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Level: postgraduate, doctoral, postdoctoral
Field of study: Natural Sciences, Engineering
Type of scholarship: partial
Place of study: United States of America
Language of study: English
Deadline: 31.01.2007.
Scholarship administrator: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
Grants-in-Aid

The purpose of the AAPG Foundation's Grants-in-Aid program is tofoster research in the geosciences. Grants are made to providefinancial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled inMasters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to thesearch for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources,and/or to related environmental geology issues.

Grants are based on merit, and in part, on the financial needs of the applicant.

Factors weighed in selecting successful applicants include:

- the qualifications of an applicant as indicated by pastperformance; originality and imagination of the proposed project;support of the department in which the work is being done; andperceived significance of the project to petroleum, energy minerals andrelated environmental geology.

Grants range from $500 to$2,000 and are to be applied to expenses directly related to thestudent's thesis work, such as field work, laboratory analyses, etc.

Contact 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, OK 74101-0979 USA

URL: http://foundation.aapg.org/gia
Contact person: Rebecca Griffin (rgriffin@aapg.org)