SCHOLARSHIPS

• AMY SHELTON AND V.H. MCNUTT ENDOWED PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP
  Award:  Amounts vary. Renewable on a competitive basis.
  Must be enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 hours for undergraduate students and minimum of 9 hours for graduate students) in the Department of Geological Sciences (geology, multidisciplinary sciences; invited program: environmental science majors may also apply).
  Must have a minimum GPA of 3.00.
  Recipients will be selected primarily on academic merit, need may also be considered as determined by the department scholarship committee.
  Deadline: Varies (normally during fall semester).  Application

• MRS. PARVATHAMMAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
  Award:  Amounts vary.
  Recipient must be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate actively pursing a degree in geology.
  The award goes to a female student as long as females constitute a minority of the geology majors.
  The scholarship will be given to the student with the best academic performance during the past year as determined by the department scholarship committee.
  Deadline: Varies.
   

• SOUTHWEST GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
  Award:  Amounts vary.
  Must be a geology major or graduate student who has applied to attend summer field camp.
  Must have a minimum GPA of 3.00.
  The scholarship is awarded based on academic excellence and needs as determined by the department scholarship committee.
  Deadline: Varies (normally spring semester).
   

• DR. JAMES O. JONES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
  Award: Amount vary.
  Must be a geology major or graduate student planning to attend field instruction (e.g. summer field camp) or to incur expenses related to field based research.
  The scholarship is awarded based on academic excellence, need and excellence of the proposal as determined by the department scholarship committee.
  Deadline:  Varies.  Application may be made at any time.

THE FOLLOWING THREE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED BY THE SOUTH TEXAS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (STGS).  INQUIRE AT THE STGS, OR THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OFFICE - ASK FOR DR. ERIC SWANSON.

• JONES-AMSBURY RESEARCH GRANT
  Award:  Up to $1,000 to support student (undergraduate and graduate) research directly related to the geology of South Texas.
  Deadline:  March 31.  Awards are made by May 31.  Application is made to the STGS.
   

• FIELD CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
  Award:  $1,500 for summer field camp expenses.
  Deadline: March 31.  Application made to the STGS.
   

• CHAIRMAN'S AWARD
  Award: $500
  The award goes to a "meritorious, needy or otherwise qualified student" as recommended to the chair by the departmental scholarship committee.  The recipient's name is submitted to the STGS before the end of April.