News & Announcements

The L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant program awards deserving geoscience students and their college or university departments with $1,000 in financial funding. The award is split between a nominated student and his or her department, each receiving $500.

Dr. Robert Goldstein, Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Kansas, has been named the winner of this year’s AAPG Foundation Professorial Award.

The L. Austin Weeks Memorial Medal is given in recognition for extraordinary philanthropy and service directed to advance the mission of the AAPG Foundation.

The AAPG Foundation Trustees have named Bob Ardell and Mike Wisda as the 2014 Trustee Associates Service Award recipients. Awards will be presented at the 2014 Trustee Associates Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas in September.

The AAPG Foundation Trustees unanimously selected Charles “Chuck” Weiner as the 2014 Chairman’s Award recipient. The Chairman’s Award was the first award established by the AAPG Foundation. It is to be given to recognize persons who have made extraordinary contributions (monetary or service) to the AAPG Foundation, and also to call attention to the role and value of the Foundation.

Nora Nieminski, a third year Ph.D. student at Stanford University, received the 2013 Mruk Family Named Grant, restricted as the Chairman’s Choice for Excellence through the Grants-in-Aid program.