High Schools

NYC High Schools with Environmental Themes

Bronx

• Bronx Guild - A New York City Outward Bound High School  
• Bronx High School of Science
• Globe School for Environmental Research 

Brooklyn 

• Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment
• Brooklyn Technical High School
• James Madison High School
• Rachel Carson School for Coastal Studies 
• New York Harbor School

Manhattan

• High School for Environmental Studies
• Stuyvesant High School

Queens

• John Bowne High School

High School Awards & Scholarships

Cannon Envirothon

The Cannon Envirothon is a North American High School Environmental Competition. Project submissions should include the basic principles and practices of resource management, promote stewardship of natural resources, develop critical thinking skills, and heighten environmental awareness. Submissions are accepted from individuals, teams, schools and districts. Prizes include scholarships up to $3,000 and Cannon Products. For more information call 601-941-5248

National Youth Science Camp

The National Youth Science Camp is an intense three week camp for young scientists the summer after they graduate from high school. In a rustic setting, students from around the country are challenged academically in exciting lectures and hands-on studies, and have many opportunities to push themselves physically in an extensive outdoor program, gain a new and deep appreciation for the great outdoors, and establish friendships that last a lifetime.

For questions about the application process, please contact Will Jaacks at 518-474-5922 or by e-mail at ajaacks@mail.nysed.gov. The NYSC is hosted and operated by the National Youth Science Foundation).

Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)

Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), SEAP is an eight week summer research opportunity at participating ONR laboratories for high school students. Students must have completed at least grade nine, be 16 years of age for most laboratories, and be a U.S. citizen.

A graduating senior is eligible to apply. The stipend for the summer program is $1,500 for new students;$1,550 for returning students. The application is currently open and must be completed by the end of January.

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

The Barron Prize recognizes kids ages 8 to 18, from diverse backgrounds, who have shown extraordinary leadership in making thier world better by helping others in need, protecting the environment,or leading other important service work. Recipients of the Barron Prize recieve a $2,000 cash award. For more information call 1-800-875-1448 or visit their web site

Toshiba ExploraVision Awards

ExploraVision is a competition for K-12 students of all interest, skill, and ability levels.  The competition encourages students to combine their imaginations with the tools of science to create explore and explore a vision of a future technology. 

Young Eco-Hero Awards

Award Program for young individuals, 8 to 16 years old, who have of their own initiative achieved an environmental success, through action or research. This might be in the young person’s community, neighborhood, or on a wider scale. 

Young Naturalists Award

The Young Naturalist Awards Competition (7-12)

Presented by the American Museum of Natural History and sponsored by Alcoa Foundation, the Young Naturalist Awards-an inquiry-based research competition--invites students in grades 7-12 to conduct research in the natural world. Students investigate questions they have in the areas of ecology, biology, Earth science and astronomy and present their findings in an essay. Winners (2 from each grade) receive cash awards, from $500 to $2,500, and an all-expense paid trip to New York City to attend the awards ceremony at the Museum. There they take a behind-the-scenes tour and meet with Museum scientists. The winning essays are published on the Museum's website and excerpted in Natural History magazine. 36 finalists receive a $50 award. All participants receive a certificate and a letter from the judges who read their essays. The letters highlight the strong points of the investigation and suggest ways they could be improved. The contest is open to students in the U.S. and Canada. For more information email the Young Naturalist Awards Administrator at yna@amnh.org

Graduate Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

AAAS offers yearlong fellowships with Congress or a federal agency in one of six thematic areas: Congressional; Diplomacy; National & Global Security; Health, Education & Human Services; Energy, Environment & Natural Resources or Revelle Global Stewardship. Stipends being at $64,000. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from any physical, biological, medical or social science, or any engineering discipline.

American Educational Research Association

The American Educational Research Association offers a wide variety of grants and fellowships for doctoral students, minority doctoral students and post-doctorate candidates in the field of education.

Center for International Development, Harvard University  

The Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University's Center for International Development invites applications for resident fellowships in sustainability science for the University's academic year. The fellowship competition is open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students, and to professionals engaged in the practice of harnessing science and technology to promote sustainable development. Applicants should describe how their work would contribute to "sustainability science," the emerging field of use-inspired research seeking understanding of the interactions between human and environmental systems as well as the application of such knowledge to sustainability challenges relating to advancing development of agriculture, habitation, energy and materials, health and water while conserving the earth's life support systems. This year we will give some preference to applicants who address the challenges related to meeting human needs for water in the context of sustainable development. In addition to general funds available to support this fellowship offering, special funding for the Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowships in Sustainability Science is available to support citizens of Italy or developing countries who are therefore especially encouraged to apply.

Conservation Leadership Program to Support Projects of Future Conservationists

The Conservation Leadership Programme offers Future Conservationist Awards of up to $12,500 to high potential teams who aim to develop their skills through practical conservation projects.

Delta Science Fellows Program

The Delta Stewardship Program in cooperation with California Sea Grant, is seeking applications from highly qualified predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers who are interested in a career in multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, field based research in riverine and estuarine systems.

Echoing Green

Each year, Echoing Green awards 20 two-year fellowships to social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive up to $90,000 in seed funding and technical support to turn their innovative ideas into sustainable social change organizations.  For more information visit their website

Environmental Grantmakers Association

Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is a non profit membership organization comprised of over 240 foundations across North America and overseas. EGA helps its members become more effective grantmakers through information sharing, networking, and collaboration building.

EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support.

Garden Club of America Fellowship

This fellowship in Urban Forestry is available to one graduate or advanced undergraduate student studying urban forestry, environmental studies, horticulture, forestry, and related courses of study with a special interest in the urban forest. An award of $4,000 is provided and a recipient may reapply for an additional year. For more information visit their website.

Great Lakes Commission ~ Sea Grant Fellowship

The Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellow will work with members of the Great Lakes'science, policy and information/education communities to advance the environmental quality and sustainable economic development goals of the Great Lakes states. In so doing, the Fellow will contribute to and benefit from research coordination and policy analysis activities. The Fellow will be housed at the Great Lakes Commission offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Hudson River Foundation Graduate Fellowship

The Hudson River Foundation Graduate Fellowship is available to all doctoral and master's level students conducting research on the Hudson River system. Participants are awarded a stipend of up to $15,000 for one year of doctoral research or $11,000 for master's level research and an incidentals research budget of up to $1,000. For more information visit their website

IIASA Young Scientists  

Each summer, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in Schloss Laxenburg near Vienna, Austria, hosts a selected group of graduate students, primarily doctoral, from around the world in its Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP). These students work closely with IIASA's senior scientists on projects within the Institute's 3 theme areas.  Funding is available to cover travel to IIASA and a modest living allowance.   For more information visit their website.

Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program

For graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and the national policy decisions affecting those resources, they should apply to the Knass yearly fellowships. This program is sponsored by NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program which matches highly qualified graduate students with hosts in the legislative, executive or associations located in the DC area for one year. This paid fellowship is divided by state, so that New York state college students should contact the New York Sea Grant. For more information visit their website

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF)

Science and Mathematics Teaching Fellowships. The KSTF Teaching Fellowship is explicitly designed to meet the needs of beginning high school science and mathematics teachers as they earn a teaching credential and through the early years of their career.

Eligibility
- Degree in a physical science, engineering, systems-based biology or mathematics
- Planning to teach science or mathematics in a U.S. high school
- Enrolled in, or planning ot enroll in, an approved teaching credential program

Award
- Tuition assistance for teaching credential
- Monthly stipend
- School-site mentor support
- Instructional materials support
- Room, board and travel expenses for summer professional development and fellows' meetings
- Membership in a professional organization

Fellowships are renewable for up to five years

Mohonk Preserve Fellowship

Mohonk Preserve is once again pleased to announce our fellowship opportunities under the Loewy-Mohonk Preserve Liaison Fellowship program.

National Estuarine Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship

Fellowship provides master's degree students and Ph.D. candidates with an opportunity to conduct research of local and national significance that focuses on enhancing coastal zone management.

National Humanities Center Fellowships

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year. Applicants must hold doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Senior and younger scholars are eligible, though the latter should be engaged in research beyond the revision of a doctoral dissertation. Scholars from any nation may apply. In addition to scholars from all fields of humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.

National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship

The National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship encourages and supports outstanding post-doctoral research in basic ecological sciences related to the flora of the National Parks. The program is a partnership among the National Park Foundation, the National Park Service and the Ecological Society of America.

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

This program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the relevant science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursueing research-based master's and doctoral degrees. NSF Fellows are expected to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals will be crucial to maintaining and advancing the nations's technological workforce in the US and reinforce its diversity, The Graduate Research Fellowship Program is designed to provide opportunities for advanced education that prepares students for a broad range of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary careers through its strategic investments in intellectual capital.

Resources for the Future: Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowships

In honor of the late Joseph L. Fisher, president of Resources for the Future (RFF) from 1959-1974, RFF will award fellowships for the coming academic year in support of doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy. RFF's primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences. Proposals originating in these fields will have the greatest likelihood of success. Proposals from the physical or biological sciences must have an immediate and obvious link to environmental policy matters.

Steinhardt Funding Opportunities

NYU Steinhardt undergraduate or master's students are invited to apply for these awards. 

The Earth Institute Post-Doctoral Fellows Program

The Earth Institute Post-Doctoral Fellows Program seeks outstanding scholars with recent doctorates in the natural, social, engineering and health sciences who possess a strong interest in sustainable development. The Program provides innovative scholars with the opportunity to build a deeper foundation in one of these core disciplines while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to sustainable development, including reducing poverty, hunger, disease, and environmental degradation. Fellows are appointed for two years. For more information call: 212-854-3893 or visit their web site

The Fulbright Scholar Program

The Fulbright Scholar Program is for faculty and professionals and offers more than 61 awards in Environmental Science for lecturing and/or doing research abroad during the academic year. US citizenship is required. Non-U.S. citizens should contact the Fulbright agency or US embassy in their home countries. The Fulbright Scholar Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and administered by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars For more information call: (202) 686-7877 or visit their website

The N. G. Kaul Memorial Scholarship Fund

The NG Kaul Scholarship Committee would like to announce that The N. G. Kaul Memorial Scholarship Fund will be offering a total of $2500 in scholarships to students pursuing graduate or doctoral degrees in environmental/civil engineering or environmental science concentrating on water quality and who show a commitment to government service.
A copy of the application can be obtained from the New York Water Environment Association website.

N.G. Kaul was a highly respected engineer, an emigrant from India who fulfilled the American dream of opportunity realized. He had a distinguished career in public service, first with New York City and then with the New York State DEC, rising to the position of director of the Division of Water in 1992. That service was capped, upon his retirement in 2002, by his appointment as director of the USEPA effort to implement the dredging of PCB-polluted sediments in the Hudson River. He died in February, 2003.

Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship

This scholarship in the amount of $2,000 is offered annually to a single recipient who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding dedication in a field of study that fall within an environmental degree program. This scholarship is available to students enrolled in a full-time, four year undergraduate degree or graduate degree program at a Consortium member institution. The applicant must major in an area of environmental studies such as, but not limited to ecology, hydrology, conservation biology, natural resource management, zoology or environmental law and policy.

Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship

The Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship program is a research program conducted jointly by the
Hudson River Foundation and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve.

It provides $3,800 for summer research on the Hudson River for undergraduate or graduate students. Advisers receive $500.

Torrey Botanical Society

Torrey Botanical Society offers two annual student awards. The first is for $2,500.00 to support student research. This award is limited to graduate students in botany who are members of the Society and must be used to help pay the costs of field work. The second is for $1,000.00 to support student training. The award, limited to undergraduate and graduate students in botany who are members of the Society, must be used to help pay the cost of taking courses at a biological field station.

Tylenol Scholarship Fund

The Tylenol Scholarship Fund provides cash awards from $1,000-10,000 for high school students, undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate leadership in community activities and school activities and who intend to major in areas that will lead to careers in health-related fields.

U.S. Geological Survey, Under Water Resources Research Grant

Administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River Estuary Program

Scope and Program Priorities: The New York State Water Resources Institute and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Hudson River Estuary Program, invite New York's higher education faculty to submit research or outreach proposals that will contribute to better watershed management in New York State.

The primary objective of this program is to bring innovative science to watershed planning and management. Proposals that support the strategic goals of the DEC Hudson River Estuary Program are encouraged. Many of these goals are also relevant to other regions of New York State and there is no geographic requirement that the proposed work be within the Hudson River Estuary or its watershed.

Total available funding is about $90,000. Projects may request up to $20,000 About half of the funds are from the Federal Water Resources Research Act administered by the US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, and the remainder are from the Hudson River Estuary Program.

United Nations University - NY Fellowship

The United Nations University Office at the United Nations, New York (UNU-ONY) recruits Junior Professional Fellows (JPFs) for two sessions each year running from August to January, and February to July.

The internship title, "Junior Professional Fellows" reflects the high level of responsibility and opportunity given to those accepted into this program.

Wasserman Funded Internship Award

The Wasserman Center for Career Development has established a Funded Internship Award to support students pursuing unpaid internships at non-profits, international organizations, arts institutions, and other industries that traditionally do not pay their interns. This $1,000 scholarship affords students the opportunity to participate in career exploration and experiential learning through unpaid career-related internships, gives students access to professional networks in the US and abroad, and facilitates the lifelong learning skills associated with solid career development.