Research Grants - American Alpine Club support researchers studying mountains, crags, and climbing communities worldwide to inform climbing-area management and advance community health and sustainability.
Mountaineering Fellowship Fund Grant supports young American climbers with expedition travel, gear, and other costs to explore remote ranges, attempt unclimbed peaks, and pursue difficult new routes.
Cutting Edge Grant supports advanced climbers on remote expeditions to unexplored ranges, unclimbed peaks, and new routes, encouraging pioneering achievements and responsible mountain stewardship.
Momentum Grant supports climbers pursuing intermediate to advanced alpine and ski-alpinist projects in North America to develop their skills and mountain craft through ambitious objectives.
Climbing Grief Fund supports climbers and mountain recreationists with individual therapy and professional grief- or trauma-focused programs to help them cope with climbing-related loss, trauma, or injury.
Conifer Research Grant supports researchers conducting fundamental and applied conifer studies to advance the American Conifer Society’s mission of conifer development, propagation, and conservation.