Awards Fund
The Awards
Fund provides the funding of the AAPG
Honors and Awards. The Honor and Awards program provides a means
for recognizing outstanding achievements and contributions by professional
geologists, especially in the area of exploration for petroleum and
energy mineral resources, and by other professionals who further the
goal and objectives of our science, our profession, and our Association.
Continuing Education Fund
The Continuing
Education Fund was established to provide a source of funding for
post-collegiate training of earth scientists. The program is focused
on assisting existing educational institutions with the establishment
of computer applications training centers. The centers provide earth
science professionals initial and ongoing training to explore for
and develop petroleum resources.
Daniel Busch Library Fund
Established
with a gift annuity to the AAPG Foundation by Dr. Daniel A. Busch,
earnings from this fund defray any expenses directly related to the
operation of the AAPG Foundation Energy
Resources Library.
Digital Products Fund
The Digital
Products Fund supports development of electronic publications, including
maps and databases. Of specific interest is digitization of Affiliated
Societies’ publications, making four generations of experience
available to
the next generation of geoscientists. The Digital Products Fund will
enable the AAPG Foundation to assist with digitization expenses so
this knowledge will not be lost.
Distinguished Lecture Fund
The Distinguished
Lecture Fund was established to fund the Distinguished
Lecture Program, which is the Association’s oldest and most
popular program, reaching into affiliated societies and universities
around the world. In addition to the distinguished lecturers’ supported by the general earnings of the fund, substantial contributions
from companies and individuals support five distinguished lecturers
each year whose tours are individually identified with the names of
distinguished members being honored or memorialized -- Roy Huffington,
Dean A. McGee, J. Ben Carsey, Merrill Haas-Wallace Pratt,and Allan
P. Bennison. The general topic and/or geographic area to be addressed
by a Named Distinguished Lecturer may be determined by the donor.
E. F. Reid Scouting Fund
The E. F.
Reid Scouting Fund supports programs which teach geology to the Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other youth organizations as determined by
the Trustees of the Foundation. With support from the Foundation and
input from AAPG members and Boy Scout staff, the current Boy Scout
Geology Merit Badge requirements and instructive materials were developed
and updated from time-to-time. In addition, AAPG members perform administrative
and teaching functions at various local and national Boy Scout venues
in connection with the Geology Merit Badge. This fund provides perpetual
support for this activity and similar activities with the Boy Scouts
and other youth organizations.
The fund
was named in honor of AAPG Foundation Trustee, Eugene F. Reid, in
recognition of his long-time dedication and financial support of the
Boy Scouts and the Boy Scout Geology Merit Badge.
E. F. Reid Dibblee Fund
The E. F.
Reid Dibblee Fund was established to help support the Thomas W. Dibblee,
Jr. Center for Geology, which was created through the merger of the
Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. Geological Foundation and the Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History. The Foundation will be providing funding
for the publication of up to 200 geological maps of central and southern
California research by Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr. during his lifetime
of fieldwork.
Eugene F.
Reid, AAPG Foundation Trustee, has been an avid supporter of the Dibblee
mapping projects through generous donations to the Foundation. It
was the Foundation Trustees desire to recognize Reid’s generosity
by naming the fund accordingly.
General Fund
The General
Fund exists for the discretionary use of Trustees to support any activity
which they deem worthy and is in accord with the purposes for which
the Foundation was established; i.e., education, charitable, and scientific
activities related to, or allied with the field of geology.
The Publications
Pipeline relies on the general fund for the expenses related with
shipping journals, and book collections to many international countries
lacking sufficient library collections of geological publications.
Grants-In-Aid Fund
The Grants-in-Aid
Fund provides financial support for research to graduate students
in geology and related earth sciences. The Named
Grants-in-Aid have become an increasingly popular way for a member
to endow an annual grant in his/her name or honor of/memory of a family
member, respected colleague, organization or institution. The minimum
amount needed to establish a $500 Named/Memorial Grant is currently
$12,500. Funding which reaches $50,000 funds the highest awarded grants
of $2,000.
K-12 Education Fund
The K-12
Education Fund provides the Foundation’s ongoing support for
geological education in earth science courses being taught in elementary
and secondary schools. Special emphasis is placed on the importance
to society of the production of natural resources ranging from gravel
to oil and natural gas. In addition, this fund provides an annual
cash award of $5000 to the AAPG
K-12 Teacher of the Year Award.
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate
Fund
Established
in the fall of 1997 by Mr. Weeks to assist undergraduate students
and their universities, this fund provides $1,000 grants per school
to each qualified AAPG
Student Chapter as outlined in the program.
Michel T. Halbouty Fund
This fund
awards the Michel T. Halbouty Texas A & M University/American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation Endowed Fellowship
to a worthy and deserving student enrolled in Texas A & M University
at College Station, Texas. The recipient shall be a student in good
standing pursing a graduate degree in geology, geophysics, or geosciences
from Texas A & M University.
Michel T. Halbouty Lecture
Fund
The Michel
T. Halbouty Lecture Fund supports an annual lecture focusing on exploration
to be given at the AAPG annual meeting. The subject of the lecture
must deal with wildcat exploration in any part of the world, especially
in areas where major discoveries might contribute significantly to
petroleum reserves or space exploration where astrogeological knowledge
would further mankind’s ability to develop resources on earth
and our solar system.
Operating Fund
The Operating
Fund, established several years ago by Austin Weeks, has grown and
now covers the Foundation’s costs of salaries and overhead for
headquarters staff and professional fees. As a result, 100% of your
contribution is used for the purpose for which you designate it.
Professorial Grants Fund
The Professorial
Grants Fund was established to provide financial assistance for college
and university professors to help defray the cost of attending AAPG
courses. Public Service Fund
Established
in 2003 to support programs and projects which further the mission
of the Foundation, the advancement of earth sciences for the good
not only of AAPG members, but also educators, students at all levels
and the public in general. The first two named endowments established
are: The Hugh Looney Excellence Endowment Fund, funded by friends
and family to honor the late Hugh Looney and The Gibbs Family Endowment
Fund funded by James A. Gibbs in honor of his family.
Visiting Geoscientist Fund
The Visiting
Geologist Fund provides funding for selected
geologists to visit college/university earth science departments
to discuss career opportunities with students and faculty.
Wallace Pratt Bulletin Fund
Established
in 1971, this fund provides support of publishing the AAPG BULLETIN.
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