NYU Funding Opportunities
The NYU Changemaker Fellowship program identifies and supports the career and leadership development for exceptionally talented and dedicated students pursuing summer internships or research. The fellowship provides students with professional development, mentoring, and networking opportunities in addition to financial support. Fellows are selected through a rigorous application and selection process.
NYU Green Grants support members of the NYU community in pursuing projects that improve the university's operational environmental performance, foster environmental literacy and community engagement, advance applied research and design, expand sustainability learning opportunities, and demonstrate the viability of best practices and technologies for sustainability. Any current student, faculty, administrator, or staff member can apply. Applications are accepted on a semesterly basis.
The Violet Internship & Research Award provides financial support to students pursuing unpaid/low-paying and non-credit structured experiential learning opportunities such as internships and research assistantships. These opportunities are designed to provide active learning experiences through hands-on skill development, purposeful supervision, intentional reflection, and exposure to practical work or research relevant to a student’s professional journey. The Wasserman Center offers $1,200 awards during the fall and spring semesters and $2,000 awards during the summer.
External Funding Opportunities
NYSDEC Environmental Educator Assistant
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in NYC is hiring three 11-month Environmental Educator Assistants (Jan–Dec 2026) through AmeriCorps. The positions involve environmental education with youth and community outreach. Benefits include: living stipend, housing allowance, education award, and eligibility for health insurance.
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA)
ICLEI USA is the largest and longest established network of local governments committed to sustainability and climate action. Explore ICLEI's funding opportunities here.
U.S. National Science Foundation, The Environmental Sustainability program
The goal of the Environmental Sustainability program is to promote sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems. The program supports engineering research that seeks to balance society's need to provide ecological protection and maintain stable economic conditions. Full proposal accepted anytime.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Sustainable Development program is focused on efforts to promote effective climate policies in the United States through support for high-leverage opportunities at the federal, state, and municipal levels (including New York City, the Fund’s home). In addition, the program provides support for select international efforts to advance global climate negotiations.
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