Sources for Research and Travel Support

Note that deadlines below may change year to year. See the web site for most current deadlines.

Research Grants


Geological Society of America (due Feb. 1). Average awards $1750. Must be GSA member. Non-U.S. citizens eligible.
http://www.geosociety.org/grants/gradgrants.htm
 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (due Jan 31): http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/index.cfm

Sigma Xi (due March 15 and Oct 15). Average award $600. Does not require membership, but it helps if student or their adviser is member. Non-U.S. citizens eligible.
http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/guide.shtml
 
Society of Economic Geologists http://www.segweb.org/StudentGrants.htm

Society for Sedimentary Geology: http://www.sepm.org/events/awards/grantshome.htm

The Colorado Scientific Society: Applicants must be enrolled in a Masters or Ph.D. program at an accredited college or university.  Approximately eight grants ranging from $500 to $1200 each will be awarded for field-oriented research on geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Rocky Mountain region. http://www.coloscisoc.org

Gulf Coast Association Geological Societies, up to $2000 for research in the Gulf Coast. 2006 deadline is Feb 27, http://www.gcags.org/

Tobacco Root Geological Society Field Research grants: 2 $500 scholarships Northern Rockies emphasis; 1 $500 scholarship for work in Precambrian (Feb 1)  http://trgs.org/

The William L. Wilson Scholarship in Karst Science. $1000 for M.S. student karst research (Feb. 15):
http://www.karstwaters.org/wilsonapply.htm

Association for Woman Geoscientists Chrysalis Scholarship: $2000 degree-completion funding for female graduate students whose education has been interrupted for at least 1-year. www.awg.org

Fellowships and Programs


NSF Graduate Fellowships: 3 year research fellowships. For both MS and PhD students. Application can be made during the senior year of college, prior to or during the first year of graduate school, and at the beginning of the second year of graduate school http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03050/nsf03050.htm

The Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program offers merit-based awards for outstanding graduate students to conduct research related to the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. http://www.usssp-iodp.org/Education/Fellowship/default.html

EPA National Center for Environmental Research STAR fellowships for MS and PhD students conducting environmental research. (Application period July - Oct).
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/

The NSF Summer Institutes in Asia and Australia program: spend eight weeks conducting research and experiencing life in Australia, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03608/nsf03608.htm

Travel to Meetings


Both GSA and AGU have student travel grants to attend meetings. Check their web sites.
http://www.geosociety.org
http://www.agu.org

UF Graduate Student Council: http://grove.ufl.edu/~gsc/wp/?page_id=19
UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Notices will be sent out via email.
UF Graduate School (PhD students only): http://rgp.ufl.edu/rgp/pdf/travel.pdf