Applications accepted all year round
Young Explorers Grants (YEG) offer
opportunities to individuals ages 18 to 25 to pursue research, conservation,
and exploration-related projects consistent with National Geographic's existing
grant programs, including: the Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE),
the Expeditions Council (EC), and the Conservation Trust (CT). In
addition, the YEG program recently teamed with the Luce Foundation to provide
increased funding opportunities for fieldwork in 18 Northeast and Southeast
Asian countries, including Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, East Timor,
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia,
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.