Grants In Aid Program

Deadline:
January 31

About the Program

Grants

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The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

Grants-in-Aid

Named Grants

In 2008 the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation awarded $208,000 to 116 of 236 applicants through its Grants-in-Aid Program. The Program includes special grants named in recognition of the following individuals and institutions that have made substantial contributions to the Foundation, petroleum and energy-mineral sciences, teaching, or research.

• Gustavus E. Archie Memorial Grants (2)
  Petrophysics and development geology
• Gustavus E. Archie Memorial International Grants (2)
  Study of petrophysics and development geology by students outside North America
• Gordon I. Atwater Memorial Grant
• Marilyn Atwater Memorial Grant
• Barrett Family Named Grant A student at Kansas State University
• Richard W. Beardsley Named Grant
  Student studying petroleum geology in the Eastern Section AAPG region.
• Don R. Boyd Memorial Grant
  A student within the boundaries of the Gulf Coast Section of AAPG
• J. Ben Carsey, Sr. Memorial Grant
• Garth W. Caylor Memorial Grant
• Classen Family Named Grant
• William E. & Jean Crain Named Grant A student at University of Minnesota, Duluth
• Kenneth H. Crandall Memorial Grant (2)
• Ike Crumbly Minorities in Energy Named Grant A female student and/or a visible ethnic minority
• Herbert G. & Shirley A. Davis Named Grant A student at Oklahoma State University
• Eastern Section Named Grant A student studying petroleum geology in the Eastern Section AAPG region
• Fred A. & Jean C. Dix Named Grant
• Norman H. Foster Memorial Grant
• Harold J. Funkhouser Memorial Grant
• Jean G. Funkhouser Memorial Grant
• Lawrence W. Funkhouser Named Grant A student at Stanford University
• Peter W. Gester Memorial Grant
• Robert K. Goldhammer Memorial Grant
  Study of carbonates
• Merrill W. Haas Memorial Grant
• Michel T. Halbouty Memorial Grant (2)
  Students at Texas A&M University
• William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant
  Student at University of Texas, Austin
• Bernold M. “Bruno” Hanson Memorial Environmental Grant
  Study of specific environmental issues related to exploration and production of petroleum and energy minerals, or application of technologies developed/employed in petroleum or energy minerals industries to environmental problems
• Richard C. Hasson Memorial Grant
  Student studying in the U.S.
• Thomas A. Hendricks Memorial Grant
  Study of the Ouachitas, the Arkoma Basin and/or the Marathon/Solitario areas, or for study involving petrography or petrology
• James E. Hooks Memorial Grant
  Student at Florida State University or Texas A&M
• The Institut Français du Pètrole Named Grant
• John E. Kilkenny Memorial Grant
  Geologic study of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon or Washington, by student at a university in that area, i.e., Pacific Section AAPG
• Frank E. Kottlowski Memorial Grant
• Allan & Eleanor Martini Named Grant
• R. E. McAdams Memorial Grant (2)
• Duncan A. McNaughton Memorial Grant
• Arthur A. Meyerhoff Memorial Grant (2)
  Geological studies applicable to regional or global tectonics
• James W. Milliken Memorial Grant
  Student at Texas A&M University
• Hugh D. Miser Memorial Grant
  Study of geology of Arkansas and/or Oklahoma
• Raymond C. Moore Memorial Grant
  Paleontology
• Nancy Setzer Murray Memorial Grant
  Significant involvement with stratigraphy
• Paul Danheim Nelson Memorial Grant
  Study of impact geology; geology of environment; resource development, management and conservation, including hydrocarbons; or geology of landscapes & formation [buried streams & valleys]; or linear pattern geology
• Ohio Geological Society Named Grant A student studying the geology of Ohio or a student enrolled at a university or college in Ohio
• Donald A. & Mary O’Nesky Named Grant
• Edward B. Picou Named Grant
• Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Grant
• R. Dana Russell Memorial Grant
  Sedimentary petrology/petrography or oceanography
• SEAPEX Named Grant
  Student whose nationality is from Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Timor, or China.
• Frederick A. Sutton Memorial Grant
• Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant
• John Teagle Memorial Grant
• J. Elmer Thomas Past-Presidents Grant
• Donald F. Towse Memorial Grant
  Research in geology related to the occurrence and production of earth materials, except conventional oil and gas, capable of being used in energy production, and including remote sensing
• Horst and Jessie von Bandat Memorial Grant (2)
• Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Named Grant (2)
• L. Austin Weeks Memorial Grant
• Marta S. Weeks Named Grant
• Sherman A. Wengerd Memorial Grant
• Weimer Family Named Grant Student at University of Wyoming
• W. David Wiman Memorial Grant
• Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant
• David Worthington Family Grant Student studying Paleontology
• David Worthington Named Grant Student at Rice University