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 […]
Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award
The Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award provides support for outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary field of archaeological geology. 2022 Recipient David K. Wright, University of Oslo
Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Research Award
The Reed Fund supports research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also can fund other geologic research. 2022 Recipients Sloane Kennedy, Western Washington University; Project title: “Exploring a possible link between magma evolution and eruption behavior: Evidence from the 400 B.P. eruption at Augustine Volcano, […]
Michael R. Rosen Research Award in Limnogeology
The Michael R. Rosen Research Award in Limnogeology supports graduate student research in the field of limnogeology.
Seth and Carol Stein Early Career Award in Geophysics and Geodynamics Fund
The purpose of the Fund is to annually honor significant contributions to geology through the application of geophysics and geodynamics by a young scientist of outstanding ability.
James B. Thompson, Jr., Award
The James B. Thompson, Jr., Fund was established through a generous bequest from the estate of Dr. James B. Thompson, Jr. Income from the fund provides for a range of research grants, specialty meeting start-up funds, distinguished international lecture tours, and support of the MGPV Division. 2021 Recipients Haley Olson, Harvard University; Project title: “Using […]
Iris Moreno Totten Award
The Iris Moreno Totten Fund supports student research in geoscience education. No Awardee for 2022