Funding Sources in Earth and Environmental Geosciences
Examples of Research and Travel Funding Sources for Students in Earth and Environmental Geosciences
- Funding Opportunities for Geology
- Funding Opportunities for Sedimentary Geology and Paleontology
- Funding Opportunities for Mineralogy and Petrology
- Funding Opportunities for Planetary Geology
- Funding Opportunities for Environmental Geology
Funding Opportunities for Geology (discipline unspecified)
: Deadline mid May, $2,500 to $5,000, undergraduate and graduate scholarship to cover the cost of attending an accredited geoscience program
: Deadline early August, $500, undergraduate and graduate student travel and scholarship, AGU Fall meeting presentation required
: Deadline early August, $500, undergraduate and graduate student travel to present paper or poster at AGU Fall Meeting, AGU student membership required
: Deadline early May, up to $2,000, undergraduate and graduate student scientists conducting field geophysical research using GPR and EM methods
: Deadline early April, $600 to $1,000, junior and senior undergraduate and graduate student field-oriented research on geology, geochemistry, and geophysics in the Rocky Mountain region
: Deadline early December, $2,500 to $5,000, graduate student research in all categories of field science
: Deadline early December, $2,500 to $5,000, graduate student research involving the ocean
: Deadline early December, approximately $1,500, undergraduate student funding in a wide array of disciplines
: Deadline mid May, $1,500 scholarship, offers GSA student membership and full meeting registration to the GSA annual meeting to undergraduate students from groups who are underrepresented in the geosciences
: Deadline early February, up to $2,000, graduate research to student members in geosciences
: Annual GSA meeting: Deadline early September, $300, undergraduate and graduate student members in North-Central region
: Regional GSA meeting: Deadline early February, $200, undergraduate and graduate student members in North-Central region
: Deadline mid March, $500, research grant to student members in North-Central region
: Deadline late May, one year GSA membership, partial travel funding and full meeting registration to the GSA Annual Meeting, undergraduate and graduate students from a community underrepresented in the geosciences
51社区 Graduate Student Senate: Grant for Original Work: Deadline mid September and mid February, $750, interdisciplinary review panel
51社区 Graduate Student Senate: Travel Award: Deadline mid September and mid February, $500, lottery system for funding
51社区 Provost Undergraduate Research Fund: Deadline early October, up to $1,500, research and creative activity conducted by undergraduates
51社区 Student Enhancement Awards: Deadline late January, up to $6,000, supports direct project costs for undergraduate and graduate projects
51社区 Undergraduate Travel Fund: Deadline TBD, up to $500, travel assistance for undergraduate students presenting their research
: Deadline early October and mid March, up to $1,000, travel and direct expense funding for undergraduate and graduate research
t: Deadline early February, $10,000, graduate student funding for innovative microscopy in geoscience projects
Funding Opportunities for Sedimentary Geology and Paleontology
: Deadline early December, $500 to $3,000, direct expenses for graduate student thesis work
: Deadline late March, $500, research funding for hands-on exploration, conferences, or tuition fees
: Deadline early December, $1,000, graduate scholarship for specimen based work
: Deadline early March, $500, undergraduate and graduate research in paleontology and stratigraphy with special consideration given to work on Cincinnatian fossils
: Deadline early February, up to $1,200, undergraduate or graduate student members researching any aspect of paleontology
: Deadline mid January, $500, graduate student members research projects and travel in sedimentary geology
: Deadline mid January, $500, undergraduate and graduate student members researching sedimentary geology
: Deadline mid January, $500, undergraduate and graduate student members researching sedimentary geology
: Deadline early April, $1,500, undergraduate and graduate student members research involving museum or university vertebrate fossil or natural history collections
: Deadline early April, $1,000 to $2,000, undergraduate and graduate student members fieldwork in vertebrate paleontology
: Deadline early April, $1,000, graduate student members researching non-mammalian vertebrate paleontology
: Deadline early April, up to $3,000, graduate student members research projects in field, museum, laboratory, or other academic activities
: Deadline mid January, up to $1,500, graduate student travel to visit the Yale Peabody Museum specimens
Funding Opportunities for Mineralogy and Petrology
: Deadline early February, up to $10,000, graduate research involving geochronology
: Deadline early March, up to $5,000, undergraduate and graduate student members researching mineralogical crystallography
: Deadline early March, up to $5,000, undergraduate and graduate students researching mineralogy and petrology
Funding Opportunities for Planetary Geology
: Deadline mid April, $2,500 to $5,000, graduate student impact crater research
: Deadline early March, up to $30,000, includes a stipend, student allowance, and university allowance
: Deadline early November, up to $80,000, graduate student research and development of advanced and innovative space technologies
: Deadline early September, $3,000, undergraduate and graduate student impact crater research
Funding Opportunities for Environmental Geology
: Deadline early August, $1,500 academic scholarship, undergraduate and graduate students in geoenvironmental sciences or geoenvironmental engineering
: Deadline early January, up to $5,000, undergraduate scholarship to students pursuing careers in environmental sciences or engineering
: Deadline mid January, $500, graduate student members researching areas of coastal or environmental geology