Scholarships & Grants

Department of Geosciences Scholarships

The Department of Geosciences offer several scholarships to Geosciences students each year. Students are encouraged to apply for any scholarship they qualify for. All students must be a Geosciences major with a 3.0 cumulative gpa. Application deadlines are in spring (March & April) and scholarship recipients are announced at the annual student recognition banquet at the end of the spring semester.

Summer Field Work Scholarships

Award Information:

  • Number of awards and amount vary, average award between $250 and $500

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Undergraduate students conducting summer field work, especially those taking a field camp for UWM Geo Sci 455 – Field Geology credit.
  • Graduate students conducting summer field work related to their thesis or other additional research.

2011 Summer Field Scholarship Recipients:

  • Christy Barszewski (Field work in Utah)
  • Scott Schaefer (Field work in Nevada)
  • Ashley Dineen (Field work in Nevada)
  • Liz Boeckmann (Field Camp at South Dakota School of Mines)
  • Ellie Stapleton (Field Camp at South Dakota School of Mines)
  • Sarah Survis (Field Camp at South Dakota School of Mines)
  • Alyssa Voelker (Field Camp)

Summer Field Work Scholarship funds come from the department’s Memorial Funds for:

  • Dr. Katherine Greacon Nelson, founder of the Geosciences Department
  • Dr. Robert E. Gernant, former Geosciences Professor
  • L. Joseph Lukowicz, former Geosciences student

Wisconsin Geological Society Scholarship

Award Information:

  • Number of awards and amount vary, average award between $500 and $1000
  • Award may be used for educational expenses including but not limited to: tuition and fees, books, expenses of research (including purchase of equipment), or expenses of travel associated with undertaking or presenting research.

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Geosciences graduate students, first priority for students who are (or have been) actively engaged as members of the Wisconsin Geological Society for at least one year, as evidenced by participation in membership functions; and academic merit.
  • Recipients are expected to give an oral presentation on their thesis project at a meeting of the Wisconsin Geological Society.

2011 Wisconsin Geological Society Scholarship Recipients:

  • Christy Barszewski
  • Ashley Dineen
  • Mike Kennedy
  • Scott Schaefer

Geosciences Scholarship Fund

Application Deadline: April 20, 2012

Award Information:

  • Number of awards and amount vary; average award is between $200-$500.
  • Will be made available in the Fall semester and is meant to be used to offset the cost for those students who are currently performing their own research or plan on doing research within the academic year.

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Geosciences undergraduate students, first priority given to students who have already declared their major or minor in the Department of Geosciences.
  • Applications will be solicited and due in the Spring semester before the end of the previous academic year. Recipients will be announced at the annual Student Recognition Banquet.
  • Recipients are expected to give a presentation on their research at the annual Student Research Symposium the following spring.

Department of Geosciences Awards

In addition to scholarships, the Department of Geosciences also offers a number of awards to its undergraduate and graduate students. These are generally offered as cash awards or reimbursements for related travel.

Graduate Student Research Award

Application Deadline: April 20, 2012

Award Information:

  • Number of awards and amount vary, average award $200

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Students who have performed research at UWM in the Department of Geosciences.
  • Current students and students who have completed an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the Department of Geosciences within the past year. (Students who graduate in August or December can be recognized the following May.)
  • Recipients of the Graduate Student Research Award will be strongly encouraged to give a Department colloquium on their research.

Application and selection process:

  • The award recipient will be chosen by:
    • the number of manuscripts published or in review based on research at UWM;
    • the number of poster and oral presentations at local, regional, national, and international conferences based on research at UWM;
    • the number of grants applied for and funded for research at UWM;
    • the letters of recommendation by faculty members at UWM;
    • progress toward intended UWM graduate degree, including but not restricted to: submission of degree proposal, submission of thesis or dissertation, defense of thesis or dissertation. Students who have not completed these milestones towards a graduate degree may still apply for the Graduate Student Research Award.
  • Students will be required to submit a c.v.
  • A letter of recommendation from one faculty member is required. Letters submitted by faculty members should contain information on students’ efforts on publications and presentations; the reputation of the journals and meetings among the students’ sub-discipline; students’ scientific creativity; how seriously the students approach their work; and students’ independence from their adviser(s).

2011 Graduate Student Research Award Recipients:

  • Mike DeVasto (M.S.)
  • Mike Kennedy (M.S.)
  • Joe Ruffini (M.S.)

Graduate Student Travel Awards

Fall 2011 Deadline: September 19, 2011
Spring 2012 Deadline: February 28, 2012

Award Information:

  • Number of awards and amount may vary; maximum award is $200; offered at the beginning of every semester.
  • This award is offered from funds allocated by the faculty to help pay for travel expenses when presenting at local, national or international professional geological conferences. The awards can be offered in the form of pre-paid travel arrangements or reimbursements upon your return.

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Undergraduate and Graduate students must be presenting at the conference in which they are attending. (Confirmation of presenting is not necessary at the time of application, but an award offer may be adjusted accordingly after it is announced.)
  • You must show proof of application for additional support. (For instance, the Graduate School offers their own awards to students traveling to conferences, etc.)

Fall 2011 Student Travel Award Recipients:

  • Christine Barszewski (presenteder at GSA in Minneapolis, MN)
  • Lucia Feriancikova (presenter at AGU in San Francisco, CA)
  • Lindsey Henry (presenter at GSA in Minneapolis, MN)
  • Bill Jacobson (presenter at GSA in Minneapolis)
  • Danielle Sieger (presenter at GSA in Minneapolis, MN)

Spring 2012 Student Travel Award Recipients:

  • Justin Calhoun (presenter at GSA North Central in Dayton, OH)
  • Anna Dlugolecki (presenter at AWRA in Wisconsin Dells, WI)
  • Teri Gerard (presenter at Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, Whitewater, WI)
  • Ernest Thalhamer (presenter at Institute of Lake Superior Geology in Thunder Bay, Ontario)

Student Research Symposium Award

Award Information and Selection Process:

  • Early in the spring semester of every academic year the Department will host an Annual Student Research Symposium. Undergraduates and Graduates are urged to participate by submitting an abstract and giving a brief presentation about the research projects they are currently working on.
  • Best Graduate and Undergraduate Talk Awards are given to the recipients of the highest scores received from a judging panel of department faculty. The recipient is honored at the Annual Student Recognition Banquet and receives a cash award of $100.

2011 Student Research Symposium Award Recipients:

  • Graduate – Jake Walczak
  • Undergraduate – Joe Frederickson

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