Student Grants

Grants Scholarships


Please address all questions to the awards committee:

David King (Chair), Haibo Zou, Chandana Mitra and Stephanie Shepherd.

Policies and Procedures of the Awards Committee

 

Travel Grants

Auburn University:

GAB Student Travel Grant. Funded by the AU Geosciences Advisory Board. Travel to academic meetings. Open to undergraduate and graduate students in Geology and Geography.

  • Deadlines
    • Fall: October 1 (Travel Dates: August 15 to December 31)
    • Spring: February 15 (Travel Dates: January 01 to August 14)
  • Application Form (Interactive pdf)

 

For fall semester travel, submit your application to Dr. David King (kingdat@auburn.edu) with GAB Travel Grant in the SUBJECT line. 

For spring-summer semester travel, submit your application to Dr. Chandana Mitra (czm0033@auburn.edu) with GAB Travel Grant in the SUBJECT line. 

 

COSAM Graduate Student Travel Fund.  COSAM provides modest support for COSAM graduate students to present their dissertation or thesis research at scientific meetings. Funds are rarely provided for workshops and are never provided for research effort or travel to research sites.

 

AU Graduate School -- Graduate Travel Grant. Travel to academic meetings.

 

 

Other Organizations:

Alabama Geological Society -- Student Travel Grant. Travel to professional conferences. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

 

Geological Society of America

 

 

 

Research Grants

Auburn University:

GAB Student Research Grant. Funded by the AU Geosciences Advisory Board. Research needs and activities such as equipment, lab supplies, and travel costs. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Deadline: March 15
  • Application Form (Interactive pdf - AU Geosciences Student Research Grant Application)

Submit your application to Dr. Stephanie Shepherd (slshepherd@auburn.edu) with GAB Research Grant in the SUBJECT line.

 

 

 

Other Organizations:

Geological Society of America

 

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies.  Annual student grants in aid for graduate students

 

American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 

  • Grants-in-Aid Program. Promotes research in the geosciences. Grants are made to provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources and/or to related environmental geology issues.
  • L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grants. Annually awards more than $85,000 in funds, providing undergraduate-level geoscience students and student-led geoscience organizations (student chapters, associations and clubs) with $500 grants to support their efforts.
  • AAPG Website

 

Sigma Xi Student Grants-in-Aid. Funding for research needs and activities such as equipment, lab supplies, and travel costs.