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Fellowships & Awards

Graduate fellowships & awards

Our department offers a number of scholarships and awards to our students each year, due to the generosity of our alumni and donors. These awards help our students to fund their academic pursuits, take advantage of a field experience or study abroad, and participate in research. Our faculty selects the winners of scholarships and awards based on academic performance and specific criteria for each award.

Applications

Apply for a scholarship or an award

FIRST STEP: Go to IU Scholarships on OneIU using the link below to submit one simple application to compete for most of these awards. DEADLINE IS APRIL 15, 2022.

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Conference and Research Support

Stipendary Fellowships

Galloway/Perry/Horowitz Memorial Fund

Daniel S. Tudor Fellowship

Grassman Fellowship in Clay Mineralogy

Dissertation Year Fellowship

Mary Iverson Graduate Fellowship

Awards

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Department Citizenship Award

John and Mary Droste Award

for excellence in graduate instruction

Research Support Fellowships

Cumings-Mallot Fellowship

John Barrett Patton Award

Rudman/Pavlis Geophysics Fund

In honor of Professors Albert Rudman and Gary Pavlis, this fund provides assistance to the geophysics group. It may include but not be limited to scholarships, student support, faculty support, research, and the acquisition of equipment, and will be determined by a committee of Geophysics faculty.

Norman R. King Graduate Field Research Fellowship

This award is used to support fellowships for Master's or Ph.D. students in the Department of Geological Sciences who are conducting field studies in the area of soft-rock geology including stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology.

Coller Family Graduate Fellowship

Supports graduate students pursuing their M.S. or Ph.D. in Geological Sciences within the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Kauffman Paleobiology Fund

In recognition of Dr. Erle Kauffman's contributions to paleobiology and stratigraphy, this fund was established upon his retirement in 2002 to provide a special source of support for graduate students. The use of funds will be for outstanding graduate students for field and/or museum support.

Parke Graduate Fellowship in Geological Sciences

Supports fellowships for graduate students in our department who are entering their final year of study. The fellowships are awarded to students who are no longer eligible for regular department support but who, in the estimation of the Fellowship Committee, have demonstrated good progress toward degree completion. The fellowship is not renewable.

Noel C. Krothe Hydrogeology Graduate Student Conference Fund

This fund is used to support graduate students majoring in hydrogeology, who are presenting research at national and international meetings. Expenditures may include, but are not limited to, conference fees, lodging, travel, and meals. Monies from this fund will not replace normal department support for hydrogeology graduate students, including travel.

William D. Thornbury Fund

The fund is used to support student research in physical geology with special preference for projects involving geomorphology and glacial geology. Activities eligible for support will include field expenses and other unusual costs of student research in the fields listed.

William Post Rawles Geology Award Fund

The Award shall be made to a student (undergraduate or graduate) enrolled as a full-time student at Indiana University and whose major interest is in the area Geology.

Robert C. Saenger Scholarship

This gift is used to support scholarships for undergraduate and/or graduate students pursuing a degree in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences or have been accepted and enrolled for summer field courses at the IU Judson Mead Geologic Field Station. Recipients enrolled in summer field courses are not required to be IU students so long as they meet the enrollment goals and admission standards for the field station.

E.R. Cumings Award

The E.R. Cumings Award is given "for the best thesis on some phase of Indiana geology."

Learn about funding support

Conference Travel and Research Support

CONFERENCE TRAVEL AWARDS have a separate application. If you want funds for conference travel, search for IUB-EAS Conference Travel Support. Requires budget and statement of other funding. Applications are accepted any time.

IUB-EAS Conference Travel

RESEARCH GRANT-IN-AID has a separate application. If you want funds for thesis or dissertation research, search for IUB-EAS Research Support. Requires a proposal and budget. DEADLINE IS APRIL 15, 2022.

IUB-EAS Research Support Form