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 3^rd, 2023. Students will receive half of the grant money on June 1^st 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.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students at a school in Pennsylvania or adjoining state.

• Applicants must be majors in geography, geosciences, planning, or related fields.  Projects must involve spatial, geographic or environmental research.

• 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 3^rd, 2023.

To download the complete guidelines for the research grant, click here

Deadline for Applications is May 1st, 2023 at 5 pm.

Applications can be submitted by clicking here

Any questions about the grant or the grant application process?

Contact Mario Cardozo - cardozo@kutztown.edu