Departmental Sources:
Summer support: Pirtle Fellowships and Scholarships
Students with a score of at least 75th percentile on one section of the GRE, a bachelor’s or graduate degree from an institution in the USA, and a grade-point average of at least 3.3 on all previous course work, 3.6 for their last 60 hours of course work, or 3.8 for a previous graduate degree are eligible (on a competitive basis) for a Pirtle Fellowship which provides $3,000 for summer salary. The fellowship is renewable, contingent on satisfactory progress, for a second summer for M.S. students and for two additional summers for Ph.D. students.
Students who do not qualify for a Pirtle Fellowship but who are receiving less than $3,000 in summer salary can apply for a Pirtle Scholarship, which pays up to $1,000 in summer salary. The applicant should show evidence of having applied for research grants from sources outside the department. Calls for Pirtle Scholarship applications are made during the spring term. In the event funds are insufficient to provide awards to all applicants, priority will be given to students who have worked as teaching assistants during the preceding academic year.
Research and Travel Support
Within the department, the Brown-McFarlan Fund supports dissertation and thesis research and the Ferm Fund supports field-based dissertation and thesis research. Both funds are derived from contributions from alumni and friends of the department, specifically for the purpose of helping students with the expenses of their research. In order to conserve departmental funds for the greatest needs, students are required to seek other sources of funding, from the UK Graduate School and from professional societies, before funding will be made available from the departmental funds. Details of the application process, as well as application forms, and management of the awards are contained in the following files.
Guidelines for Travel Funding (pdf)
Application for Travel Support (pdf)
Guidelines for Supplementary Research Support (pdf)
Application for Research Support (pdf)
Graduate School Sources:
The Graduate School provides travel and research support to graduate students, including:
Travel to Professional Meetings and Research-Related Travel
Dissertation Enhancement Awards (Nomination by DGS; maximum of two awards per department per year)
Commonwealth Research Awards (Nomination by DGS; one award per department per year)
Please see the Graduate School Support Calendar for deadlines
External Sources:
Various external organizations accept applciiaton for funding and all of our graduate students are encouraged strongly to apply:
GSA (Student Grant deadline: Feb 1, 2008)
GSA Coal Division (A.L. Medlin Award deadline: tentative date Feb 15, 2008)
AAPG (Grants-in-aid deadline: Jan 31, 2008)
TSOP (Spackman Award deadline: tentative date May 1, 2008)
