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GSA ANNUAL REPORT FY2019

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

On To the Future Program Northeast Urban Travel Award
Expanding diversity and inclusivity is critical to innovation, The Northeast Urban Travel Awards
scientific advancement, and solving tomorrow’s geoscience chal- Program provides financial assistance to
lenges. GSA’s On To the Future (OTF) program supports students non-traditional students attending urban
The Geological Society of America ®
from a diversity of backgrounds to attend their first Annual universities in GSA’s Northeastern
Meeting. In 2018, the Society funded 68 students to attend the Geographic Section. Non-traditional
Annual Meeting. There, students were paired in mentorships, students are those who have delayed
met with GSA leadership, and learned about participation in internships, scholarships, enrollment in post-secondary education
and research opportunities. associated with caring for dependents
OTF students also participated in a full-day professional development workshop and/or working full-time, and who, due
sponsored by the National Science Foundation. This partnership with the University of to competing non-academic priorities,
Arkansas, Fayetteville, helped fund 20 OTF alumni to attend the Annual Meeting and are unable to participate in multi-day
go to the joint South-Central, North-Central, and Rocky Mountain Section Meeting in field or meeting experiences critical to
spring 2019. The workshop focused on helping students define their career goals and geoscience education and training. This
identify and begin an application for an internship and/or research experience to aid year, seven students were awarded schol-
their transition into the geosciences workforce. arships grants. Since 2014, a total of 31
students have received this award.
Minority Scholarships GSA Foundation Field Camp
GSA awards six scholarships to under- Scholarships
graduate students, one from each of the The GSA Field Camp Scholar Award
Society’s Geographic Sections, who are is a US$2,000 award to undergraduate
from minority backgrounds. In addition students to attend a field camp of their
to the award, the students receive compli- choice. In 2019, 15 students were awarded
mentary membership and registration for scholarships based on their economic and
the Annual Meeting. financial need, merit, and diversity.
Recent Minority Student Scholarship recipi-
ents. From left to right: David Davis, Lisa
Duong, and Nora Soto Contreras.

BY THE NUMBERS
In 9 years, US$90,000 was
143 awarded to geology field camps
NPS-GIP
projects
recruited In 2019, 297 people
1 hammer = 8 projects for 2019
GeoCorps positions attended short courses
56 % of these were
44 filled in 2019
students
Over 15 years since the program’s
creation, 28,500+ EarthCaches
68 OTF
were developed in 205 countries 392 Graduate students were
Student Research funded to
Grant proposals attend the
$ AGeS2 were funded 2018 Annual
in 2019
US$812,000 was 20 proposals Meeting.
funded with
awarded overall for Graduate US$8,186
Student Research Grants. The average 693 students were
average grant amount was US$2,071 grant amount
awarded mentored by 135 mentors

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