Description of Funds
Amoruso Special Publications Fund
Amoruso Special Publications Fund- AAPG is one of the top petroleum geoscience publishers in the world. Special publications provide members and other industry professionals with focused and timely studies on critical scientific topics.
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.
Boone Pickens Digital Geology Fund
The Oklahoma State University (OSU) Geoscience and Geographic Information Systems exists to create, accelerate and sustain digital peer-reviewed GIS products, carried out through OSU’s Geology and Geography Departments and the AAPG Spatial Publications Standing Committee.
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 A. Busch Library Fund
Established with a gift annuity to the AAPG Foundation by Dr. Daniel A. Busch, earnings from the Daniel Busch Library 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.
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GIS-UDRIL University Subscription is a special endowed segment which provides the opportunity to give a generous gift directed to benefit a university. GIS-UDRIL is an expansive project that provides digital products and services to upstream petroleum students & researchers by preparing GIS-linked databases and atlases of georeferenced maps and other images.
- University Subscription is a special endowed segment which provides the opportunity to give a generous gift directed to benefit a university. A subscription provides online access to the entire AAPG Digital Library — a compilation of over 600,000 pages of maps and geological information in perpetuity.
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 the late Eugene F. Reid, in recognition of his long-time dedication and financial support of the Boy Scouts and the Boy Scout Geology Merit Badge.
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.
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 $1,000 Named/Memorial Grant is currently $25,000. Funding which reaches $75,000 funds the highest awarded grants of $3,000.
Holland Award of Excellence Fund
Hardin-Simmons University and Dr. David S. Holland have established the Holland Award of Excellence in 2008. This award is given to a high-achieving faculty member from the Holland School of Sciences and Mathematics.
Imperial Barrel Award Fund
The Imperial Barrel Award ceremony is the exciting culmination of AAPG’s prospect exploration evaluation and presentation competition. The contest is an annual event between teams of geoscience graduate students and their respective faculties from various universities.
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 Memorial Fund
Established in 2005 from a bequest from L. Austin Weeks to provide funding for programs and projects that promote the science of petroleum geology. The fund is unrestricted and distributed at the discretion of the Trustees.
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Fund
Established in the fall of 1997 by Mr. Weeks to assist undergraduate students and their universities, the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate 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.
Named Public Service Fund
Established to support programs and projects which further the mission of the Foundation and allow a donor to honor his or her family or colleagues. The first three named endowments established are: The Hugh Looney Excellence Endowment Fund, funded by friends and family to honor the late Hugh Looney, The Gibbs Family Endowment Fund funded by James A. Gibbs in honor of his family, and the Jack C. and Catherine I. Threet Endowed Fund for the Advancement of Petroleum Geology.
Newly Released Publications Program NEW!
The Newly Released Publications Program-University Subscription annually donates a new set of AAPG's newly published books and CDs to the university of your choosing.
Operating Fund
The Operating Fund, established several years ago by Gordon Atwater and Austin Weeks, has grown and now covers the Foundation’s normal cost of salaries and overhead for headquarters staff and professional fees. (As a result, your contribution to the fund of your choice is used solely for the exact purpose in which you designate.) Funds are still needed, though, to support the operating fund for unforeseen building and maintenance expenses and upgrades.
Professorial Grants Fund
The Professorial Grants Fund was established to award $1,000 to an individual professor for Excellence in the Teaching of Natural Resources in the Earth Sciences.
Publications Pipeline Fund
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.
Student Chapter Leadership Summit Fund
James A. Hartman Student Chapter Leadership Summit program offers AAPG Student Chapters from all universities the opportunity to participate in leadership activities. This is a new program that will begin in 2012.
Visiting Geoscientist Fund
The Visiting Geoscientist 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. Delivered digitally or in print monthly, the AAPG Bulletin is one of the most respected, peer-reviewed technical journals.
