On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Patricia Solis <pso...@aag.org> wrote:
> > Dear Specialty and Affinity Group Chairs: A friendly reminder that the > deadlines for the following AAG Grants and Awards Program is December 31, > 2010. PLEASE FORWARD TO INTERESTED COLLEAGUES. > > > > *Please consult full descriptions posted on the AAG website at > www.aag.org/cs/grantsawards * > > * * > > *Meredith F. Burrill Award* > > To stimulate and reward talented individuals and groups who have completed > work of exceptional > > merit and quality that lies at or near the intersection of basic research > and practical applications or local, national, or international policy > implications. > > *Glenda Laws Award* > > To recognize outstanding contributions to geographic research on social > issues. > > *Mel Marcus Fund for Physical Geography* > > To foster personally formative participation by students in field-based > physical geography research in challenging outdoor environments. > > *AAG E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Award in Geography* > > To recognize members of the Association who have made truly outstanding > contributions to the geographic field due to their special competence in > teaching or research. > > *AAG Research Grants* > > To support direct expenses of research or fieldwork that address questions > of major import to the discipline (excluding master's or doctoral > dissertation research). > > *Anne U. White Fund* > > To support field research conducted by a member of the AAG jointly with her > or his spouse, regardless of any formal training in geography. > > * * > > *FOR STUDENTS* > > * * > > *Darrel Hess Community College Geography Scholarships* > > To support students from community colleges, junior colleges, city > colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions who will be > transferring as geography majors to four year colleges and universities. > > *George and Viola Hoffman Award* > > To support student research toward a master's thesis or doctoral > dissertation on a geographical subject in Eastern Europe. > > *AAG International Geographic Information Fund* > > To support full-time students who are currently registered in an > undergraduate or graduate degree program within the United States, and who > are working in any area of spatial analysis or geographic information > science or systems, through Student Travel Grants, Graduate Research Awards, > and Student Paper Awards. > > *AAG Dissertation Research Grants* > > To support direct expenses of master's or doctoral dissertation research to > eligible individuals. > > * * > > *AAG Book Awards for works published in calendar year 2010* > > * * > > *AAG Meridian Book Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography* > > For a book that makes an unusually important contribution to advancing the > science and art of geography. > > *AAG Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography* > > For a book that conveys most powerfully the nature and importance of > geography to the non-academic > > world. > > *John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize* > > For outstanding books about the United States that convey the insights of > professional geography in language that is interesting and attractive to a > lay audience. > > > > Dr. Patricia Solís > Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives > Association of American Geographers > 1710 Sixteenth Street NW > Washington, DC 20009-3198 > Telephone 202-234-1450 ext. 222 > Direct Line 202-558-7491 > Fax 202-234-2744 > pso...@aag.org > www.aag.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Specialty_groups mailing list > specialty_gro...@lists.aag.org > http://lists.aag.org/mailman/listinfo/specialty_groups >
