- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)-for just-starting graduate students
- NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)-For doctoral students who have completed the majority of their dissertation research
- American Philosophical Society (APS) Lewis and Clark Fund-research grants for fieldwork and exploration for doctoral students
- Sigma Xi-small grants for research, up to $1000
- Southwestern Association of Naturalists (SWAN)-small grants for travel, presentation awards, or research (up to $1000)
- American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)-various grants for use of collection or research, especially the Theodore Roosevelt Grant
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Gaige Fund Award-small research grants up to $1000
- Herpetologists' League (HL) graduate research awards-small research grants up to $1000
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) graduate research awards-various awards up to $1000
- Animal Behavior Society (ABS) research grants-small research grants up to $2000
- Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) research grants-small research grants