Foundation Programs

The AAPG Foundation supports many scientific, educational programs, some of which are:

AAPG Awards, which foster and recognize excellence and accomplishment in the geosciences.

The Bridge Fund is dedicated to the creation of a feature length documentary film and companion website that will help alert and inform the world of future trends in energy use and production.

AAPG Bulletin publishing costs are partially underwritten by the AAPG Foundation.

AAPG Grants-in-Aid Program to assist students pursuing graduate degrees in the geosciences or related environmental geology studies AAPG Foundation Grant Recipients.

AAPG Foundation Digital Products University Subscriptions give your Alma Mater online access to the entire AAPG Digital Library -- a compliation of over 600,000 pages of maps and geological information in perpetuity.

AAPG PetroGrant Program is designed to be a sustained investment to encourage faculty to develop research programs that engage students to work on petroleum-related geoscience projects.

L. Austin Weeks Memorial Undergraduate Grants provide $500 each for a qualified undergraduate student and their respective geology department through AAPG Student Chapter Program.

AAPG Distinguished Lecture Program supports lecture tours on pertinent geoscience topics to universities and geological groups throughout the world .

AAPG Visiting Geoscientist Program sends geologists to college campuses to speak to and establish beneficial relationships with students and faculty.

K-12 Programs provide teaching resources and training for teachers including:

  • Teachers' Day Program at the AAPG Annual Meetings
  • K-12 Teacher of the Year Award
  • Student Field Trips at the AAPG Annual Meetings
  • AGI's Earth Science Week Program
  • Bookout Initiative

Continuing Education programs offer computer training opportunities for mid-career geologists in GeoTechnology Training Centers.

AAPG Foundation Energy Resources Library makes available to geoscientists its reference/research services either in person, via phone, FAX or e-mail.