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*NEW* Student Research Grants
2nd Annual Pennsylvania Geographical Society -- Student Research Grants -- The Pennsylvania Geographical Society (PGS) seeks to support undergraduate and graduate student scholarly activities related to any field of research in Geography, at higher-education institutions across Pennsylvania and adjoining states. The goals of this grant program are: To promote student-led research and creative activities related to Geography at colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and adjoining states. To promote student presentations of scholarly work at the PGS Annual Conference. To encourage faculty-student research collaborations that lead to the advancement of geographic knowledge and practice. A maximum of three awards will be given in 2023. Each award will consist of: 1. A fund of up to US $500 to conduct research. Students must present the results of their work at the 2023 PGS Annual Meeting to be held in Salisbury, MD, on November 3rd, 2023. Students will receive half of the grant money on June 1st and the other half following the successful presentation of their work at the PGS meeting in November. 2. All meeting registration fees will be waived for the student awardee and their supervising faculty mentor. 3. A travel stipend of US $150 for the student’s participation at the 2023 PGS Annual Meeting. This stipend is intended to help support the student’s travel to the meeting. Students will receive the travel stipend following the successful presentation of their work at the PGS meeting in November.Eligibility
• Applicants must be majors in geography, geosciences, planning, or related fields. Projects must involve spatial, geographic or environmental research.
• The principal investigator must be the student applying for the grant, not faculty.All projects must be supervised by faculty (of any status).
• Applicants must present the results of their project (as a poster or paper) at the 2023 Annual PGS Meeting to be held in Salisbury, MD, on November 3rd, 2023. • This grant is open to any student meeting the above criteria. Membership to the PGS is not required at the time of application. To download the complete guidelines for the research grant, click here Deadline for Applications is May 1st, 2023 at 5 pm. Student members: Applications can be submitted by clicking here Student non-members: Applications can be emailed directly to Mario Cardozo Any questions about the grant or the grant application process? Contact Mario Cardozo - cardozo@kutztown.edu |