Geosciences Field Camp Funding Available for Summer 2016!

In partnership with ExxonMobil, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) is pleased to announce its 2016 Geosciences Scholarship Program. Through ExxonMobil’s generous support, AISES will offer scholarships in the amount of $3,000 to assist undergraduate, MS and PhD students in financing geosciences field work and research for summer 2016.

Students who have applied to and/or been accepted to a Summer 2016 geoscience field camp are encouraged to apply for these AISES ExxonMobil Geosciences Scholarships now. If you are seeking field camp opportunities, please see the following link for information and application deadlines: http://education.usgs.gov/nagt/geofieldcamps.html. The field camps listed provide at least 6 credit-hours and many accept students from other schools.

• Applicants must be a member of AISES. Membership information can be found here: http://www.aises.org/membership
• Applicants must be an enrolled member of a federally or state recognized American Indian Tribe, Alaskan Native Village or are listed on the Native Hawaiian Rolls.
• Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited BS, MS or PhD program
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Applicants must have applied or been accepted into a geoscience field camp at the time of application, or be able to provide a summary of their approved plan for Summer or Fall 2016 field based research.

*Scholarships are for direct support of geology mapping, geological field based analysis, or geophysical fieldwork and research.

Complete applications are due by April 15, 2016.

For more information on this program and how to apply, please visit: http://www.aises.org/scholarships.  If you have further questions, please contact Melanee Stevens, Program Manager, at 720.552.6123 or mstevens@aises.org.

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