PetroGrant Program

The PetroGrant Program is designed to be a sustained investment to encourage faculty to develop research programs that engage students to work on petroleum-related geoscience projects.

As international leaders in the advancement of geosciences, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), industry and academia share a common goal of improving and expanding education in geosciences to secure an ongoing global oil and gas supply. To ensure these goals are met, a panel of esteemed industry leaders has created the AAPG PetroGrant Program as a new research funding vehicle. This program will raise, allocate and administer funds for petroleum-related research at the university level.

Industry support is vital to the success of the PetroGrant Program and your gift will be felt for generations to come.

The PetroGrant Program provides a unique opportunity to:

Strengthen the geosciences workforce
Develop viable new geosciences research
Improve the relationships among industry, academia and government

Three guiding principles of the PetroGrant Program:

Workforce is an important issue and industry is interested in developing students as future qualified employees. Grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) are considered by professors and their administrators as one of the highest and most desirable forms of funding for a university. AAPG's collaboration with the NSF has been hailed in the government as a model for future programs with industry.

Government research is primarily limited to climate, surface geology and deep geophysics; as a result there is a recognized need within the NSF for research in petroleum related fields.

Make a lasting impression in geosciences...
Support the AAPG PetroGrant Program

Why Now?

U.S. government-supported research for fossil fuels through NSF, DOE and MMS is declining or non-existent, especially in the area of "conventional" petroleum geosciences.
Overall, the petroleum industry has reduced their research budgets to universities during the past two decades.
University Faculty rely upon outside funding; with the decrease in petroleum research funding, fewer faculty and graduate students will be dedicated to sub-disciplines supportive of research in petroleum geosciences.
Geoscience graduate students migrate to programs with available research funding.
Reduced research in petroleum geosciences will decrease both the quality and quantity of graduating students available for careers in petroleum geosciences.
Companies support universities on an individual basis, but smaller or less visible programs receive limited or no support.

Make a difference today – Give to PetroGrant Program!

For more information contact:

Rebecca Griffin • (918) 560-2644 • Email
Toll-free: 1-888-945-2274 ext. 644

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