Scholarships

Award Name

Award Description

AWG Maria Crawford Field Camp Scholarship

This program encourages promising young women who pursue geoscience careers through attendance at field camp. Two $750 scholarships are awarded annually through a competitive process. The applicant must be a full-time student who is pursuing an undergraduate degree in the geosciences (geology, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrology, meteorology, physical oceanography, planetary geology, or earth science education) at an accredited college or university AND must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Application deadline is February 14th each year.
 

Geoscience IDEA Scholarship
 
(Formerly the AWG Minority Scholarship)

The Geoscience Inclusion, Diversity, Equality, and Accessibility (IDEA) Scholarship program encourages women from under-served communities to pursue an education and career in the Geosciences, or Earth Sciences. The scholarship provides up to $5000 in awards, annually, typically split between two or more undergraduate students, and matches them with AWG mentors to enhance their careers. It also includes a one-year, sponsored, AWG student membership.

Completed application materials are due June 30th each year. 
 

AWG Undergraduate Excellence in Paleontology Award

The Association for Women Geoscientists is pleased to announce the AWG Undergraduate Paleontology Award. The award, which consists of a $1000 cash prize and membership in the Paleontological Society and AWG for the tenure of the awardee’s schooling, will be presented to one outstanding female undergraduate students pursuing a career in paleontology. This award was made possible by the generous donations of Drs. David Watkins and Mary Anne Holmes and the Paleontological Society.

Applications are due April 15th each year.

Winifred Goldring Award

The Association for Women Geoscientists is pleased to announce the Winifred Goldring Award competition. The award, which consists of a $2000 cash prize and membership in the Paleontological Society and AWG for tenure of the awardee’s schooling, will be presented to three outstanding female graduate students pursuing a career in paleontology. The award is named for Winifred Goldring, a pioneering woman paleontologist, who became State Paleontologist of New York State in 1939 and the first female president of the Paleontological Society in 1949. This award was made possible by the generous donations of Drs. David Watkins and Mary Anne Holmes and the Paleontological Society.

Applications are due April 30th of each year.

Brunton Award

The AWG Brunton Award promotes the future of field mapping and data acquisition for the upcoming generation of women geoscientists. The award will go to a female geoscience student at the senior level or in her early graduate studies who has been a summer intern, excelled at field camp, or performed field data collection that leads to a senior or graduate thesis. The award is funded by Brunton.

Applications due December 15, 2021.

Jeanne Harris Chrysalis Scholarship

The Chrysalis Scholarship provides degree-completion funding for women geoscience graduate students whose education has been significantly interrupted by life circumstances. Awarded funds are intended to cover costs associated with completion of her thesis/dissertation, beyond what is traditionally covered by primary research funding. Costs may include drafting expenses, child-care, defense travel, late-stage research and analyses, or anything necessary to assist a candidate during those critical, final days.
 

Sand Student Research Presentation Travel Award

This competitive award provides women geoscience students with support to present their research at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. This travel award is named for Virginia (Ginny) Sand (1928-2007), an award-winning geoscience teacher and world traveler. Ginny graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in geology, and she spent three decades teaching geoscience at Kent State University after obtaining her MA. Her many activities supporting AWG included serving as editor of Gaea (1988-1991). Her travel destinations ranged from the Galápagos Islands to Iceland and, at the age of 76, including a journey to Antarctica. The award is to be used to help defray travel, lodging, registration fee, and other expenses associated with the presentation of the awardee’s research at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Two awards will be made each year for $500 each.

Applications are due August 10th each year.

Takken Student Research Presentation Travel Award

This travel award is named for Suzanne Takken (1925–1997), an avid traveler and strong supporter of women in geoscience. Suzanne spent a long career in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as a petroleum geologist for a major petroleum corporation and as a consulting geologist after her retirement. She served terms as president of AWG (1989–1990) and director of the AWG Foundation (1996–1997) and was awarded the AWG Distinguished Service Award in 1993. She especially enjoyed traveling to countries in Asia and the Pacific region. The award is to be used to help defray travel, lodging, registration fee, and other expenses associated with the presentation of the awardee’s research at a national or international professional geoscience meeting other than the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America.

First round applications are due February 10th and second round applications are due August 10th each year.

Applications can be downloaded here: Takken Student Research Presentation Travel Award Application
 

Laramide
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Scholarship

A scholarship in the amount of $1000 will be awarded to one geoscience student identifying as (1) a woman (cisgender or transgender), gender fluid, and/or non-binary person and as (2) a member of a historically underrepresented minority in the geosciences. The intent is to provide the student with financial support and recognition that encourages them to continue their academic and professional development as a geoscientist, through research and networking with others in academia and industry.