Named/Memorial Grants

In 2009 the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation awarded $206,120 to 86 of 366 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.

Gustavus E. Archie Memorial Grants (2)
Petrophysics and development geology
Gustavus E. Archie Memorial International Grants (2)
Study of petrophysics and development geology by students 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
Student studying petroleum geology in the Eastern Section AAPG region.
Rodney A. Bernasek Memorial Grant
Don R. Boyd Memorial Grant
A student within the boundaries of the Gulf Coast Section of AAPG
J. Ben Carsey, Sr. Memorial Grant
Garth W. Caylor Memorial Grant
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 a visible 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 Eastern Section AAPG region
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
Robert K. Goldhammer Memorial Grant
Study of carbonates
Merrill W. Haas Memorial Grant
Michel T. Halbouty Memorial Grant (2)
Students at Texas A&M University
William Dow Hamm Memorial Grant
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
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
Student at Florida State University or Texas A&M
The Institut Français du Pètrole Named Grant
John E. Kilkenny Memorial Grant
Geologic study of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon or Washington, by a student at a university in that area, i.e., Pacific Section AAPG
Frank E. Kottlowski Memorial Grant
Allan & Eleanor Martini Named Grant
R. E. McAdams Memorial Grant (2)
Jay M. McMurray Memorial Grant-In-Aid
Student whose research involves uranium or nuclear fuel energy
Duncan A. McNaughton Memorial Grant
Arthur A. Meyerhoff Memorial Grant (2)
Geological studies applicable to regional or global tectonics
James W. Milliken Memorial Grant
Student at Texas A&M University
Hugh D. Miser Memorial Grant
Study of geology of Arkansas and/or Oklahoma
Raymond C. Moore Memorial Grant
Paleontology
Nancy Setzer Murray Memorial Grant
Significant involvement with stratigraphy
Paul Danheim Nelson Memorial Grant
Study of 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 Ohio
Donald A. & Mary O’Nesky Named Grant
Edward B. Picou Named Grant
Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists Named Grant
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
Sedimentary petrology/petrography or oceanography
SEAPEX Named Grant
Student whose nationality is from Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guineax, Timor, or China.
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
Research in 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
Student at University of Wyoming
Sherman A. Wengerd Memorial Grant
James E. Wilson Memorial Grant
W. David Wiman Memorial Grant
Jon R. Withrow Named Grant
Student at University of Oklahoma
Raymond D. Woods Memorial Grant
David Worthington Family Grant
Student studying Paleontology
David Worthington Named Grant
Student at Rice University