UC Berkeley Water Research and Opportunities Portal

The Bay Area Water Quality Fellowship is open to graduate students whose studies are related specifically to water quality issues that affect the San Francisco Bay. It is intended to support scientific research in the following topics:
-the exposure or effect, if any, of organisms within the San Francisco Bay estuary to selenium, metals, and/or organic chemicals through food chain transfer
-the degree, if any, to which sediments are a source of exposure for organisms within the San Francisco Bay estuary to selenium, metals, and/or organic chemicals
-other research that involves the effect of pollution on the San Francisco Bay estuary and/or its ecosystem.

Applications are due at the beginning of Spring semester. Recipients will receive $15,000 for the following Fall semester. The award can be used as a payment for registration fees and/or stipend.

AWWA and its members recognize the importance of investing in students as the future of the water industry. AWWA supports students through discounted memberships and more than 17 scholarships, listed on its website.

InFEWS (Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems) supports a new generation of students working at the critical juncture of food, energy, and water. These students will master the interdisciplinary skills needed to create actionable and impactful research that is transferable from the lab to the field at scale and to ultimately make real lives better. A small number of stipends ($34k stipend, plus tuition and fees) are available for selected eligible students, who are eligible under NSF rules (US citizen or permanent resident). Applications are reviewed in early February.

California Sea Grant’s State Fellows Program provides a unique educational opportunity for graduate students who are interested both in marine resources and in the policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly motivated and qualified graduate students with hosts in municipal, state and federal agencies in California for a 12-month paid fellowship.

In the past, Sea Grant Fellows have been assigned to the California Ocean Resources Management Program, California Ocean Protection Council, California Ocean Science Trust, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Coastal Services Center, and Delta Science Program, among others. Selection of finalists is made by the California Sea Grant College Program, and assignments are decided in consultation with potential fellowship hosts.

The NWRI fellowship program awards funds to graduate students who are conducting water research in the United States.

The Merchants Exchange Scholarship Fund is looking for students pursuing an education to begin or advance careers in the Maritime Industry and/ or international trade. Also available if majoring in a related field, like logistics, supply chain management, marine fabrication, engineering, naval architecture, marine science or more. Applications open to students at 2-year and 4-year programs, graduate programs, and programs approved by the US Coast Guard.

The purpose of The Swift International Research Fund is to benefit graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, conducting masters research in international agricultural development and/or environmental conservation.
Recipients shall demonstrate a high level of academic distinction, and shall conduct field research abroad on issues pertaining to international agricultural development and/or environmental conservation. Graduate students may be enrolled in the College of Natural Resources.

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serves the interdisciplinary water science community.

We foster a diverse and dynamic water science community, enabled by shared scientific infrastructure, that supports the development and communication of an integrated understanding of the interactions between water, earth, ecosystems, and society.