Corporate Engagement

Why Partner with GSA and the GSA Foundation?

GSA brings together more than 26,000 geoscientists, of whom about 35% are students. Members range from seasoned professionals to these committed students, who represent the best and brightest hopes for the future of earth science. GSA members will see your company’s support to foster the growth of current and future leaders in the geosciences. Partnerships are a positive force in advancing science, stewardship, and service in the communities where you do business.

GSA offers top-notch programs at GSA meetings and throughout the year; our corporate partners play a vital role in sustaining and expanding these programs.

Benefits of Corporate Partnership

Visibility

•  Annual Meeting
  • On-site at the Annual Meeting: in signage, in the printed program magazine, at sponsored events
  • Beyond the main meeting site: meeting mobile app, short courses, field trips
• Year-round:
  • Annual Meeting website (previous and current year meetings remain listed)
  • GSA Today, GSA’s member news magazine, distribution of approximately 22,000-24,500
  • GSA Connection e-newsletter
  • Special events, field camps across regions

   

  Students

  • Sponsors will have the opportunity to interact with GSA student members for informational, educational, and recruiting purposes:
    • One-third of meeting attendees are students (generally around 2,500 students)
    • About 35% of all members are students (approximately 9,100 students)
  • Interaction with this broad array of future geoscientists, including those who are not from the common recruiting schools for industry; engagement with GSA fosters a central meeting place to reach this varied, interested group

  Leadership

  • Engagement with GSA highlights your company’s support to foster the current and future leaders in the geosciences
  • Partnerships increase programmatic impact
  • Networking with others in industry who have similar interests in supporting diversity and careers in the geosciences
  • Involvement with an organization that appreciates the latest technologies and cultivates and publishes the best science

  Additional

  • Complimentary professional meeting registrations
  • Advertisements in:
    • Annual Meeting program book
    • GSA Today
    • GSA Connection
    • Website hyperlinks

    GSA Corporate-Specific Opportunities

    •       Annual Meeting Sponsorships (examples from GSA 2015)
    •       Geoscience Careers Program
    •       On to the Future Initiative
    •       Teacher Field Camps and GeoTeachers Program
    •       Geology Town Hall Series

    Examples of Corporate Partnership  

    GSA’s work with ExxonMobil demonstrates a highly functioning, integrated partnership that has grown in scope over more than 33 years of collaboration. We appreciate ExxonMobil’s commitment to supporting geoscience students, their education, and traditional field camp training.

    To see a full description of the following components that make up the partnership, please go to http://www.geosociety.org/aboutus/sponsor.htm:

     

    • ExxonMobil/GSA Bighorn Basin Field School & Awards
    • ExxonMobil/GSA Graduate Student Research Grants
    • Geoscience Careers in Industry Program and Panel Lunch
    • GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Excellence Award
    • GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Scholars Award
    • GSA President’s Student Breakfast at the Annual Meeting
    • Short Courses.

     

    Please visit http://www.geosociety.org/aboutus/sponsor.htm to learn more about:

    • Digital Posters and Other Annual Meeting Support
  • • GSA’s Diversity Reception at the Annual Meeting
  • • Minority Student Scholarships
    • Social Media: GSA’s Annual Meeting Mobile App
  • • Women in Geology Mentor Program
  • • Women in Science Award.

For inquiries about corporate partnerships and opportunities, including GSA 2019, please contact:

Debbie Marcinkowski
Director of Corporate Partnerships
GSA and GSA Foundation
dmarcinkowski@geosociety.org
(303) 357-1047