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Student Grants – Department of Geology is a collection of awards from the University of Georgia Department of Geology that funds graduate student research and travel. Funding is available through several named funds, including the Miriam Watts-Wheeler Fund, the Gilles and Bernadette Allard Geology Award Fund, the Joseph W.
Berg Scholarship in Geophysics Fund, the Levy Memorial Fund, and the Paul and Loretha Thiele Graduate Fellowship Fund. Travel grants support attendance and presentations at professional meetings, workshops, and training sessions. Research grants cover expenses such as sample collection, analysis, and fieldwork.
While the Watts-Wheeler Fund is open to all graduate students in geology, other funds target specific research types. Eligible applicants are enrolled graduate students in the University of Georgia's geology program.
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Student Grants | Department of Geology Skip to Quaternary region Award for graduate student research and travel are available through several funds, including the Miriam Watts-Wheeler Fund, the Gilles And Bernadette Allard Geology Award Fund, Joseph W. Berg Scholarship in Geophysics Fund, the Levy Memorial Fund, and the Paul and Loretha Thiele Graduate Fellowship Fund.
Although the Watts-Wheeler Fund is open to all graduate students, the other funds target specific types of research. When you submit an application, consider which funds you might be eligible for. To apply for these funds, use the appropriate form for travel support or research support .
Travel grants are intended for travel to professional meetings and conferences to present talks and posters, as well as workshops and training sessions. Research grants are intended to cover research-related expenses, such as sample collection, sample analysis, and field work. Email your completed proposal to the Academic Program Administrator, Ms. Ashley Arnold .
Ask your major professor to submit a supporting letter, sent as a separate pdf to the Academic Program Administrator. Deadlines for all awards will be announced by the Graduate Coordinator or the Academic Program Administrator. There are typically two deadlines, one in September and one in March.
Awards are made on a competitive basis to students in good standing, with the amount of awards determined by the quality of the proposal, available funds, and extent of efforts to seek external funding. Students are highly encouraged to aggressively seek out and apply for external funding before applying for departmental funding.
Funding recommendations are made by the Student Awards Committee, with final approval by the Department Head. Miriam Watts-Wheeler Scholarship Fund The Miriam Watts-Wheeler Scholarships are open to all Geology graduate students , and they are the principle means by which we support the research and conference travel of graduate students.
The Miriam Watts-Wheeler Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 by the late Mr. Harold Elton Wheeler in honor of his wife, Miriam Watts Wheeler. Mrs. Wheeler’s lifelong interest in rocks and minerals gave them many years of pleasure as they traveled throughout the United States and abroad gathering specimens for her collection.
Mrs. Wheeler was impressed by the University of Georgia, and Mr. Wheeler established this fund in her memory. Gilles And Bernadette Allard Geology Award Fund The Allard Award supports graduate students for primarily field-based research . This typically would involve more than sample collection.
This is commonly true for mapping, structural geological studies, and stratigraphic studies; however, it could be used for any study where the research takes place primarily in the field. The Gilles and Bernadette Allard Geology Award Fund was initiated by Dr. Jeff Reid (Ph. D.
, 1981) upon the retirement of Professor Gilles Allard. Contributions from Dr. Allard’s colleagues, alumnae, as well as the Allards have made the fund operational. Joseph W.
Berg Scholarship in Geophysics Fund The Berg Scholarship supports research in geophysics by undergraduate and graduate students . Funds can be used for field expenses, laboratory expenses, and research supplies. For undergraduates, funds may also be used for travel to meetings to present a talk or poster.
Undergraduate students may receive a maximum of $500 during their time in the Department, and graduate students may receive up to $1500. This scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Joseph W. Berg, Jr., an internationally recognized geophysicist with a distinguished record of service and research in government and academia.
John Sanford Levy Memorial Fund Thie Levy Fund award supports research by graduate students in marine geology , specifically the physical, chemical, or biological study of any modern saline depositional environment or any sediment or rock in a saline wetting that requires modern marine technology or logistics during sampling.
Eligible areas include marine sedimentology, petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, and studies involving the paleontological, ichnological, and paleoecological implications of modern marine organisms. The Levy Memorial Fund was established in remembrance of John Levy, a graduate student conducting marine geological research on Sapelo Island.
Paul and Loretha Thiele Graduate Fellowship Fund The Thiele Fund award supports research in geology, with first preference to students studying clay mineralogy . The Thiele Fund was created in 2025 through the generosity of the Paul and Loretha Thiele and their advancement of clay mineralogy and mining in the state of Georgia. We highly encourage students to seek research funding from external agencies.
This has many benefits. For the student, it provides additional possibilities of funding, as well as valuable practice in seeking funding. For the department, it advertises the quality of work our students are doing, and it makes our internal funds go farther.
External grants are available from many sources, and web searches often reveal new avenues for funding. General funds are available from the Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, the American Museum of Natural History, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, among others. Discipline-specific funds are commonly available, such as for planetary geology, paleontology, hydrology, and sedimentary geology.
In some cases, funding is available for specific field areas, so cast a wide net in searching for grants. Also seek out the advice of more senior graduate students. Your gift helps to fund research, travel, and field experience for students and faculty.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Graduate students in geology at the University of Georgia. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.