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The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) – Oklahoma State University (OSU) Geoscience and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Consortium 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. The products will have direct application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-related mineral resources, and / or related to environmental geology or related economic issues.
Example of Projects for Funding Consideration
- Those needing cartographic work (maps and derivatives including vectorizing, attribution, preparation of metadata and geo-referencing)
- Creation of GIS-based databases, reports, studies
- Projects with a focus on geology, energy, geography, energy and economics
- Submitted with a coordinating editor
- Projects where copyright is released to the AAPG, or permission to publish or re-use is granted
Letter of Inquiry Requirement and Guidelines
The Letter of Inquiry (LOI) should be not more than two pages and include as a minimum the following information:
- Lead author / project coordinator, address and key contact information
- Project proposal summary
- Relevance to the Consortium’s mission
- Purpose of the funding request including:
- Description of project
- Identify who will benefit / what is hoped to be accomplished
- How the funding request will accomplish the above
- Estimated amount ($) of funding request (the consortium will detail this if funds are approved, based on information from the Spatial Publications Author Submission Form)
The Letter of Inquiry will be reviewed by the Consortia Advisory Committee and should be submitted directly to Rebecca Griffin or by mail to:
AAPG-OSU GIS Consortium
c/o AAPG Foundation, Attn: Rebecca Griffin
1444 S. Boulder Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74119 USA
