Department of Geosciences Scholarships

Summer Field Work Scholarships

Summer Field Work Scholarships are awarded 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

Eligibility requirements and selection process:

  • Undergraduate students conducting summer field work, especially those taking a field camp to complete their Bachelor of Science degree for UWM (Geo Sci 455 – Field Geology credit).
  • Graduate students conducting summer field work related to their thesis or other additional research.
  • This academic year’s Summer Field Scholarships deadline and application instructions will be announced in March, 2013.
  • Number of awards and amount vary, average award between $250 and $500
  • APPLICATIONS FOR 2013 SUMMER FIELD SCHOLARSHIPS DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013.

2012 Summer Field Scholarship Recipients:

  • Graduate Students
    • Justin Calhoun (Field work in Scottland)
    • Teri Gerard (Field work in Hawaii)
    • Steven Greenwood (Field work in Tanzania)
  • Undergraduate Students:
    • Rob Bodart (Field Camp at University of Minnesota)
    • Jessica Sielicki (Field Camp at South Dakota School of Mines)
    • Kimberly Starr (Field Camp)

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.
  • APPLICATIONS FOR 2013 WGS SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013.

2012 Wisconsin Geological Society Scholarship Recipients:

  • Justin Calhoun
  • Ashley Dineen
  • Elizabeth Stapleton

Geosciences Undergraduate Research Scholarship

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 prior Spring semester before the end of the academic year. Recipients will be announced at the annual Student Recognition Banquet.
  • Applications must be submitted along with an abstract for the research project each student is currently involved in or one that will begin the following academic year.
  • Recipients are expected to give a presentation on their research at the annual Student Research Symposium the following spring.

Undergraduate Recipients for Fall 2012 ($500 each):

  • Peter Danner (Analyzing glacial erosion in Ontario, Canada)
  • Dylan Wilmeth (Analyzing microbial fossils found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan)
 
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