The request must be approved by your advisor and by the Discretionary Funds Committee. The MS student may apply once, and PhD students may apply in each of two different years in residence for this award. The Discretionary Fund also helps to cover the cost of travel to regional and national meetings for those students who present a paper. The amount is subject to the scope of the meeting, distance, and availability of funds. Usually, the department provides van transportation to the national and regional GSA meetings.
Several societies offer grants, on a competitive basis, to support graduate research.
These include The Geological Society of America, the Southeastern Section of The Geological Society of America, Sigma Xi, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Mineralogical Society of America, and others.