmed |
$500,000 |
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Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program United States Department of the Interior (DOI) National Parks Service (NPS) |
Continuous Application Confirmed |
See record |
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) United States Department of the Interior (DOI) |
1 May 2021 Nomination Anticipated |
See record |
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North American Awards – Government Service Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) |
12 Jun 2021 Self-Nomination and Nomination Anticipated |
See record |
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North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) |
15 Aug 2021 Nomination Anticipated |
See record |
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WateReuse Awards for Excellence WateReuse Association (WateReuse) |
30 Sept 2021 Self-Nomination and Nomination Anticipated |
See record |
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National Water Research Institute (NWRI) |
1 Oct 2021 Nomination Anticipated |
$50,000 |
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) |
15 Jan 2022 Nomination Anticipated |
$2,500 |
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Scholarships and Other Student Opportunities Listed by Date |
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Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) |
To be announced Application Anticipated |
TBA |
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NERC Advanced Training Short Courses and Master’s Courses at the Natural History Museum |
Varies Application Confirmed |
See record |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
3 Apr 2021 Application Anticipated |
$10,000 |
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National Water Research Institute (NWRI) |
15 Apr 2021 Application Confirmed |
$11,000 |
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Melville H. Cohee Student Leader Conservation Scholarship Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) |
23 Apr 2021 Application Confirmed |
$500 |
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National Water Research Institute (NWRI) |
30 Apr 2021 Application Confirmed |
$10,000 |
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National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) |
30 Apr 2021 Application Confirmed |
$10,000 |
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Dr. Roderick A. Scofield Scholarship in Meteorology National Weather Association Foundation |
27 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
$1,000 |
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Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Southern Region SARE (S-SARE) |
31 Mar 2021 Application Confirmed |
$2,5000 |
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
1 May 2021 Proposals Anticipated |
$16,500 |
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AGCO National Student Design Competition American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) |
15 May 2021 Application Anticipated |
$1,250 |
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Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
17 May 2021 Application Confirmed |
See record |
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Sites and Supplements National Science Foundation (NSF) |
18 Aug 2021 Application Anticipated |
See record |
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Stockholm Water Foundation Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) |
25 Aug 2021 Full Proposal Confirmed |
$600,000 |
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American Water Works Association (AWWA) |
29 Aug 2021 Other Anticipated |
$15,000 |
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Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists Office of Science (OS) United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
12 Jan 2022 Application Anticipated |
See record |
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