Named/Memorial Grants
In 2011 the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation awarded $179,000 to 82 of 414 applicants through its Grants-in-Aid Program. The Program includes special grants named in recognition of the following individuals and institutions that have made substantial contributions to the Foundation, petroleum and energy-mineral sciences, teaching, or research. These grants are restricted to geology graduate students. Click here to view list of current recipients.
- Gustavus E. Archie Memorial Grants (2)
- Two students studying petrophysics and development geology
- Gustavus E. Archie Memorial International Grants (2)
- Two students studying petrophysics and development geology outside North America
- Gordon I. Atwater Memorial Grant
- Marilyn Atwater Memorial Grant
- Barrett Family Named Grant
- A student at Kansas State University
- Richard W. Beardsley Named Grant
- A student studying petroleum geology in the AAPG Eastern Section
- Rodney A. Bernasek Memorial Grant
- A student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Don R. Boyd Memorial Grant
- A student studying in the AAPG Gulf Coast Section
- J. Ben Carsey, Sr. Memorial Grant
- Garth W. Caylor Memorial Grant
- A student who is a U.S. Citizen
- Classen Family Named Grant
- William E. & Jean Crain Named Grant
- A student at University of Minnesota, Duluth
- Kenneth H. Crandall Memorial Grant (2)
- Ike Crumbly Minorities in Energy Named Grant
- A female student and/or ethnic minority
- Herbert G. & Shirley A. Davis Named Grant
- A student at Oklahoma State University
- Fred A. & Jean C. Dix Named Grant
- Eastern Section Named Grant
- A student studying petroleum geology in the AAPG Eastern Section
- Norman H. Foster Memorial Grant
- Harold J. Funkhouser Memorial Grant
- Jean G. Funkhouser Memorial Grant
- Lawrence W. Funkhouser Named Grant
- A student at Stanford University
- Peter W. Gester Memorial Grant
- William E. Gipson Named Grant
- A student studying petroleum geology at Southern Methodist University
- Robert K. Goldhammer Memorial Grant
- Studying carbonates
- Merrill W. Haas Memorial Grant
- Michel T. Halbouty Memorial Grant (2)
- Two students at Texas A&M University
- William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant
- A student at University of Texas, Austin
- Bernold M. “Bruno” Hanson Memorial Environmental Grant
- Study of specific environmental issues related to exploration and production of petroleum and energy minerals, or application of technologies developed/employed in petroleum or energy minerals industries to environmental problems
- Richard C. Hasson Memorial Grant
- Any student studying in the U.S.
- Thomas A. Hendricks Memorial Grant
- Study of the Ouachitas, the Arkoma Basin and/or the Marathon/Solitario areas, or for study involving petrography or petrology
- James E. Hooks Memorial Grant
- A student at Florida State University or Texas A&M
- The Institut Français du Pètrole Named Grant
- Harry and Joy Jamison Named Grant- NEW
- A student at Oregon State University
- Michael S. Johnson Named Grant
- Two students studying at Ohio State University
- John E. Kilkenny Memorial Grant
- Geologic study of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon or Washington, by a student at a university in the AAPG Pacific Section
- Frank E. Kottlowski Memorial Grant
- Robert & Carolyn Maby Memorial Grant
- A student at the University of Wisconsin
- Allan & Eleanor Martini Named Grant
- R. E. McAdams Memorial Grant (2)
- Jay M. McMurray Memorial Grant
- Studying uranium or nuclear fuel energy
- Duncan A. McNaughton Memorial Grant
- Meckel Family Named Grant - NEW
- Any student from Rice University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Montana at Missoula, University of Texas at Austin, OR ETH at Zurich- studying depositional environments/process in clastics or carbonates (modern or ancient)
- Arthur A. Meyerhoff Memorial Grant (2)
- Two students studying geological studies applicable to regional or global tectonics
- James W. Milliken Memorial Grant
- A student at Texas A&M University
- Hugh D. Miser Memorial Grant
- Study of geology in state of Arkansas and/or Oklahoma
- Raymond C. Moore Memorial Grant
- Studying paleontology
- Mruk Family Named Grant
- Grants-in-Aid Committee Chairman’s Choice for Excellence
- Nancy Setzer Murray Memorial Grant
- Studying mostly stratigraphy
- Paul Danheim Nelson Memorial Grant
- Studying impact geology; geology of environment; resource development, management and conservation, including hydrocarbons; or geology of landscapes & formation [buried streams & valleys]; or linear pattern geology
- Ohio Geological Society Named Grant
- A student studying the geology of Ohio or a student enrolled at a university or college in the state of Ohio
- Donald A. & Mary O’Nesky Named Grant
- Edward B. Picou Named Grant
- A student at Louisiana State University
- Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists
- A student studying Appalachian Basin geology and attending a university or college in the Appalachian Basin area
- Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Grant
- R. Dana Russell Memorial Grant
- Studying sedimentary petrology/petrography or oceanography
- SEAPEX Named Grant
- Any student whose nationality is from Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Timor, or China
- John and Colleen Silcox Named Grant
- Roger W. Stoneburner Memorial Grant
- Frederick A. Sutton Memorial Grant
- Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant
- John Teagle Memorial Grant
- J. Elmer Thomas Past-Presidents Grant
- Donald F. Towse Memorial Grant
- Studying geology related to the occurrence and production of earth materials, except conventional oil and gas, capable of being used in energy production, and including remote sensing
- Horst and Jessie von Bandat Memorial Grant (2)
- Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Memorial Grant (2)
- L. Austin Weeks Memorial Grant
- Marta S. Weeks Named Grant
- Weimer Family Named Grant
- A student at University of Wyoming
- Sherman A. Wengerd Memorial Grant
- James E. and Elloie B. Wilson Memorial Grant
- W. David Wiman Memorial Grant
- Jon R. Withrow Named Grant
- A student at University of Oklahoma
- Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant
- David Worthington Family Grant
- A student studying paleontology
- David Worthington Named Grant (2)
- Two students at Rice University
