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Departmental Scholarships & Fellowships

Deadline for Summer 2012 Research Scholarship Applications: 30 March 2012 at 5:00 pm

All TTU Geoscience graduate students in good standing are eligible for scholarship support. The Department seeks to use its scholarship funding to support graduate student research during the summer, and students are encouraged to write applications seeking support for a small component of their larger projects that may be successfully completed in the summer months.

A completed application package will consist of:

1) A completed Scholarship Application.
2) A 2-page NSF-style resume.
3) A detailed budget and justification of work to be completed.
4) A 2-page (excluding references) project description that clearly states the problem to be addressed or the hypothesis to be tested, how the research will be conducted and completed in a timely manner, and why the research is important to both your project and within the broader context of Geosciences.

In addition, if a student wishes to use the scholarship in the summer months they must be enrolled for a minimum of 3 research credit hours in either Summer I or Summer II.

Awards are typically up to $1500.

All dispersed funds must be used to support thesis or dissertation research, and will be made on the basis of intellectual merit. Scholarship money may not be used for salary, or costs associated with conference travel and attendance. Scholarship recipients are required to submit a brief report that describes the work accomplished and how the funds were used in the semester immediately following distribution of the scholarship funds.

Scholarship awards will be made from the following funds:

  1. The John Brand Scholarship supports field research in stratigraphy and/or paleontology.
  2. The Alonzo Jacka Scholarship supports research in sedimentary petrology, especially as applied to hydrocarbon exploration & production.
  3. The Alton Wade Scholarship supports research in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.
  4. The E A McCullough Graduate Endowment.

The application form may be downloaded here.

For more information, contact Dr. Callum Hetherington

 

 

Geological Society of America Graduent Student Research Grants

Application information may be found here.

 

AAPG Grants in Aid

Application information may be found here.

 

General University Scholarships & Fellowships

Information for TTU Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships may be found at the Graduate School's Scholarship page.

The Department of Geosciences regularly nominates the highest-ranking incoming Graduate applicants for AT&T Chancellors Fellowships every spring and summer. These prestigious University awards offer $3000/year for M.S. students and $4000/year for Ph.D. students, in addition to other support such as Teaching Assistantships (TA's) and Research Assistantships (RA's). Typically we garner one to two Chancellor's Fellowships to offer prospective graduate applicants per semester. However, these Fellowships are not guaranteed and are available only to the highest-ranked candidates in the University. In order to qualify for these fellowships, new applicants must have their entire file complete with both the Graduate School and the Department of Geosciences by 15 January. Potential thesis advisors will write letters of support for the graduate fellow in advance of their arrival at TTU. Therefore, it is imperative that you contact a potential thesis advisor as you are going through the application process.

 

For more information, contact the Graduate Advisor, Dr. Seiichi Nagihara.