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Deadlines Near Student Grants

The application deadlines for AAPG Foundation grants available to undergraduate and graduate students are fast approaching.

In all cases, the application form and other information can be found online at foundation.aapg.org/index.cfm.

♦ For the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grants, the application deadline is Dec. 16.

New this year – an AAPG Foundation committee will select a maximum of 67 students and AAPG Student Chapters to receive a Weeks grant. Each selected chapter and student will receive $500.

Chapters can nominate one student to apply online; please contact your faculty adviser to be nominated.

♦ The Grants-in-Aid graduate grants deadline is Jan. 13.

GIA grants provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in master’s or doctorate programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy mineral resources, and/or to related environmental geology issues.

There are 84 grants available, ranging in value from $500 to $3,000.

New graduate grants this year include:

• John and Erika Lockridge Named Grant – $3,000 for the Colorado School of Mines.
• M. Ray Thomasson Named Grant – $1,000 each for the University of Wisconsin and University of Missouri.
• Martin D. Hewitt Named Grant – $1,000 for McMasters University, Canada.
• Grants-in-Aid Committee Named Grant – $500 for the “Chairman’s Choice.”