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📍 Global (50+ countries)PaidMedium

UNHCR DAFI Tertiary Refugee Scholarship Programme

UNHCR

Enables registered refugees to pursue undergraduate degrees in their country of asylum or upon return home, active in over 50 countries.

#scholarship#refugee#undergraduate

Apply → unhcr.org

Institute of International Education (IIE)

IIE Odyssey Scholarship

A comprehensive scholarship covering tuition, housing, and living costs for refugee and displaced students pursuing higher education.

📍 Global (22+ countries of origin)PaidHard

#scholarship#refugee#displaced-students

Apply → iie.org

Zawadi Africa Education Fund

Zawadi Africa Education Fund Scholarship

Provides scholarships, leadership training, and life-skills programming for academically gifted, financially disadvantaged African girls.

📍 Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, South AfricaPaidMedium

#scholarship#women#africa

Apply → zawadiafrica.org

📍 Central and Eastern EuropePaidMedium

Roma Education Fund Tertiary Scholarship

Roma Education Fund

Merit-based scholarships for Roma students pursuing bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees across Central and Eastern Europe.

#scholarship#roma#europe

Apply → romaeducationfund.org

Point Foundation Community College Scholarship

Point Foundation

Supports LGBTQ+ and ally students earning an associate degree or transferring from community college to a four-year school.

#scholarship#lgbtq#community-college

Apply → pointfoundation.org

Point Foundation Access Scholarship

Point Foundation

Supports first-generation and low-income LGBTQ+ and ally undergraduates with financial support and mentorship.

#scholarship#lgbtq#first-generation

Apply → pointfoundation.org

Louise Tumarkin Zazove Foundation

Louise Tumarkin Zazove Foundation Scholarship

College scholarships for students with significant bilateral hearing loss, aimed at reducing financial barriers to higher education.

#scholarship#disability#hearing-loss

Apply → ltzfoundation.org

Ruby's Rainbow Scholarship

Ruby's Rainbow

Funds continuing and higher education for adults with Down syndrome pursuing postsecondary, vocational, or continuing-education programs.

#scholarship#disability#down-syndrome

Apply → rubysrainbow.org

Out To Protect Incorporated

John Reinert Scholarship

Supports openly LGBTQ+ individuals training to become law enforcement officers or 911 dispatchers, awarded twice a year.

#scholarship#lgbtq#law-enforcement

Apply → outtoprotect.org

Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Research Grants

Funds a range of neurological research training, from summer studentships through postdoctoral and clinical fellowships.

📍 New ZealandPaidMedium

#grant#neuroscience#new-zealand

Apply → neurological.org.nz

American Society of Nephrology (KidneyCure)

ASN KidneyCure Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award

Funds PhD students conducting original kidney biology or disease research under the guidance of a named sponsor.

📍 United StatesPaidHard

#fellowship#nephrology#research

Apply → asn-online.org

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeship Award

Supports undergraduate and graduate students conducting cystic fibrosis-related research training under a faculty mentor.

#grant#cystic-fibrosis#research

Apply → cff.org

📍 Global (US-based foundation)PaidHard

National MPS Society Research Fellow Grant

National MPS Society

Funds investigator-initiated research on mucopolysaccharidosis and mucolipidosis disorders, including a dedicated track for trainees.

#grant#rare-disease#medical

Apply → mpssociety.org

Sleep Research Society Foundation

Sleep Research Society Foundation Small Research Grant

Seed funding for pilot sleep-research studies by trainees and early-career investigators who lack institutional startup resources.

#grant#sleep-research#medical

Apply → sleepresearchsociety.org

Raptor Research Foundation

Raptor Research Foundation Stephen R. Tully Memorial Grant

Supports research and conservation of raptors — hawks, eagles, falcons, owls, and vultures — targeted at those with limited access to alternative funding.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#raptors

Apply → raptorresearchfoundation.org

British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)

British Ornithologists' Union Small Ornithological Research Grant

Small grants for any aspect of ornithological research worldwide, open to both amateur and professional researchers.

📍 International (UK-based)PaidEasy

#grant#ornithology#research

Apply → bou.org.uk

Wildlife Conservation Trust, India

Wildlife Conservation Trust BEES Grants Programme

Funds Indian wildlife research and grassroots conservation on biodiversity, ecosystems, and endangered species, for projects up to ten months.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

#grant#wildlife#india

Apply → wildlifeconservationtrust.org

North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA)

North American Native Fishes Association Conservation Research Grant

Funds research on the conservation of North America's native freshwater fish, especially threatened and endangered species, running since 2001.

📍 United States / CanadaPaidEasy

#grant#ichthyology#freshwater

Apply → nanfa.org

Neotropical Grassland Conservancy

Neotropical Grassland Conservancy Student Grant

Supports graduate students conducting conservation-focused field research in Latin American grassland ecosystems.

📍 Latin AmericaPaidEasy

#grant#grasslands#latin-america

Apply → conservegrassland.org

SWOT / WWF / Wildlife Computers

Blue Corridors for Turtles Small Grants Fund

Funds community-engaged marine turtle research on migration, nesting and foraging habitat, and genetic connectivity.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#sea-turtles#marine-conservation

Apply → seaturtlestatus.org

#grant#sea-turtles#marine-conservation

State of the World's Sea Turtles (SWOT) Small Grant

Oceanic Society

Annual small grants for sea turtle research and conservation across networking, conservation-gap-filling, and behavior-change program areas.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy

Apply → seaturtlestatus.org

Center for Plant Conservation

Center for Plant Conservation Catherine H. Beattie Fellowship

An annual fellowship for the study and conservation of rare and endangered US plant species, especially in the Carolinas and southeastern US.

#fellowship#botany#conservation

Apply → saveplants.org

📍 Africa (continental and islands)PaidMedium

African Bird Club Conservation Award

African Bird Club

Funds surveys, research, education projects, and expeditions on African birds and habitats, running since 1996.

#grant#ornithology#africa

Apply → africanbirdclub.org

📍 International, priority developing countriesPaidEasy

IDEA WILD Equipment Grant

IDEA WILD

Provides field equipment such as cameras, GPS units, mist nets, and binoculars rather than cash, for biodiversity conservation research and education projects.

#grant#equipment#conservation

Apply → ideawild.org

Bat Conservation International

Bat Conservation International Student Research Scholarship

Funds master's and PhD bat research addressing human-caused environmental change, human-bat conflict, or the ecology of vulnerable bat species.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#bat-conservation#wildlife

Apply → batcon.org