The Marland Pratt Billings and Katharine Fowler-Billings Fund for Research in New England Geology funds fieldwork-based proposals focusing on New England and adjacent regions of Canada and New York. Successful proposals emphasize field research that leads to geologic mapping and related spatial analysis; purely sampling or laboratory-based proposals are generally not funded. No Awardee for […]
John A. Black Research Award
The Black Award funds graduate student field-based research in coastal geomorphology, with a preference for field-based research on coastal processes located in the USA, Puerto Rico, or Canada. 2022 Recipient Pedro Matos-Llavona, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Project title: “Quantifying sediment delivery to reservoirs after Hurricane Maria”
Grant and Jody Heiken Research Grant in Volcanology
The Heiken Fund supports graduate student research in volcanology. 2022 Recipient Watts Dietrich, University of Cincinnati; Project title: “Characterizing the impacts of diagenesis on a diatom biomarker”
J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship Program
Since its inception, GSA has dedicated itself to enriching the geosciences by cultivating and supporting aspiring scientists. One of the most important ways GSA does this is through fieldwork opportunities, which the Foundation proudly supports through its J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship fund. This umbrella under which field camp scholarship programs reside was established […]
Petroleum Geoscientists Fund for Undergraduate Field Experience and Research
Undergraduate field experience is considered by professionals and employers to be a critical geoscience training experience, and yet… Only 40% of 2016 geoscience bachelor’s candidates participated in field camp; attendance continues to decrease. Rising field camp costs are increasingly prohibitive to students. Corporate funding for field camp scholarships and student research has dramatically shrunk in […]