Scholarships for Geology Field Course
Students
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) annually awards $750 scholarships to students, who attend a recognized 6-hour credit Summer Geology Field Course. The North Carolina Geology Field Course is a “Recognized Summer Geology Field Course by the NAGT and has had NAGT Scholarship recipients in attendance in recent years, including two in 2010 and one each in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018. These $750 scholarships are highly competitive, and the application deadline is February 14, 2019. Application information, application criteria, and application forms can be found at the NAGT Website.
The Association
for Women Geoscientists (AWG) annually awards two $750 scholarships to encourage promising young women to pursue geoscience
careers through attendance at a geology field camp. The application
deadline for the two AWG field camp awards is February 14, 2019. Application information, application criteria,
and application forms can be found at the AWG
Website.
AIPG Student Scholarships - $1,000 each - February 1st Deadline
Students need to get their applications in by February
1st, 2019
for the AIPG Scholarship Program. Several scholarships in the amount of
~$1,000 each will be awarded to declared undergraduate geological science
majors who are at least sophomores attending a college or university in
the U.S. Nineteen were awarded in 2018. Student recipients must be a student
member of AIPG. Sign up for free student membership online - www.aipg.org.
The
purpose of the scholarship program is to assist students with college education
costs and to promote student participation in the American Institute of
Professional Geologists (AIPG). Scholarships are to be used to support tuition
and/or room and board. Each student who
is awarded a scholarship agrees, by accepting the scholarship, to prepare a 600
to 800 word article for publication in the AIPG bimonthly
journal "The Professional Geologist" (TPG). The subject of the
article must be related to a timely professional issue. These awards are not strictly for Geology
Field Course but may be used to help pay for Geology Field Course tuition and
fees.
AIPG
Application Process
Applicants
must submit a letter of interest with name, mail and e-mail address, and
telephone number; proof of enrollment in an eligible geological sciences
program, transcripts; an original one-page essay on why the applicant wants to
become a geologist; and a letter of support from a faculty member familiar with
the applicant's academic work. The application should be submitted to:
AIPG,
Attn: Education Committee Chr., 12000 Washington St., Suite 285, Thornton, CO
80241
Direct Link to the AIPG National Scholarship Program
For questions
regarding the application process call 303-412-6205 or aipg@aipg.org. Awards will be based on the content and
creativity of the essays as judged by the Education Committee. The decisions of
the Education Committee are final.
GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Scholar
Awards
GSA and ExxonMobil
are excited to announce a new award for undergraduate students to attend summer
field camp. Twenty students will be awarded $2,000 each to attend the field
camp of their choice based on diversity, economic/financial need, and merit.
The application
period will be open from ~mid-February – April 14, 2019.
Your complete
application will consist of:
- an online resume,
- two letters of recommendation,
- academic transcripts, and
- a cover letter indicating your
background (coursework and any pursuits you have outside of academia that
would relate to this program), your plans for the future (short-term and
long-term) and how you feel this award will help you accomplish these
plans. Please address our criteria of diversity, economic/financial need,
and merit as well as indicating which field camp you plan to attend.
For access to the GSA Link for Information about this Scholarship
Award and
to Log In to the Scholarship Application Form from ~mid-February –
April 14, 2019,
Note: you must be a GSA member to apply for this award.
Not a member? Join today!
Questions?
Contact Jennifer Nocerino, jnocerino@geosociety.org
or +1-303-357-1036.
