About Austin Weeks Grant

Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant

AimsThe American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the AAPG Foundation announce the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant Program for the 2011-12 school year. Funding is provided through a generous endowment gift from L. Austin Weeks to the AAPG Foundation.

The purpose of the grant is to support educational expenses of undergraduate geoscience students and their departments.

Nominated recipients’ names must be received 

at AAPG headquarters by December 15, 2011

Undergraduate earth science majors need to be members of Student Chapters. AAPG membership is not required.

To obtain a form contact Student Affairs Coordinator 

Phone (US & Canada): 1-888-945-2274 ext. 653

Phone (all others): 1-918-560-2653

Grants Size and Usage

The disbursement of the grant will consist of a maximum amount of $1,000 per qualified student chapter. Half of the calculated grant ($500) will be given to a qualified undergraduate student. The remaining is for the geoscience department, and should be used to support educational activities of the Student Chapter, i.e. for equipment, conferences, fieldtrips, etc.

Requirements

Applications will be accepted for the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant from chapters who meet the following requirements, additional details of these requirements can be found in the AAPG Student Chapter Bylaws andOperations Manual.

Regulations

A local committee consisting of not less than three (3) individuals should determine the student recipient to be nominated. Recommended committee participants are:

1. faculty advisor to the Student Chapter
2. sponsoring society liaison
3. Student Chapter President (if not a candidate)
4. department chair
5. one or more graduate teaching assistants

The chapter must - strictly enforced

• be in establishment and officially active for exactly one year from the date of deadline submission to qualify for grant (an official chapter since December 1, 2010);
• have at least nine (9) members who are AAPG student members, with member numbers (dues must be paid for current fiscal year);
• have at least one faculty sponsor who maintains Active member status in AAPG (dues must be paid for current fiscal year);
• have an executive committee for the chapter (President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer)
• hold at least one meeting per month throughout the school year;
• have filed at least two reports with AAPG Headquarters -- one in December and one at the end of the school year

Award Notification & Regulations

Chapter and student recipients will be announced in January 2012. The grants to successful students and chapters are issued in U.S. dollars and the grant is paid separately between the chapter and the student, usually by a check drawn on a U.S. bank. However, in some countries delivery of grants can only be assured by bank wire transfer or other methods. Students selected to receive grants will be contacted by the AAPG Foundation concerning delivery of their grants. They must confirm that they can safely accept mail delivery of the grant payable by U.S. check, or they must provide all the banking information necessary for wire transfer of the grant, including the appropriate bank account number in the name of the student recipient or AAPG Student Chapter. A grant cannot be sent to a third party or wire transferred to a third party’s account. Students who are unable to accept grants by one of these methods will be ineligible and should not apply.

If incorrect information has been provided for the grant during submission, i.e. check, wire transfer, or postal mailing address, a deadline date for the appeal on correction is May 1, 2012.