Planetary Geology Division: Student Travel Grants for GSA Meeting

The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of America is offering two travel grants of $500 each to help defray costs for PGD student members who are traveling to the 2011 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver to present first-authored papers.

Applicants for student travel awards must:

– Be first author and presenter of a paper (or poster)
– Be a Student Member of both GSA and the Planetary Geology Division.
– Be registered for the meeting before applying for a travel grant.
– Submit a completed Travel Grant Application, current CV, and a short justification (~300-500 words) for why travel funding is needed. If you are a co-convener of a session, also give that session’s title.

To join or to renew your membership see: http://www.geosociety.org/members/

To register see: http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/reg.htm

A student may only receive one GSA travel grant per meeting. You will be notified of your application status in early October. Checks will be presented at the meeting, following your talk or poster.

The application deadline has been extended to September 24th, 2011. The application form can be requested from, and submitted to Bob Anderson, robert.c.anderson@jpl.nasa.gov.

For more info see: http://rock.geosociety.org/pgd/awards.html#_travel