FOR ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
are given to graduate and undergraduate students to encourage participation in field trips and short courses held at annual and sectional meetings. Participation on field trips is especially encouraged. The only criteria are that you must be a student member of the Engineering Geology Division of GSA and making satisfactory progress toward your degree. In the event that requests for awards exceed available funding, requests for attending field trips will be given preference over requests for short courses.
To join the Division, contact GSA at gsaservice@geosociety.org or
1-888-443-4472; or go to http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/ and click on
Join a Division.”
Fill out the attached form, have a professor in your department sign it, and then send it in. You will be notified about two months in advance of the meeting if an award is made. An award will pay for meeting registration and the attendance fee for short courses and/or field trips. Transportation, room, and board must be provided by the student. Unused awards or portions thereof must be returned.
You may apply for more than one field trip and/or short course per meeting and more than one meeting per year. If you are attending the annual meeting, please join us at the Division's annual luncheon (see application). Please send in your application for the meeting you plan to attend by the appropriate deadline listed below.
Section Meetings - Five weeks before the meeting
Annual Meeting - August 1, 2008.
Roy J. Shlemon Meeting Award Application
(67 Kb PDF file)
are given to graduate students with the best research proposals within the broad field of engineering geology. At least two $1000 scholarships will be awarded; one for Master’s level and one for Doctoral level research. Additional awards may be made at the discretion of the Roy J. Shlemon Scholarship Awards Committee.
The primary role of this awards program is to provide partial support of master's and doctoral thesis research in engineering geology. The program is competitive and there is no guarantee of funding, The Scholarship Awards Committee strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to participate fully in this program. Eligibility is restricted to student members of the Engineering Geology Division.
To join the Division ($5/year), contact GSA at gsaservice@geosociety.org
or 1-888-443-4472, or go to http://www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/ and click on
&Join a Division.”
Each applicant must submit a typed and signed form (attached herein) and four legible photocopies. It is imperative that all copies be legible, as they must be distributed to the members of the Scholarship Awards Committee. Hand-written applications or those transmitted by facsimile or E-mail will not be accepted.
Confidential evaluations on the "Appraisal of Applicant Forms” are required from two faculty members for each student applicant. These forms are supplied with each application form and must accompany applications submitted. Advisors must use this form rather than send a letter of reference. It is the applicant's responsibility to follow up with those persons who have agreed to submit an appraisal form on their behalf, and to be sure that the forms are included with the application at the time of submittal. In the rare case that an advisor agrees to submit an appraisal form directly to the Scholarship Awards Committee, it is the applicant's responsibility to follow up with the advisor and the Committee. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
All applications must be postmarked on or before March 15. Actions taken by the Roy J. Shlemon Scholarship Awards Committee will be reported to each applicant by a letter of notification in April. Results will not be given by telephone.
For more information concerning the Awards Program contact Robert A. Larson at ralarson1@dslextreme.com.
The application forms may be printed out and filled in on a typewriter, where appropriate, or filled out in Adobe Reader and printed. Please note that you cannot save the filled out form in Adobe Reader.
Roy J. Shlemon Scholarship Award Application
(85 Kb PDF file)
