Opportunities

The American Museum of Natural History is offering an Indigenous Fellowship in Conservation for Fall 2025. This fellowship program is offered for Indigenous students or early career professionals 18 years or older from North America (U.S. and Canada) who are interested in learning about collections care in a museum environment. Fellowships are based in the Museum’s Science Conservation department, which cares for collections throughout the Museum, both in the Division of Anthropology and the Natural Science departments. The fellowship structure is flexible depending on each fellow's interests. For application materials and any inquiries about the fellowship, please contact Assistant Director of Conservation, Samantha Alderson, at salderson@amnh.org or 212-769-5446. For more information, please click here.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Cornell Graduate School is seeking nominations for the National Institute of Social Sciences (NISS) 2025 Dissertation Grants Program. NISS Dissertation Grants are designed to support outstanding Ph.D. students who need resources to complete doctoral work that promises to significantly advance their fields of study. This year’s call seeks nominations in the fields of Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Interdisciplinary projects that include one or more of these fields as a major component may also be considered. NISS expects to make several awards up to $5,000 each. Grants may be used to cover any necessary expenses related to completing a dissertation, including but not limited to travel to a library or archive, photography or photocopying, field research, and conference support. For more information, please contact Josephine Martell at jem522@cornell.edu.

Deadline: 12:00pm, April 7, 2025

The Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) complements the collaborative, community-engaged work undertaken by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. With funding from The Mellon Foundation, NASI promotes research in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields by undergraduates, Native American scholars, Tribal College faculty members, and researchers who work closely with archives and Native communities. NASI offers annual opportunities through pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, undergraduate internships, workshops and other resources. For more information, please click here.

Deadline: Varies based on fellowship.

This internship is part of the EHN’s Indigenous Outreach and Partnership Initiative which is funded through the Christopher Reynolds Foundation. The intern will work directly with the Program Director and Director of Operations to support efforts to build the capacity of the newly formed Northeast Seed Network (NSN). NSN focuses on improving the access of ecologically appropriate native seeds and plants to restore healthy ecosystems in the U.S. Northeast and Northern Mid-Atlantic states. Intern should be available at 10-20 hours per week from April – December 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Ecological Health Network (EHN) is a non-profit organization working at the intersection of ecological restoration and human health and well-being. EHN is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Intern to contribute to a research project that will assess the global state of ecological restoration, with a focus on practices and projects aimed at mitigating ecological degradation and supporting ecosystem recovery while concurrently prioritizing improvements in human health and wellbeing. A graduate student or recent graduate with proficiency in R and/or Python, strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently is required. Tasks include desk research, literature review, data aggregation, survey administration, data analysis, communication with stakeholders, writing reports and manuscripts for peer review, and developing outreach materials. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year: December, April, and August. All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. There are no institutional, departmental, or national restrictions.
Spring Deadline: March 31, 2025

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists program supports emerging Native artists through one-year awards to develop and realize new projects. These awards are a crucial investment in cultivating fresh voices and envisioning the future of our respective Native practices. Through their projects, LIFT artists address critical issues around cultural sovereignty, environmental and social justice, healing and well-being, and systemic change. LIFT provides a comprehensive suite of services, including $15,000 awards, artist professional development, mentorship, project evaluation, documentation, and communications/marketing support – designed to nurture the growth and potential of emerging Native artists as they refine their craft, advance their careers, and establish their place as vital creative voices in their communities. This opportunity is designed for emerging Native artists who are shaping their practices and for whom the award may serve as a launching point in their career.

Deadline: April 8, 2025

The Radical Imagination Artists Grant offers power-building resources to visual and performance-based artists, writers, filmmakers, storytellers, and other creatives who are deeply engaged with their communities to develop alternative visions that inspire the Indigenous movement towards a new future and just world for all people and Mother Earth. The grant provides direct support of $50,000 to 10 individual Indigenous artists, artist collectives, or small non-profits for the development and amplification of their work. The Radical Imagination Artists grant was designed specifically to support Indigenous artists, artist collectives, and small nonprofits. Applicants must be 18 years and over who are Indigenous to and reside in the post-colonial borders of the US, Canada, Mexico, and the related Island Nations of Hawai’i, Borikén/Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Deadline: June 11, 2025

This grant provides up to $20,000 to support Indigenous frontline, grassroots, community-based groups and organizations, Tribes, communities and villages, and individuals leading direct action or movement-building work in their effort to DEFEND Indigenous People’s rights, and protect their land, air, water, and natural resources. Indigenous-led frontline, grassroots, and community-based groups and organizations, including non-profit organizations, U.S. based Tribes, tribal non-profit entities or tribal programs, Alaska Native Villages or their non-profit entities, First Nations or Inuit and Metis communities, groups and organizations based in Canada, Indigenous communities, groups and organizations based in Mexico, and Individual Indigenous people leading direct action or movement building work.

Deadline: October 17, 2025