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The Explorers Club — the 1904-founded society behind the first North Pole, South Pole, Everest, deep-ocean, and Moon expeditions — funds field-based scientific expeditions worldwide through its Impact Grants program. Grants support fieldwork in disciplines from ecology and earth sciences to archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, and astronomy, with an emphasis on storytelling that brings the science to a global audience. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed several times a year.
| Qualification Required | No degree requiredfor Impact Grants This grant is offered for field-based scientific expeditions and fieldwork projects — not for degree study, lab-only work, or tuition. |
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| Who can apply | All nationalities — the Club's grants page notes recent grantees came from 6 continents and 24 countries; no citizenship restriction published. |
| Experience | No fixed experience bar — applications are evaluated on the scientific credibility and innovative approaches of the expedition plus the relevant credentials of the team leader and members. Membership of the Club is not required to apply. |
| Language Certificate | None published. |
| Other Certificates | None published (no degree certificates required). |
| Age Limit | 21+ (explicit on the official grants page: "Age 21+, open to all disciplines with emphasis on storytelling"). |
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21+ (official grants page).
must be largely field-expedition based; field science = expeditions collecting data bound for peer-reviewed publication.
two written recommendations required.
any required permits for the project country must be addressed in the application.
the grants require the Club to have the first opportunity on media coverage of the project.
project description, budget, timeline, maps/visuals, permits info, social handles/website — submitted online.
10 steps — follow in order. Each stage prepares the next.
ambitious research question aimed at peer-reviewed publication.
project description, budget, timeline, permits information, maps/visual documentation of the project site, and your social media handles/website.
two written recommendations, submitted per the application instructions).
of Ph.D. researchers across disciplines, the VP of Research and Education, Club executives, and the Council of Impact Advisors.
Explorers Club grants page — applications are accepted on a rolling basis; the Club recommends applying at least six to nine months before planned fieldwork.
to carry out the expedition in the proposed country.
research plan, timeline, budget).
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